Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) Receives $11.88 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the ten research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $11.8750.

SPT has been the topic of a number of research reports. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Sprout Social from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Sprout Social in a report on Friday, July 17th.

Insider Activity at Sprout Social

In other news, insider Justyn Russell Howard sold 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.28, for a total transaction of $331,200.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 7,417 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $61,412.76. This represents a 84.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 9.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sprout Social

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SPT. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Sprout Social by 115.8% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 6,368 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 3,417 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its holdings in Sprout Social by 4,977.4% during the second quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 11,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,000 after purchasing an additional 11,697 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Sprout Social during the first quarter worth about $1,500,000. Lavelle Capital LP bought a new position in Sprout Social during the first quarter worth about $630,000. Finally, Essential Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Sprout Social by 724.9% in the first quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 6,550 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 5,756 shares in the last quarter.

Sprout Social Stock Performance

NASDAQ SPT opened at $7.61 on Monday. Sprout Social has a 52-week low of $4.92 and a 52-week high of $19.51. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $7.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $7.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 0.95. The company has a market capitalization of $457.44 million, a PE ratio of -11.53 and a beta of 0.99.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.07. Sprout Social had a negative net margin of 8.18% and a negative return on equity of 13.90%. The business had revenue of $121.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $120.33 million. Sprout Social has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.150-0.160 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.970 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Sprout Social will post -0.31 EPS for the current year.

About Sprout Social

Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT) is a Chicago-based software company specializing in social media management solutions for businesses of all sizes. The company provides a cloud-based platform designed to help organizations improve their social media presence through a suite of tools for content scheduling, community engagement, social listening and analytics. Sprout Social’s platform is built to streamline the workflows of marketing, customer care and public relations teams by providing a centralized hub for managing multiple social channels.

The company’s product offerings include publishing and scheduling capabilities that allow users to plan and automate social content across networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest.