Employees: 1,362
Size Sprout Social (SPT) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $669M, the 2520th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $11.06 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 62.6%, against -12.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 10.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.5%); the operating margin is -5.0% (peer median 9.0%).
Valuation It trades at 7.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.9× (4th cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +28%, so the hurdle is -28 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 22.4 points below its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $394M at 30 Sep 2026, up 10% on a year earlier — 0.8 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Next results Next results expected around 23 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $491M | $458M | $406M | $334M | $254M |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +22% | +31% | — |
| Gross profit | $379M | $355M | $314M | $257M | $194M |
| EBITDA | -$9.61M | -$28.4M | -$44.2M | -$56.8M | -$46.7M |
| Net income | -$26.6M | -$43.3M | -$62.0M | -$66.4M | -$50.2M |
| Free cash flow | $54.1M | $39.3M | $23.4M | $4.38M | $8.82M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.25M | $4.11M | $2.95M | $2.07M | $1.82M |
| Total debt | $45.2M | $54.7M | $43.3M | $74.0M | $21.8M |
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| Measure | SPT | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.2% | -2.3% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +62.6% | -12.7% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -17.1% | -37.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +10.7% | +0.5% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -5.0% | 9.0% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 7.0× | 16.9× | 4th cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 0.2% | 2.9% | 5th least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +28.0% | +9.9% | highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -27.8 pp | -4.7 pp | least demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -22.4 pp | +3.6 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprout Social SPT | United States | $669M | +63% | +11% | -5% | 7.0× | 0.2% | +28.0% |
| Inspur Software 600756.SS | China | $669M | -23% | -25% | -25% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| AIC 3693.TWO | Taiwan | $667M | -22% | -21% | 8% | n/a | 22.9% | +20.2% |
| Shenzhen Sunshine Laser & Electronics Technology 300227.SZ | China | $673M | -33% | +90% | -15% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hansong (Nanjing) Technology 301491.SZ | China | $673M | -28% | +26% | 10% | n/a | -1.4% | +9.7% |
| Pansoft 300996.SZ | China | $665M | -11% | -4% | 11% | 46.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Newgen Software Technologies NEWGEN.NS | India | $665M | -12% | +6% | 24% | 16.8× | 21.7% | +18.5% |
| Beijing Deep Glint Technology 688207.SS | China | $663M | +15% | -14% | -195% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Thunisoft 300271.SZ | China | $663M | -13% | +11% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Ligong Environment and Energy Technology 002322.SZ | China | $677M | +9% | +9% | 26% | 11.1× | -5.4% | -0.8% |
| Sabre SABR | United States | $680M | -18% | -3% | 14% | 23.0× | n/a | n/a |
| DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDI | United States | $682M | +17% | +14% | 38% | 5.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR MOMO | United States | $654M | -26% | 0% | 11% | 5.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Genew Technologies 688418.SS | China | $688M | -49% | -12% | -22% | 26.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Alfa Financial Software ALFA.L | United Kingdom | $651M | +4% | +8% | 30% | 17.0× | -2.0% | +9.9% |
| Priority Technology PRTH | United States | $650M | +18% | +9% | 14% | 6.7× | 2.9% | +18.7% |
| Sunyard Technology 600571.SS | China | $690M | -22% | +1% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hypoport HYQ.DE | Germany | $648M | -2% | -5% | 6% | 20.2× | 22.2% | +9.2% |
| UBISOFT Entertainment UBI.PA | France | $692M | -15% | -27% | -87% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| DBAPPSecurity 688023.SS | China | $646M | -6% | +2% | -5% | 115.5× | 5.6% | +10.3% |
| Enghouse Systems ENGH.TO | Canada | $695M | +1% | -5% | 19% | 13.8× | -14.5% | -0.2% |
Sprout Social reported $394M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 10% from a year earlier and down 2% from the previous quarter. That is 0.8 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.94.