Lavelle Capital LP Takes $630,000 Position in Sprout Social, Inc. $SPT

Lavelle Capital LP acquired a new position in Sprout Social, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPT) in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 110,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $630,000.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Sprout Social by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,822,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,894,000 after acquiring an additional 274,527 shares during the last quarter. Pale Fire Capital SE acquired a new stake in shares of Sprout Social in the first quarter valued at about $1,960,000. Nano Cap New Millennium Growth Fund L P acquired a new stake in shares of Sprout Social in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,564,000. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position 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 valued at $1,105,000 after purchasing an additional 28,667 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EVR Research LP bought a new position in shares of Sprout Social in the fourth quarter worth about $3,381,000.

Sprout Social Price Performance

Shares of Sprout Social stock opened at $8.58 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.95. Sprout Social, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $4.92 and a fifty-two week high of $18.54. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $7.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $7.15. The company has a market cap of $515.74 million, a PE ratio of -13.00 and a beta of 0.99.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Sprout Social

In related news, insider Justyn Russell Howard sold 40,000 shares of Sprout Social stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.28, for a total transaction of $331,200.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 7,417 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $61,412.76. This trade represents a 84.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 9.60% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SPT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Sprout Social in a research report on Friday, July 17th. Barclays raised their target price on Sprout Social from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $11.88.

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.