Sprout Social (SPT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SPT or BOX?

Sprout Social has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SPT or BOX?

Sprout Social currently has a consensus price target of $32.77, suggesting a potential upside of 66.85%. BOX has a consensus price target of $36.44, suggesting a potential upside of 22.93%. Given Sprout Social's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than BOX.

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
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPT or BOX?

BOX received 718 more outperform votes than Sprout Social when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprout Social	Outperform Votes 94 59.87%	Underperform Votes 63 40.13%
BOX	Outperform Votes 812 71.67%	Underperform Votes 321 28.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SPT or BOX?

86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of BOX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SPT or BOX?

BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Sprout Social. Sprout Social is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, 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	$405.91M	2.79	-$66.43M	-$1.09	-18.02
BOX	$1.09B	3.91	$129.03M	$1.35	21.96

Does the media prefer SPT or BOX?

In the previous week, BOX had 13 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for BOX and 12 mentions for Sprout Social. BOX's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Sprout Social's score of 0.17 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprout Social	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BOX	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SPT or BOX more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 13.96% compared to Sprout Social's net margin of -17.24%. BOX's return on equity of -17.20% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprout Social	-17.24%	-40.94%	-15.70%
BOX	13.96%	-17.20%	6.15%

Summary

BOX beats Sprout Social on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.