Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q4, Guides For 27.5% Growth Next Year
Stock Story
Published Feb 20, 2024 04:09PM ET
Updated Feb 20, 2024 04:32PM ET
Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q4, Guides For 27.5% Growth Next Year
Social media management software company Sprout (NASDAQ:SPT) beat analysts' expectations in Q4 FY2023, with revenue up 34.3% year on year to $93.58 million. The company expects next quarter's revenue to be around $97.25 million, in line with analysts' estimates. It made a non-GAAP profit of $0.02 per share, down from its profit of $0.03 per share in the same quarter last year.
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Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) Q4 FY2023 Highlights:
- Revenue: $93.58 million vs analyst estimates of $90.69 million (3.2% beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): $0.02 vs analyst estimates of $0 ($0.02 beat)
- Revenue Guidance for Q1 2024 is $97.25 million at the midpoint, roughly in line with what analysts were expecting
- Management's revenue guidance for the upcoming financial year 2024 is $425.4 million at the midpoint, in line with analyst expectations and implying 27.5% growth (vs 31.3% in FY2023)
- Free Cash Flow was -$279,000 compared to -$6.32 million in the previous quarter
- Customers: 31,320, down from 32,383 in the previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 77.6%, in line with the same quarter last year
- Market Capitalization: $3.62 billion
Founded by Justyn Howard and Aaron Rankin in 2010, Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) provides a software as a service platform that companies can use to schedule and respond to posts on major social media networks like Twitter, Facebook (NASDAQ:META), Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn.
Marketing SoftwareWhether or not companies market their products through social media, all businesses need to meet customers where they are; and increasingly, that is social media. As more and more people use a greater number of social media platforms, social media management software become more valuable to their customers.
Sales GrowthAs you can see below, Sprout Social's revenue growth has been very strong over the last two years, growing from $53.27 million in Q4 FY2021 to $93.58 million this quarter.
Unsurprisingly, this was another great quarter for Sprout Social with revenue up 34.3% year on year. On top of that, its revenue increased $8.05 million quarter on quarter, a very strong improvement from the $6.22 million increase in Q3 2023. This is a sign of re-acceleration of growth and great to see.
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Next quarter's guidance suggests that Sprout Social is expecting revenue to grow 29.3% year on year to $97.25 million, in line with the 31% year-on-year increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. For the upcoming financial year, management expects revenue to be $425.4 million at the midpoint, growing 27.5% year on year compared to the 31.4% increase in FY2023.
Customer Growth Sprout Social reported 31,320 customers at the end of the quarter, a decrease of 1,063 from the previous quarter, suggesting that the company's customer acquisition momentum is slowing.
Key Takeaways from Sprout Social's Q4 Results This was a mostly in-line quarter for Sprout, showing the company is staying on target. Revenue outperformed Wall Street's estimates and outlook shows growth is staying steady. On the other hand, decline in customer numbers could be a warning sign. Overall, this quarter's results seemed fairly positive but investors were likely expecting more, however, and the stock is down 4.7% after reporting, trading at $61.5 per share.
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