SPT Stock Analysis: Sprout Social | NASDAQ
Software - Application | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 579m USD | 12M Return: -30.2% | US85209W1099 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 9.27M
Qual. Beats: 7
Rev. Trend: 98.3%
Qual. Beats: 6
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Seasonality 6.6 years of data
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Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPT) is a Chicago-based software company that operates a web-based social media management platform serving customers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Founded in 2010 and publicly listed since December 2019, the company operates within the Application Software sub-industry of the Information Technology sector, delivering its products via a cloud-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model that typically relies on subscription-based revenue.
Its platform provides a unified system of record, intelligence, and action for social messaging, data, and workflows, offering AI-powered capabilities such as publishing and scheduling, social customer care, reporting and analytics, social listening, reputation management, social commerce, influencer marketing, and employee advocacy. Supporting features include a smart inbox, case management, social CRM tools, content planning and asset libraries, and chat bot creation. The company also sells professional services such as consulting and training, and targets a broad customer base that includes small and medium-sized businesses, mid-market firms, enterprises, marketing agencies, government, non-profit, and educational institutions across functions like marketing, public relations, customer service, recruiting, and product development.
- Enterprise customer count growth accelerates revenue per account expansion
- AI feature roadmap differentiates against HubSpot and Salesforce competition
- SMB customer exposure raises churn risk during marketing budget pullbacks
| Net Income: -29.5m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.10 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.25 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 1.26% < 20% (prev -0.19%; Δ 1.45% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.10 > 3% & CFO 53.9m > Net Income -29.5m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 1.03 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (60.2m) vs 12m ago 3.22% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 77.45% > 18% (prev 77.62%; Δ -0.17% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 102.0% > 50% (prev 101.9%; Δ 0.10% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -9.13 > 6 (EBIT TTM -26.1m / Interest Expense TTM 2.86m) |
| A: 0.01 (Total Current Assets 242.2m - Total Current Liabilities 236.1m) / Total Assets 522.2m |
| B: -0.78 (Retained Earnings -407.1m / Total Assets 522.2m) |
| C: -0.06 (EBIT TTM -26.1m / Avg Total Assets 472.6m) |
| D: 0.78 (Book Value of Equity 228.6m / Total Liabilities 293.7m) |
| Altman-Z'' = -2.02 = D |
| DSRI: 1.04 (Receivables 78.1m/67.3m, Revenue 481.8m/430.8m) |
| GMI: 1.00 (GM 77.62% / 77.45%) |
| AQI: 1.12 (AQ_t 0.52 / AQ_t-1 0.46) |
| SGI: 1.12 (Revenue 481.8m / 430.8m) |
| TATA: -0.16 (NI -29.5m - CFO 53.9m) / TA 522.2m) |
| Beneish M = -2.85 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 14, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 9.97 with a total of 1,494,857 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +21.73%, over one month by +16.47%, over three months by +58.00% and over the past year by -30.18%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 8.70 (which is 12.7% or 2.1 ATR below the current price).
Sprout Social has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.71. Therefore, it is recommended to hold SPT.
- StrongBuy: 5
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 1
| Analysts Target Price | 10.3 | 3.6% |
P/E Forward = 8.9526
P/S = 1.201
P/B = 2.6591
P/EG = 0.0779
Revenue TTM = 481.8m USD
EBIT TTM = -26.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = -12.0m USD
Long Term Debt = 32.5m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.80m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 48.7m USD (corrected: LT Debt 32.5m + ST Debt 2.80m) + Leases 13.4m
Net Debt = -71.2m USD (calculated: Debt 48.7m - CCE 119.9m)
Enterprise Value = 507.4m USD (578.7m + Debt 48.7m - CCE 119.9m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -9.13 (Ebit TTM -26.1m / Interest Expense TTM 2.86m)
EV/FCF = 9.74x (Enterprise Value 507.4m / FCF TTM 52.1m)
FCF Yield = 10.26% (FCF TTM 52.1m / Enterprise Value 507.4m)
FCF Margin = 10.81% (FCF TTM 52.1m / Revenue TTM 481.8m)
Net Margin = -6.13% (Net Income TTM -29.5m / Revenue TTM 481.8m)
Gross Margin = 77.45% ((Revenue TTM 481.8m - Cost of Revenue TTM 108.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 77.59% (prev 76.96%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.97 (Enterprise Value 507.4m / Total Assets 522.2m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.88% (Interest Expense 2.86m / Debt 48.7m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -20.6m (EBIT -26.1m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 1.03 (Total Current Assets 242.2m / Total Current Liabilities 236.1m)
Debt / Equity = 0.21 (Debt 48.7m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 228.6m)
Debt / EBITDA = 5.93 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt -71.2m / EBITDA -12.0m)
Debt / FCF = -1.37 (Net Debt -71.2m / FCF TTM 52.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 210.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -6.25% (Net Income -29.5m / Total Assets 522.2m)
RoE = -14.05% (Net Income TTM -29.5m / Total Stockholder Equity 210.3m)
RoCE = -10.76% (EBIT -26.1m / Capital Employed (Equity 210.3m + L.T.Debt 32.5m))
RoIC = -7.79% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -20.6m / Invested Capital 264.8m)
WACC = 10.52% (E(578.7m)/V(627.3m) * Re(11.01%) + D(48.7m)/V(627.3m) * Rd(5.88%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 11.01% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 99.88 | Cagr: 3.02%
[DCF] Terminal Value 71.29% ; FCFF base≈44.3m ; Y1≈50.8m ; Y5≈74.8m
[DCF] Fair Price = 16.07 (EV 813.2m - Net Debt -71.2m = Equity 884.5m / Shares 55.0m; r=10.52% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 3.56 | # QB: 7
Revenue Correlation: 98.30 | Revenue CAGR: 16.40% | SUE: 3.21 | # QB: 6
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.29 | Chg30d=+21.09% | Revisions=-70% | Analysts=8
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.13 | Chg30d=+22.16% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+37.6% | GrowthRev=+8.1%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.49 | Chg30d=+25.51% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+31.9% | GrowthRev=+6.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -25% (up=9, down=16)