(SPT) Sprout Social - NASDAQ
Sector: Technology | Industry: Software - Application | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 394m USD | Total Return: -67.4% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 9.49M
EPS Trend: 44.2%
Qual. Beats: 6
Rev. Trend: 98.1%
Qual. Beats: 5
Warnings
Interest Coverage Ratio -13.2 is critical
Altman Z'' -2.83 < 1.0 - financial distress zone
Below Avwap Earnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
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: -38.4m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.09 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.10 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -8.33% < 20% (prev -1.57%; Δ -6.76% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.10 > 3% & CFO 50.5m > Net Income -38.4m |
| Net Debt/EBITDA: error (EBITDA <= 0) |
| Current Ratio: 0.84 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (59.7m) vs 12m ago 3.19% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 77.47% > 18% (prev 77.56%; Δ -0.09% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 100.7% > 50% (prev 98.53%; Δ 2.14% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -13.20 > 6 (EBIT TTM -35.0m / Interest Expense TTM 2.65m) |
| A: -0.08 (Total Current Assets 198.0m - Total Current Liabilities 237.1m) / Total Assets 508.6m |
| B: -0.79 (Retained Earnings -404.0m / Total Assets 508.6m) |
| C: -0.08 (EBIT TTM -35.0m / Avg Total Assets 466.6m) |
| D: 0.73 (Book Value of Equity 215.2m / Total Liabilities 293.4m) |
| Altman-Z'' = -2.83 = D |
| DSRI: 0.95 (Receivables 69.4m/64.8m, Revenue 469.8m/418.4m) |
| GMI: 1.00 (GM 77.56% / 77.47%) |
| AQI: 1.24 (AQ_t 0.57 / AQ_t-1 0.46) |
| SGI: 1.12 (Revenue 469.8m / 418.4m) |
| TATA: -0.17 (NI -38.4m - CFO 50.5m) / TA 508.6m) |
| Beneish M = -2.85 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of June 25, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 6.70 with a total of 1,113,285 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -5.10%, over one month by -2.05%, over three months by +21.82% and over the past year by -67.38%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 5.90 (which is 11.9% or 1.7 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 | 9.5 | 41.8% |
P/E Forward = 6.9686
P/S = 0.8381
P/B = 1.8295
P/EG = 0.0779
Revenue TTM = 469.8m USD
EBIT TTM = -35.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = -21.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 32.5m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.74m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 60.6m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 14.1m
Net Debt = -52.9m USD (calculated: Debt 60.6m - CCE 113.6m)
Enterprise Value = 340.7m USD (393.7m + Debt 60.6m - CCE 113.6m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -13.20 (Ebit TTM -35.0m / Interest Expense TTM 2.65m)
EV/FCF = 7.30x (Enterprise Value 340.7m / FCF TTM 46.7m)
FCF Yield = 13.70% (FCF TTM 46.7m / Enterprise Value 340.7m)
FCF Margin = 9.94% (FCF TTM 46.7m / Revenue TTM 469.8m)
Net Margin = -8.18% (Net Income TTM -38.4m / Revenue TTM 469.8m)
Gross Margin = 77.47% ((Revenue TTM 469.8m - Cost of Revenue TTM 105.8m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 76.96% (prev 77.55%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.67 (Enterprise Value 340.7m / Total Assets 508.6m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.38% (Interest Expense 2.65m / Debt 60.6m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -27.7m (EBIT -35.0m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 0.84 (Total Current Assets 198.0m / Total Current Liabilities 237.1m)
Debt / Equity = 0.28 (Debt 60.6m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 215.2m)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.43 (negative EBITDA) (Net Debt -52.9m / EBITDA -21.8m)
Debt / FCF = -1.13 (Net Debt -52.9m / FCF TTM 46.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 199.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -8.24% (Net Income -38.4m / Total Assets 508.6m)
RoE = -19.29% (Net Income TTM -38.4m / Total Stockholder Equity 199.3m)
RoCE = -15.11% (EBIT -35.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 199.3m + L.T.Debt 32.5m))
RoIC = -11.03% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -27.7m / Invested Capital 250.7m)
WACC = 10.96% (E(393.7m)/V(454.3m) * Re(12.12%) + D(60.6m)/V(454.3m) * Rd(4.38%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 12.12% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 100.00 | Cagr: 3.19%
[DCF] Terminal Value 70.00% ; FCFF base≈40.0m ; Y1≈45.9m ; Y5≈67.5m
[DCF] Fair Price = 13.76 (EV 694.5m - Net Debt -52.9m = Equity 747.5m / Shares 54.3m; r=10.96% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 44.20 | EPS CAGR: 36.53% | SUE: 1.70 | # QB: 6
Revenue Correlation: 98.11 | Revenue CAGR: 18.54% | SUE: 1.76 | # QB: 5
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.16 | Chg30d=-19.78% | Revisions=-73% | Analysts=11
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.24 | Chg30d=-3.40% | Revisions=-64% | Analysts=11
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.93 | Chg30d=+1.46% | Revisions=+23% | GrowthEPS=+13.0% | GrowthRev=+8.1%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.19 | Chg30d=-3.86% | Revisions=-23% | GrowthEPS=+28.8% | GrowthRev=+7.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -73%