Sprout Social (SPT) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SPT or SOUN?

Sprout Social has higher revenue and earnings than SoundHound AI. Sprout Social is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SoundHound AI, 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	4.54	-$66.43M	-$1.25	-21.52
SoundHound AI	$45.87M	32.41	-$88.94M	-$0.39	-12.33

Is SPT or SOUN more profitable?

Sprout Social has a net margin of -19.64% compared to SoundHound AI's net margin of -188.57%. Sprout Social's return on equity of -42.60% beat SoundHound AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprout Social	-19.64%	-42.60%	-16.65%
SoundHound AI	-188.57%	-1,955.68%	-62.57%

Do analysts recommend SPT or SOUN?

Sprout Social presently has a consensus price target of $57.07, indicating a potential upside of 112.16%. SoundHound AI has a consensus price target of $6.88, indicating a potential upside of 43.04%. Given Sprout Social's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than SoundHound AI.

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
SoundHound AI	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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

19.3% of SoundHound AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of SoundHound AI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SPT or SOUN?

Sprout Social has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundHound AI has a beta of 2.87, meaning that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPT or SOUN?

Sprout Social received 66 more outperform votes than SoundHound AI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.47% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave SoundHound AI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprout Social	Outperform Votes 78 60.47%	Underperform Votes 51 39.53%
SoundHound AI	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%

Does the media refer more to SPT or SOUN?

In the previous week, Sprout Social had 49 more articles in the media than SoundHound AI. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Sprout Social and 16 mentions for SoundHound AI. SoundHound AI's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Sprout Social's score of -0.27 indicating that SoundHound AI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprout Social	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	16 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SoundHound AI	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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