William Blair Has Positive View of Sprout Social Q1 Earnings

Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) – Equities researchers at William Blair boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Sprout Social in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst A. Bhatia now expects that the company will earn ($0.24) per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.26). The consensus estimate for Sprout Social’s current full-year earnings is ($0.99) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Sprout Social’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.23) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.18) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.89) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.23) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.23) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.22) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.16) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.85) EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price target on shares of Sprout Social from $55.00 to $32.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on shares of Sprout Social from $34.00 to $29.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Sprout Social from $38.00 to $34.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Sprout Social from $45.00 to $34.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Sprout Social from $37.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $33.85.

Sprout Social Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of Sprout Social stock opened at $26.66 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $31.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $30.38. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Sprout Social has a twelve month low of $25.05 and a twelve month high of $62.74. The stock has a market cap of $1.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.22 and a beta of 1.06.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.35). Sprout Social had a negative return on equity of 40.94% and a negative net margin of 17.24%. The business had revenue of $107.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $106.74 million.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Karen Walker sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.24, for a total transaction of $171,200.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 35,665 shares in the company, valued at $1,221,169.60. This represents a 12.30 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Paul Barretto sold 16,800 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.99, for a total transaction of $520,632.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 153,375 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,753,091.25. This trade represents a 9.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 106,800 shares of company stock worth $3,413,532. 10.97% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sprout Social

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SPT. Quarry LP raised its stake in Sprout Social by 100.9% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 790 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE raised its stake in Sprout Social by 2,392.6% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,000 after acquiring an additional 1,627 shares during the period. KBC Group NV raised its stake in Sprout Social by 77.1% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,525 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 1,099 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Sprout Social by 27.5% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 3,717 shares of the company’s stock worth $108,000 after purchasing an additional 801 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Yarbrough Capital LLC bought a new position in Sprout Social in the 4th quarter worth about $206,000.

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.