Sprout Social (SPT) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IONQ or SPT?

IonQ has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprout Social has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IONQ or SPT?

Sprout Social received 70 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.65% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IonQ	Outperform Votes 24 54.55%	Underperform Votes 20 45.45%
Sprout Social	Outperform Votes 94 60.65%	Underperform Votes 61 39.35%

Is IONQ or SPT more profitable?

Sprout Social has a net margin of -17.24% compared to IonQ's net margin of -457.85%. IonQ's return on equity of -36.82% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IonQ	-457.85%	-36.82%	-32.48%
Sprout Social	-17.24%	-40.94%	-15.70%

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

41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of IonQ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor IONQ or SPT?

In the previous week, IonQ had 33 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for IonQ and 8 mentions for Sprout Social. Sprout Social's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat IonQ's score of 0.69 indicating that Sprout Social is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IonQ	16 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprout Social	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate IONQ or SPT?

IonQ presently has a consensus target price of $44.80, indicating a potential upside of 76.27%. Sprout Social has a consensus target price of $33.85, indicating a potential upside of 50.29%. Given IonQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe IonQ is more favorable than Sprout Social.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sprout Social	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IONQ or SPT?

Sprout Social has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. Sprout Social is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IonQ, 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
IonQ	$43.07M	131.49	-$157.77M	-$1.54	-16.50
Sprout Social	$405.91M	3.20	-$66.43M	-$1.09	-20.66

Summary

Sprout Social beats IonQ on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.