Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.770-0.790 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.170. The company issued revenue guidance of $454.9 million-$455.7 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $454.6 million. Sprout Social also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.150-0.170 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research cut Sprout Social from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Sprout Social in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on Sprout Social from $24.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on Sprout Social from $30.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their target price on Sprout Social from $32.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Sprout Social has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $27.36.

Sprout Social Stock Performance

SPT stock traded up $0.04 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $10.25. The stock had a trading volume of 1,856,144 shares, compared to its average volume of 850,948. Sprout Social has a 52 week low of $9.88 and a 52 week high of $36.30. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $12.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The firm has a market cap of $602.80 million, a PE ratio of -10.79 and a beta of 0.88.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.03. Sprout Social had a negative return on equity of 25.95% and a negative net margin of 12.70%.The company had revenue of $111.78 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $110.93 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.09 earnings per share. Sprout Social’s revenue was up 12.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Sprout Social will post -0.99 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Sprout Social news, insider Justyn Russell Howard sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.22, for a total value of $204,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 7,417 shares in the company, valued at $75,801.74. This represents a 72.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders sold a total of 70,566 shares of company stock valued at $899,581 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 10.12% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Sprout Social

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Sprout Social by 55.5% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 5,496 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,000 after purchasing an additional 1,962 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Sprout Social by 2,690.2% in the 2nd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 6,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $137,000 after purchasing an additional 6,295 shares during the last quarter. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP bought a new stake in shares of Sprout Social in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $236,000. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury bought a new stake in shares of Sprout Social in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $242,000. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sprout Social in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $259,000.

Sprout Social Company Profile

Sprout Social, Inc designs, develops, and operates a web-based social media management platform in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company provides cloud software for social messaging, data and workflows in a unified system of record, intelligence, and action.