SPT vs. SOUN, ZUO, EVBG, SPNS, EVCM, VTEX, PD, SWI, BASE, and PDFS
Should you be buying Sprout Social stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprout Social include SoundHound AI (SOUN), Zuora (ZUO), Everbridge (EVBG), Sapiens International (SPNS), EverCommerce (EVCM), VTEX (VTEX), PagerDuty (PD), SolarWinds (SWI), Couchbase (BASE), and PDF Solutions (PDFS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) and Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, SoundHound AI had 2 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for SoundHound AI and 31 mentions for Sprout Social. Sprout Social's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat SoundHound AI's score of 0.10 indicating that SoundHound AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SoundHound AI has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprout Social has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprout Social received 65 more outperform votes than SoundHound AI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.77% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave SoundHound AI an outperform vote.
SoundHound AI currently has a consensus price target of $6.88, indicating a potential upside of 32.56%. Sprout Social has a consensus price target of $57.07, indicating a potential upside of 88.67%. Given SoundHound AI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than SoundHound AI.
19.3% of SoundHound AI shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of SoundHound AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Sprout Social shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sprout Social has a net margin of -19.64% compared to Sprout Social's net margin of -183.49%. SoundHound AI's return on equity of -42.51% beat Sprout Social's return on equity.
Summary
SoundHound AI and Sprout Social tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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