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

Shares of Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the ten analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $11.8750.

SPT has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen raised Sprout Social from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, March 8th. Barclays increased 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. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Sprout Social in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Justyn Russell Howard sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.03, for a total transaction of $201,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 7,417 shares in the company, valued at $37,307.51. The trade was a 84.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 9.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sprout Social

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of Sprout Social by 391.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 35,985 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,105,000 after buying an additional 28,667 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Sprout Social in the first quarter valued at approximately $365,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its position in Sprout Social by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 53,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,168,000 after purchasing an additional 1,265 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Sprout Social by 23.0% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 325,750 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,163,000 after purchasing an additional 60,947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sprout Social during the 1st quarter worth approximately $325,000.

Sprout Social Stock Performance

Shares of Sprout Social stock opened at $7.99 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $480.28 million, a P/E ratio of -12.11 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $6.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $7.54. Sprout Social has a 52 week low of $4.92 and a 52 week high of $21.53.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $121.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $120.33 million. Sprout Social had a negative net margin of 8.18% and a negative return on equity of 13.90%. 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. Sell-side analysts expect that Sprout Social will post -0.31 EPS for the current year.

Sprout Social Company Profile

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.