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Sprout Social (SPT) Competitors

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$32.45 +0.09 (+0.28%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

SPT vs. LNW, OTEX, PATH, S, CCCS, CWAN, SOUN, OS, QTWO, and TEM

Should you be buying Sprout Social stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprout Social include Light & Wonder (LNW), Open Text (OTEX), UiPath (PATH), SentinelOne (S), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Onestream (OS), Q2 (QTWO), and Tempus AI (TEM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Sprout Social vs.

Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) and Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Sprout Social currently has a consensus price target of $45.46, indicating a potential upside of 40.10%. Light & Wonder has a consensus price target of $107.36, indicating a potential upside of 25.69%. Given Sprout Social's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than Light & Wonder.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sprout Social
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Light & Wonder
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Sprout Social has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Light & Wonder has a net margin of 9.30% compared to Sprout Social's net margin of -17.24%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 49.91% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sprout Social-17.24% -40.94% -15.70%
Light & Wonder 9.30%49.91%7.27%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sprout Social$392.40M4.75-$66.43M-$1.20-27.04
Light & Wonder$3.16B2.39$163M$3.2226.53

88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sprout Social received 66 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 34.38% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sprout SocialOutperform Votes
88
61.11%
Underperform Votes
56
38.89%
Light & WonderOutperform Votes
22
34.38%
Underperform Votes
42
65.63%

In the previous week, Light & Wonder had 2 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Light & Wonder and 7 mentions for Sprout Social. Sprout Social's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Light & Wonder's score of 0.46 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Light & Wonder
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Light & Wonder beats Sprout Social on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SPT vs. The Competition

MetricSprout SocialPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.86B$25.47B$25.96B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%2.78%4.23%
P/E Ratio-27.0498.18238.1117.17
Price / Sales4.7524.753,339.73116.95
Price / CashN/A91.3235.6937.86
Price / Book12.6812.918.124.78
Net Income-$66.43M$448.65M$681.16M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-4.36%0.42%0.41%-1.23%
1 Month Performance7.03%10.41%7.01%3.36%
1 Year Performance-49.05%25.83%23.11%16.60%

Sprout Social Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPT
Sprout Social
2.7562 of 5 stars
$32.45
+0.3%
$45.46
+40.1%
-48.5%$1.86B$392.40M-27.041,383Gap Down
LNW
Light & Wonder
4.439 of 5 stars
$91.56
0.0%
$107.36
+17.3%
+1.6%$8.09B$2.90B28.446,500
OTEX
Open Text
4.8745 of 5 stars
$29.56
+0.1%
$35.90
+21.4%
-32.7%$7.86B$5.77B17.0622,900Analyst Forecast
PATH
UiPath
3.4684 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.1%
$17.50
+25.1%
-46.4%$7.69B$1.31B-87.564,010Analyst Forecast
S
SentinelOne
4.1255 of 5 stars
$23.88
-0.1%
$29.42
+23.2%
-15.4%$7.67B$621.15M-25.442,300Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
3.523 of 5 stars
$12.17
+0.3%
$13.89
+14.1%
+7.0%$7.61B$926.94M606.502,325Buyback Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
3.4373 of 5 stars
$29.61
+0.2%
$31.89
+7.7%
+45.7%$7.31B$424.36M2,956.001,756Insider Trade
SOUN
SoundHound AI
2.0187 of 5 stars
$18.86
+11.5%
$9.50
-49.6%
+940.7%$6.97B$67.30M-52.39200Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OS
Onestream
2.6359 of 5 stars
$29.57
+1.7%
$35.59
+20.4%
N/A$6.93BN/A0.001,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
QTWO
Q2
1.6677 of 5 stars
$105.66
+0.5%
$91.50
-13.4%
+146.2%$6.38B$675.54M-110.082,315Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TEM
Tempus AI
2.7183 of 5 stars
$40.35
-1.6%
$56.00
+38.8%
N/A$6.35B$320.67M0.002,300Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:SPT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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