Sprout Social, Inc.
Business
Sprout Social provides an AI-driven social media management platform that centralizes social engagement, analytics, publishing and customer care to help organizations manage social communications and extract business intelligence. It offers products and services including publishing and scheduling, a unified message inbox, social customer care, reporting and analytics, social listening, influencer marketing, employee advocacy, automation and social commerce. The company serves SMB, mid-market and enterprise customers as well as agencies, governments, nonprofits and educational institutions across product-led, self-serve, inside and field sales motions. Its platform is distributed globally via digital channels, free trials, direct sales and strategic partnerships with major social networks and integrations.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-26
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 458 | 406 | 334 | 254 | 188 | |
| Total cost of revenue | 103 | 91 | 76 | 60 | 47 | |
| Gross profit | 355 | 314 | 257 | 194 | 141 | |
| Research and development | 101 | 103 | 80 | 61 | 40 | |
| Sales and marketing | 191 | 184 | 168 | 124 | 84 | |
| General and administrative | 106 | 88 | 79 | 61 | 45 | |
| Total operating expenses | 398 | 375 | 327 | 246 | 169 | |
| Loss from operations | −43 | −60 | −69 | −52 | −28 | |
| Interest expense | −3 | −4 | −3 | −153,000 | −300,000 | |
| Interest income | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 259,000 | |
| Other (expense) income, net | −204,000 | −1 | −768,000 | −580,000 | −361,000 | |
| Loss before income taxes | −43 | −61 | −66 | −50 | −28 | |
| Income tax expense | 587,000 | 670,000 | 649,000 | 366,000 | 211,000 | |
| Net loss | −43 | −62 | −66 | −50 | −29 | |
| Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted | −0.74 | −1.09 | −1.19 | −0.92 | −0.53 | |
| Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted | 59 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 95 | 86 | 50 | 80 | 107 | |
| Marketable securities | 0 | 4 | 45 | 93 | 70 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $2,719 and $2,169 at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | 101 | 84 | 63 | 36 | 25 | |
| Deferred commissions | 27 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 14 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 14 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | |
| Total current assets | 237 | 210 | 196 | 235 | 223 | |
| Marketable securities, noncurrent | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Deferred commissions, net of current portion | 57 | 52 | 26 | 20 | 14 | |
| Operating lease, right-of-use asset | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| Goodwill | 167 | 121 | 121 | 2 | 2 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 40 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other assets, net | 2 | 967,000 | 1 | 64,000 | 126,000 | |
| Total assets | 523 | 428 | 397 | 294 | 265 | |
| Accounts payable | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
| Deferred revenue | 206 | 179 | 141 | 96 | 69 | |
| Operating lease liability | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Accrued wages and payroll related benefits | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 13 | |
| Accrued expenses and other | 17 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | |
| Total current liabilities | 256 | 221 | 181 | 133 | 98 | |
| Revolving credit facility | 40 | 25 | 55 | 0 | — | |
| Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 752,000 | 1 | 920,000 | 490,000 | 132,000 | |
| Operating lease liability, net of current portion | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | |
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 11 | 351,000 | 351,000 | 0 | — | |
| Total liabilities | 320 | 262 | 252 | 152 | 120 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 639 | 558 | 472 | 401 | 352 | |
| Treasury stock, at cost | −38 | −37 | −35 | −33 | −31 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | 0 | 3,000 | −77,000 | −369,000 | 0 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −398 | −354 | −292 | −226 | −176 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 203 | 167 | 144 | 142 | 145 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 523 | 428 | 397 | 294 | 265 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and software | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Amortization of line of credit issuance costs | 229,000 | 206,000 | 86,000 | 30,000 | 188,000 | |
| Accretion of discount on marketable securities | −7,000 | −406,000 | −3 | −625,000 | 736,000 | |
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Amortization of deferred commissions | 24 | 16 | 27 | 19 | 12 | |
| Amortization of right-of-use operating lease asset | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 673,000 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 79 | 84 | 68 | 48 | 22 | |
| Provision for accounts receivable allowances | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 600,000 | |
| Loss on lease termination - net | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Gain on lease modification | — | −2 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Accretion Expense | 423,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Other | −505,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Accounts receivable | −18 | −22 | −27 | −12 | −9 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2 | −5 | 444,000 | −125,000 | 3 | |
| Deferred commissions | −36 | −34 | −41 | −30 | −23 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 626,000 | 3 | −226,000 | 7 | 9 | |
| Deferred revenue | 22 | 38 | 42 | 27 | 26 | |
| Lease liabilities | −3 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −2 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 43 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |
| Expenditures for property and equipment | −4 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −926,000 | |
| Payments for business acquisition, net of cash acquired | −52 | −1 | −146 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchases of marketable securities | 0 | 0 | −63 | −190 | −110 | |
| Proceeds from maturity of marketable securities | 4 | 45 | 119 | 154 | 88 | |
| Proceeds from sale of marketable securities | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | −52 | 41 | −87 | −38 | −22 | |
| Borrowings from line of credit | 32 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repayments of line of credit | −17 | −30 | −20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payments for line of credit issuance costs | −486,000 | 0 | −1 | −23,000 | −183,000 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 0 | 29,000 | 29,000 | 16,000 | 37,000 | |
| Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Employee taxes paid related to the net share settlement of stock-based awards | −346,000 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 16 | −30 | 54 | −193,000 | −100,000 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 7 | 37 | −26 | −27 | −7 | |
| Cash paid for interest | 2 | 4 | 2 | 62,000 | 111,000 | |
| Income Taxes Paid, Net | 1 | 800,000 | 700,000 | 211,000 | 127,000 | |
| Fair value of contingent consideration in connection with business acquisition | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Deferred consideration in connection with business acquisition | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| ROU asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability | 0 | 629,000 | 795,000 | 1 | 0 | |
| Non-cash adjustment to operating lease right-of-use assets from lease modifications | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Capital expenditures incurred but not yet paid | 92,000 | 375,000 | 137,000 | 0 | 4,000 | |
| Stock-based Compensation Expense Capitalized In Internal-use Software | 448,000 | 314,000 | 298,000 | — | — |