Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) Receives $13.67 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $13.6667.

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Sprout Social in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Sprout Social from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Sprout Social from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 8th. KeyCorp dropped their price objective on shares of Sprout Social from $9.00 to $6.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Sprout Social from $26.00 to $13.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Sprout Social news, insider Justyn Russell Howard sold 40,000 shares of Sprout Social stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5.96, for a total value of $238,400.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 7,417 shares in the company, valued at approximately $44,205.32. This trade represents a 84.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Paul Barretto bought 93,984 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 9th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $10.67 per share, for a total transaction of $1,002,809.28. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 875,256 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,338,981.52. This trade represents a 12.03% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 103,855 shares of company stock valued at $827,660 over the last ninety days. 10.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sprout Social

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Diversified Trust Co grew its holdings in shares of Sprout Social by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 17,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,000 after acquiring an additional 1,040 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in Sprout Social by 1.6% during the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 78,240 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,636,000 after purchasing an additional 1,264 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in Sprout Social by 2.4% during the first 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 during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in Sprout Social by 39.1% during the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 6,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $70,000 after purchasing an additional 1,752 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its position in Sprout Social by 55.5% during the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 5,496 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,000 after purchasing an additional 1,962 shares in the last quarter.

Sprout Social Stock Down 0.5%

Sprout Social stock opened at $5.76 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $340.93 million, a P/E ratio of -7.78 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 0.93. Sprout Social has a fifty-two week low of $5.50 and a fifty-two week high of $25.81. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $7.66 and a 200-day simple moving average of $10.19.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $120.89 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $118.68 million. Sprout Social had a negative return on equity of 16.10% and a negative net margin of 9.47%.Sprout Social has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.970 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.150-0.160 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Sprout Social will post -0.99 earnings per share for the current year.

About Sprout Social

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.