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Sprout Social, Inc. SPT
$10.09 -2.79% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $606.5M
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +43.4%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 49 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to -5.8% from -12.6% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth72Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 37%
Quality43Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 21%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 20%
- Interest coverBottom 19%
Value57Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 14%
Momentum55Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 40%
- 6-month returnTop 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Revisions97Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 2%
Stability25Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.3% | 11.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 77.6% | 77.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -12.6% | -5.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 7.6% | 10.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.8% | 12.3% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Gross margin | 77.4% | 77.6% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Operating margin | -5.8% | -12.6% | ↑ | Bottom 28% |
| Net margin | -6.1% | -12.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.8% | 7.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -9.7% | — | Bottom 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 21.7% | — | Top 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -16.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 15.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -9.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.16%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +43.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $57.40
- Target vs current price
- +468.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +61.2% | -5.1% | +10.7% | +31.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +43.8% | +6.8% | -0.9% | +15.9% | +34.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +25.0% | +5.2% | -0.1% | -17.6% | -1.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +43.8% | +0.4% | +1.3% | +1.9% | -15.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +20.0% | -1.0% | -16.3% | -6.2% | -35.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | +46.7% | +5.7% | +17.2% | +5.9% | -18.9% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +26.7% | -2.4% | -3.5% | -9.5% | -19.3% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +8.3% | +5.8% | -1.2% | +9.3% | +13.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.16 | +61.2% | $123.8M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.16 | +43.8% | $121.5M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.16 | +25.0% | $120.9M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.16 | +43.8% | $115.6M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.15 | +20.0% | $111.8M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.15 | +46.7% | $109.3M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.15 | +26.7% | $107.1M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.13 | $0.12 | +8.3% | $102.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 8.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.04× | — | — | Top 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.59% | — | — | Top 18% |
| Earnings yield | -4.96% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 49
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +10.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +23.8%
- RSI (14)
- 49.0
- Relative volume
- 0.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 73.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.21
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -92.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2021 | Apr 10, 2026 | -96.5% | 1140 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -37.8% | 14 days | 70 days (Jun 16, 2021) |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | -18.1% | 6 days | 8 days (Jan 13, 2021) |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 | -16.6% | 3 days | 6 days (Nov 27, 2020) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -14.6% | 11 days | 9 days (Nov 13, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $606.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.50
- Revenue (TTM)
- $481.8M
- 52-week range
- $4.92 – $12.89
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $187.9M | $253.8M | $333.6M | $405.9M | $457.5M |
| Gross profit | $141.1M | $194.0M | $257.4M | $314.4M | $354.9M |
| Operating income | -$28.1M | -$51.7M | -$69.3M | -$60.4M | -$43.5M |
| Net income | -$28.7M | -$50.2M | -$66.4M | -$62.0M | -$43.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.53 | -$0.92 | -$1.19 | -$1.09 | -$0.74 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $102.6M | $107.1M | $109.3M | $111.8M | $115.6M | $120.9M | $121.5M | $123.8M |
| Net income | -$17.1M | -$14.4M | -$11.2M | -$12.0M | -$9.4M | -$10.7M | -$6.3M | -$3.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.30 | -$0.25 | -$0.19 | -$0.21 | -$0.16 | -$0.18 | -$0.11 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $14.8M | $10.6M | $6.5M | $26.3M | $43.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$926,000 | -$1.8M | -$2.1M | -$3.0M | -$4.1M |
| Free cash flow | $13.9M | $8.8M | $4.4M | $23.4M | $39.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $37,000 | $1.7M | $2.4M | $2.0M | $1.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $119.9M
- Total assets
- $522.2M
- Total liabilities
- $293.7M
- Total debt
- $13.4M
- Net debt
- -$106.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $228.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,237,153
- Days to cover
- 3.23
- Change vs previous report
- +6.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.