Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.140-0.160 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.150. The company issued revenue guidance of $107.2 million-$108.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $110.2 million. Sprout Social also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.650-0.740 EPS.

Sprout Social Price Performance

SPT stock traded down $0.68 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $27.25. 702,184 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 552,959. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion, a PE ratio of -22.71 and a beta of 1.06. Sprout Social has a 52 week low of $25.05 and a 52 week high of $65.32. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $31.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $30.59.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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%. As a group, analysts expect that Sprout Social will post -0.99 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on SPT shares. Oppenheimer dropped their price target on shares of Sprout Social from $40.00 to $38.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $55.00 target price on shares of Sprout Social in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Sprout Social from $34.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Scotiabank assumed coverage on Sprout Social in a research report on Monday, November 18th. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $28.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Sprout Social from $36.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $39.58.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Karen Walker sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.24, for a total value of $171,200.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 35,665 shares in the company, valued at $1,221,169.60. This trade represents a 12.30 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ryan Paul Barretto sold 13,465 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.45, for a total value of $423,474.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 546,343 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,182,487.35. The trade was a 2.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 120,265 shares of company stock worth $3,837,006. Corporate insiders own 10.97% of the company’s stock.

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.