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SPT vs. BRZE, DDOG, FRSH, ZS, DOCN, HUBS, NET, PCOR, PD, and WK

Should you be buying Sprout Social stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprout Social include Braze (BRZE), Datadog (DDOG), Freshworks (FRSH), Zscaler (ZS), DigitalOcean (DOCN), HubSpot (HUBS), Cloudflare (NET), Procore Technologies (PCOR), PagerDuty (PD), and Workiva (WK). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Sprout Social vs. Its Competitors

Braze (NASDAQ:BRZE) and Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

90.5% of Braze shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.2% of Braze shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Sprout Social shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sprout Social has a net margin of -14.25% compared to Braze's net margin of -16.76%. Braze's return on equity of -18.89% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Braze-16.76% -18.89% -10.26%
Sprout Social -14.25%-31.03%-12.37%

Braze currently has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 73.66%. Sprout Social has a consensus target price of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 76.34%. Given Sprout Social's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than Braze.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Braze
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95
Sprout Social
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

Sprout Social has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Braze. Braze is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprout Social, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Braze$593.41M4.66-$103.74M-$1.01-25.94
Sprout Social$405.91M2.37-$61.97M-$1.04-15.90

Braze has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprout Social has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Braze had 1 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Braze and 6 mentions for Sprout Social. Braze's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Sprout Social's score of 0.14 indicating that Braze is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Braze
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sprout Social
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Braze beats Sprout Social on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SPT vs. The Competition

MetricSprout SocialINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$962.30M$101.72B$28.49B$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A2.58%3.09%4.14%
P/E Ratio-15.9037.5748.1223.78
Price / Sales2.3757.381,528.4597.50
Price / CashN/A24.2233.4627.20
Price / Book5.743.128.225.61
Net Income-$61.97M$4.40B$802.12M$265.26M
7 Day Performance-14.43%7.70%3.28%-4.34%
1 Month Performance-21.94%6.57%-1.13%4.11%
1 Year Performance-49.77%31.99%53,364.62%17.92%

Sprout Social Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPT
Sprout Social
1.5492 of 5 stars
$16.54
-3.6%
$29.17
+76.3%
-49.8%$962.30M$405.91M-15.901,140Upcoming Earnings
BRZE
Braze
3.8763 of 5 stars
$28.63
-0.9%
$45.79
+59.9%
-33.2%$3.05B$593.41M0.001,699
DDOG
Datadog
4.0769 of 5 stars
$145.27
+0.2%
$146.79
+1.0%
+26.4%$50.08B$2.68B295.966,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRSH
Freshworks
2.9673 of 5 stars
$14.77
+1.0%
$20.07
+35.9%
+8.7%$4.31B$720.42M0.004,400Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ZS
Zscaler
3.6121 of 5 stars
$288.43
-0.1%
$296.82
+2.9%
+65.3%$44.95B$2.17B0.007,348Positive News
Short Interest ↑
DOCN
DigitalOcean
2.8938 of 5 stars
$29.11
-1.4%
$40.36
+38.7%
-10.2%$2.69B$780.61M22.031,210Upcoming Earnings
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7768 of 5 stars
$547.43
+0.9%
$759.04
+38.7%
+7.0%$28.61B$2.63B-1,216.518,246Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NET
Cloudflare
4.2332 of 5 stars
$197.81
+0.2%
$155.32
-21.5%
+152.3%$68.40B$1.67B0.004,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PCOR
Procore Technologies
3.7199 of 5 stars
$73.54
-0.8%
$81.39
+10.7%
+9.3%$11.06B$1.15B0.004,203Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PD
PagerDuty
4.0847 of 5 stars
$14.62
flat
$19.50
+33.4%
-20.6%$1.33B$467.50M0.001,242
WK
Workiva
3.6031 of 5 stars
$66.64
+0.2%
$101.30
+52.0%
+17.0%$3.71B$738.68M-56.962,828Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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