Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Sprout Social Inc shares valued at $327,560 were sold by Howard Justyn Russell on Aug 05 ’25. At $16.38 per share, Howard Justyn Russell sold 20,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 7,417 shares worth approximately $0.11 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Del Preto Joseph sold 1,500 shares, netting a total of over 24,627 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $16.42 each, the insider now holds 247,012 shares.
Before that, Walker Karen had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $95,225, the Director traded Sprout Social Inc shares for $19.05 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.43 million.
As published in a research note from Cantor Fitzgerald on June 03, 2025, Sprout Social Inc [SPT] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $24. Analysts at Scotiabank started covering the stock with ‘”a Sector perform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of August 22, 2024, KeyBanc Capital Markets has decreased its “Sector weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for SPT. Earlier on May 03, 2024, William Blair downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for SPT stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing SPT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Sprout Social Inc [NASDAQ: SPT] plunged -8.22% to $14.74. The stock’s lowest price that day was $14.585, but it reached a high of $17.41 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -14.05%. Over the course of the year, Sprout Social Inc shares have dropped approximately -52.63%.
Is Sprout Social Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Sprout Social Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.44 million shares to 4.01 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 3.57 million shares. A jump of 10.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.86 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.86.
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In terms of Sprout Social Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 22 in the next 12 months, up nearly 36.99% from the previous closing price of $16.06. Analysts anticipate Sprout Social Inc stock to reach 23 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 21. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Sprout Social Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 03, 2024, Robert W. Baird assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $45.
