Sprout Social (SPT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) provides a cloud-based social media management and analytics platform for businesses, agencies and organizations. Its software helps customers manage their social media presence, coordinate workflows and use social data to support marketing, customer care, communications and business decision-making.

The company's platform includes tools for publishing and scheduling content, monitoring and responding to messages, analyzing social media performance, and conducting social listening. Sprout Social also offers solutions for employee advocacy, influencer marketing and social customer care, enabling organizations to manage interactions and measure activity across multiple social networks from a centralized platform.

Founded in 2010, Sprout Social is headquartered in Chicago and serves customers in markets around the world. The company has expanded its product capabilities through acquisitions, including the addition of influencer marketing technology from Tagger Media. Ryan Barretto serves as chief executive officer, while co-founder Justyn Howard is executive chair.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.05 to $11.45
• 50-Day Range: $8.19 to $11.63
• 52-Week Range: $4.92 to $12.06
• Volume: 537,762 shs
• Average Volume: 1.43 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $678.61 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $10.43
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Sprout Social Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sprout Social scored higher than 21% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 506th out of 593 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Sprout Social has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Sprout Social has a consensus price target of $10.43, representing about 7.9% downside from its current price of $11.33.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sprout Social has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sprout Social are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.02) to $0.45 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sprout Social is -22.52, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sprout Social is -22.52, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sprout Social has a P/B Ratio of 3.31. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.89% of the float of Sprout Social has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sprout Social has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.25.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sprout Social has recently increased by 1.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Sprout Social does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Sprout Social does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

Sprout Social has a news sentiment score of 0.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Sprout Social this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added Sprout Social to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sprout Social insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $132,957.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.60% of the stock of Sprout Social is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Sprout Social has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SPT
• CIK: 1517375
• Web: www.sproutsocial.com
• Phone: 866-878-3231
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,362
• Year Founded: 2010

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sprout Social: $10.43
• High Price Target: $14.00
• Low Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -6.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.50)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$43.33 million
• Net Margins: -6.13%
• Pretax Margin: -6.02%
• Return on Equity: -8.80%
• Return on Assets: -3.64%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.14
• Current Ratio: 1.03
• Quick Ratio: 1.03

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $457.55 million
• Price / Sales: 1.48
• Cash Flow: $0.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 106.58
• Book Value: $3.42 per share
• Price / Book: 3.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 60,590,000
• Free Float: 54,775,000
• Market Cap: $678.61 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01