Sprout Social (SPT) Competitors

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) and PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SPT or PD?

97.3% of PagerDuty shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of PagerDuty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SPT or PD?

Sprout Social has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PagerDuty. Sprout Social is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagerDuty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprout Social	$333.64M	5.53	-$66.43M	-$1.25	-26.12
PagerDuty	$430.70M	4.21	-$81.76M	-$1.01	-18.78

Which has more volatility and risk, SPT or PD?

Sprout Social has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagerDuty has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SPT or PD more profitable?

Sprout Social has a net margin of -19.64% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -21.34%. PagerDuty's return on equity of -27.39% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprout Social	-19.64%	-42.51%	-16.47%
PagerDuty	-21.34%	-27.39%	-6.33%

Do analysts prefer SPT or PD?

Sprout Social currently has a consensus target price of $57.07, suggesting a potential upside of 74.80%. PagerDuty has a consensus target price of $27.13, suggesting a potential upside of 42.99%. Given Sprout Social's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than PagerDuty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprout Social	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
PagerDuty	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPT or PD?

PagerDuty received 62 more outperform votes than Sprout Social when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.77% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave PagerDuty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprout Social	Outperform Votes 79 60.77%	Underperform Votes 51 39.23%
PagerDuty	Outperform Votes 141 59.49%	Underperform Votes 96 40.51%

Does the media prefer SPT or PD?

In the previous week, PagerDuty had 8 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for PagerDuty and 13 mentions for Sprout Social. Sprout Social's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat PagerDuty's score of 0.15 indicating that Sprout Social is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprout Social	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PagerDuty	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Sprout Social beats PagerDuty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.