Sprout Social (SPT) Competitors

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

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

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

Is SPT or PD more profitable?

Sprout Social has a net margin of -17.24% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -18.58%. PagerDuty's return on equity of -25.83% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprout Social	-17.24%	-40.94%	-15.70%
PagerDuty	-18.58%	-25.83%	-4.81%

Which has stronger valuation & 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	5.10	-$66.43M	-$1.20	-24.69
PagerDuty	$430.70M	4.07	-$81.76M	-$0.89	-21.18

Which has more volatility and risk, SPT or PD?

Sprout Social has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagerDuty has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SPT or PD?

Sprout Social presently has a consensus target price of $45.62, suggesting a potential upside of 53.95%. PagerDuty has a consensus target price of $21.82, suggesting a potential upside of 15.75%. Given Sprout Social's higher possible upside, equities 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	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
PagerDuty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media prefer SPT or PD?

In the previous week, Sprout Social had 8 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sprout Social and 5 mentions for PagerDuty. Sprout Social's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat PagerDuty's score of 0.58 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PagerDuty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPT or PD?

PagerDuty received 59 more outperform votes than Sprout Social when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.84% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave PagerDuty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprout Social	Outperform Votes 87 60.84%	Underperform Votes 56 39.16%
PagerDuty	Outperform Votes 146 57.94%	Underperform Votes 106 42.06%

Summary

Sprout Social and PagerDuty tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.