SPT vs. QTWO, PYCR, ASAN, SVFCX, RPD, APPN, ACIW, NCNO, AI, and TDC
Should you be buying Sprout Social stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprout Social include Q2 (QTWO), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Asana (ASAN), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Rapid7 (RPD), Appian (APPN), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), nCino (NCNO), C3.ai (AI), and Teradata (TDC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) and Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Q2 had 15 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Q2 and 14 mentions for Sprout Social. Sprout Social's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Q2's score of 0.32 indicating that Q2 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Q2 has a net margin of -10.47% compared to Q2's net margin of -19.91%. Sprout Social's return on equity of -6.75% beat Q2's return on equity.
Q2 presently has a consensus price target of $45.33, suggesting a potential downside of 15.09%. Sprout Social has a consensus price target of $72.57, suggesting a potential upside of 39.24%. Given Q2's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than Q2.
Q2 has higher revenue and earnings than Sprout Social. Q2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprout Social, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Q2 has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprout Social has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Q2 received 391 more outperform votes than Sprout Social when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.36% of users gave Q2 an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote.
Summary
Q2 beats Sprout Social on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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