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Sprout Social, Inc. Class ASPTCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software
Momentum leader 91
Mkt cap
$669M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
91%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$10.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
7.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-22.4 pp
WACC 9.3%
Hurdle
-28 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
109 days
23 Feb 2027
Close · USD$11.06
1D+2.3%
1W-8.2%
1M-0.2%
3M+10.1%
6M+62.6%
YTD-1.9%
1Y+8.3%
ATR %6.2%
Beta0.51
52w lowhigh17.1% off high

What Sprout Social does

Employees: 1,362

Sprout Social at a glance

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).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SPT 149Peer median 88
Six months, rebased to 100: Sprout Social against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Sprout Social financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
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

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Sprout Social competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-20%0%6007563693300227301491300996NEWGEN688207300271002322SABRDDI688418ALFAPRTHHYQUBI688023ENGHSPT6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Sprout Social is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%0×50×100×300996NEWGEN002322SABRDDIMOMO688418PRTHHYQ688023ENGHSPTRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Sprout Social is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%3693301491NEWGEN002322ALFAPRTHHYQ688023ENGHSPTGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Sprout Social is the large dot.

Sprout Social competitors and peer comparison

How Sprout Social compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Sprout Social against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSPTPeer medianRank 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/E7.0×16.9×4th 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 ppleast demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital-22.4 pp+3.6 pp3rd lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Sprout Social SPTUnited States$669M+63%+11%-5%7.0×0.2%+28.0%
Inspur Software 600756.SSChina$669M-23%-25%-25%n/an/an/a
AIC 3693.TWOTaiwan$667M-22%-21%8%n/a22.9%+20.2%
Shenzhen Sunshine Laser & Electronics Technology 300227.SZChina$673M-33%+90%-15%n/an/an/a
Hansong (Nanjing) Technology 301491.SZChina$673M-28%+26%10%n/a-1.4%+9.7%
Pansoft 300996.SZChina$665M-11%-4%11%46.0×n/an/a
Newgen Software Technologies NEWGEN.NSIndia$665M-12%+6%24%16.8×21.7%+18.5%
Beijing Deep Glint Technology 688207.SSChina$663M+15%-14%-195%n/an/an/a
Beijing Thunisoft 300271.SZChina$663M-13%+11%-9%n/an/an/a
Ningbo Ligong Environment and Energy Technology 002322.SZChina$677M+9%+9%26%11.1×-5.4%-0.8%
Sabre SABRUnited States$680M-18%-3%14%23.0×n/an/a
DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDIUnited States$682M+17%+14%38%5.6×n/an/a
Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR MOMOUnited States$654M-26%0%11%5.8×n/an/a
Genew Technologies 688418.SSChina$688M-49%-12%-22%26.8×n/an/a
Alfa Financial Software ALFA.LUnited Kingdom$651M+4%+8%30%17.0×-2.0%+9.9%
Priority Technology PRTHUnited States$650M+18%+9%14%6.7×2.9%+18.7%
Sunyard Technology 600571.SSChina$690M-22%+1%-1%n/an/an/a
Hypoport HYQ.DEGermany$648M-2%-5%6%20.2×22.2%+9.2%
UBISOFT Entertainment UBI.PAFrance$692M-15%-27%-87%n/an/an/a
DBAPPSecurity 688023.SSChina$646M-6%+2%-5%115.5×5.6%+10.3%
Enghouse Systems ENGH.TOCanada$695M+1%-5%19%13.8×-14.5%-0.2%

Sprout Social backlog

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.

Questions

Which companies are Sprout Social's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Inspur Software (600756.SS), AIC (3693.TWO), Shenzhen Sunshine Laser & Electronics Technology (300227.SZ), Hansong (Nanjing) Technology (301491.SZ), Pansoft (300996.SZ), Newgen Software Technologies (NEWGEN.NS), Beijing Deep Glint Technology (688207.SS), Beijing Thunisoft (300271.SZ).
Is Sprout Social expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 7.0× against a peer median of 16.9×, 4th cheapest of 13 in its peer set. 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.
How has Sprout Social stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +62.6% against -12.7% for the median peer; over one year +8.3%.
What is Sprout Social's backlog?
Sprout Social's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $394M at 30 Sep 2026, +10% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.