(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) CHICAGO, Nov. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sprout Social, Inc. (“Sprout Social”, the“Company”) (Nasdaq: SPT), an industry-leading provider of cloud-based social media management software, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2025. “Our team delivered strong results in the third quarter, highlighted by 17% cRPO growth and strong profitability,” said Ryan Barretto, CEO of Sprout Social.“We saw strong execution in our enterprise segment as we remain committed to strengthening our enterprise presence through customer adoption, account expansion, and strategic partnerships.”
Third Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights
Revenue
Revenue was $115.6 million, up 13% compared to the third quarter of 2024. Total remaining performance obligations (RPO) of $357.1 million as of September 30, 2025, up 15% year-over-year. Current remaining performance obligations (cRPO) of $258.5 million as of September 30, 2025, up 17% year-over-year.
Operating Income (Loss)
GAAP operating loss was ($9.1) million, compared to ($16.9) million in the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP operating income was $13.7 million, compared to $7.5 million in the third quarter of 2024.
Net Loss
GAAP net loss was ($9.4) million, compared to ($17.1) million in the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP net income was $13.4 million, compared to $7.3 million in the third quarter of 2024. GAAP net loss per share was ($0.16) based on 58.9 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, compared to ($0.30) based on 57.2 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding in the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP net income per share was $0.23 based on 58.9 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, compared to $0.13 based on 57.2 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding in the third quarter of 2024.
Cash
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $90.6 million as of September 30, 2025, compared to $101.5 million as of June 30, 2025. Net cash provided by operating activities was $9.3 million, compared to $9.0 million in the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP free cash flow was $10.3 million, compared to $9.3 million in the third quarter of 2024.
See“Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for definitions of Non-GAAP operating income (loss), Non-GAAP net income (loss), Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share and Non-GAAP free cash flow and the financial tables that accompany this release for reconciliations of our non-GAAP measures to their closest comparable GAAP measures. See“Key Business Metrics” below for how Sprout Social defines RPO, cRPO, the number of customers contributing over $10,000 in ARR and the number of customers contributing over $50,000 in ARR.
Customer Metrics
Grew number of customers contributing over $10,000 in ARR to 9,756 customers as of September 30, 2025, up 7% compared to September 30, 2024. Grew number of customers contributing over $50,000 in ARR to 1,947 customers as of September 30, 2025, up 21% compared to September 30, 2024.
Recent Customer Highlights
During the third quarter, we had the opportunity to grow with new and existing customers like Xerox, NYU, Bentley, Celsius/Alani, Hallmark, Valvoline, Becton Dickinson, the Royal Family, Primo Brands, and Cub Foods.
Recent Business Highlights
Sprout Social recently:
Launched new Canva integration to streamline design-to-publishing for social (link ) Launched expansive suite of integrations to empower brands in the social intelligence era (link ) Expanded Salesforce collaboration to revolutionize Social Customer Care (link ) Recognized as a silver winner for Best Influencer Marketing Platform at the 2025 Global Influencer Marketing Awards
Fourth Quarter and 2025 Financial Outlook
For the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company currently expects:
Total revenue between $118.2 million and $119.0 million. Non-GAAP operating income between $9.5 million and $10.5 million. Non-GAAP net income per share between $0.15 and $0.17 based on approximately 59.3 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding.
For the full year 2025, the Company currently expects:
Total revenue between $454.9 million and $455.7 million. Non-GAAP operating income between $46.1 million and $47.1 million. Non-GAAP net income per share between $0.77 and $0.79 based on approximately 58.6 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding.
The Company's fourth quarter and 2025 financial outlook is based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change and many of which are outside the Company's control. If actual results vary from these assumptions, the Company's expectations may change. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve these results.
The Company does not provide guidance for operating loss, the most directly comparable GAAP measure to non-GAAP operating income, or net loss per share, the most directly comparable GAAP measure to non-GAAP net income per share, and similarly cannot provide a reconciliation between its forecasted non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP net income per share and these comparable GAAP measures without unreasonable effort due to the unavailability of reliable estimates for certain items. These items are not within the Company's control and may vary greatly between periods and could significantly impact future financial results.
Conference Call Information
The financial results and business highlights will be discussed on a conference call and webcast scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Central Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today, November 5, 2025. Online registration for this event conference call can be found at . The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed from Sprout Social's investor relations website at
Following completion of the events, a webcast replay will also be available at for 12 months.
About Sprout Social
Sprout Social is a global leader in social media management and analytics software, built on the belief that All Business is SocialSM. Sprout's intuitive platform puts powerful social data into the hands of approximately 30,000 brands so they can deliver smarter, faster business impact. Named the #1 Best Software Product by G2's 2024 Best Software Award, Sprout offers comprehensive publishing and engagement functionality, customer care, influencer marketing, advocacy, crisis management and AI-powered business intelligence. Sprout's software operates across all major social media networks and digital platforms. For more information about Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT), visit sproutsocial.
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We have provided in this press release certain financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results and believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors as additional tools to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of our historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations.
Non-GAAP gross profit. We define non-GAAP gross profit as GAAP gross profit, excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense associated with the acquired developed technology from our acquisitions of Tagger Media, Inc. (“Tagger”) and NewsWhip Group Holdings Limited (“NewsWhip”), and restructuring charges. We believe non-GAAP gross profit provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as it eliminates the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization expense and restructuring charges, which are often unrelated to overall operating performance.
Non-GAAP operating income. We define non-GAAP operating income as GAAP loss from operations, excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense associated with the acquired intangible assets from the Tagger and NewsWhip acquisitions, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations, acquisition-related expenses and accretion associated with contingent consideration. We believe non-GAAP operating income provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as it eliminates the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization expense, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations, acquisition-related expenses and accretion associated with contingent consideration, which are often unrelated to overall operating performance.
Non-GAAP operating margin. We define non-GAAP operating margin as non-GAAP operating income (loss) as a percentage of revenue.
Non-GAAP net income. We define non-GAAP net income as GAAP net loss, excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense associated with the acquired intangible assets from the Tagger and NewsWhip acquisitions, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations, acquisition-related expenses and accretion associated with contingent consideration. We believe non-GAAP net income provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as this non-GAAP financial measure eliminates the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization expense, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations, acquisition-related expenses and accretion associated with contingent consideration, which are often unrelated to overall operating performance.
Non-GAAP net income per share. We define non-GAAP net income per share as GAAP net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted, excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense associated with the acquired intangible assets from the Tagger and NewsWhip acquisitions, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations, acquisition-related expenses and accretion associated with contingent consideration. We believe non-GAAP net income per share provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as this non-GAAP financial measure eliminates the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization expense, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations, acquisition-related expenses and accretion associated with contingent consideration, which are often unrelated to overall operating performance.
Non-GAAP free cash flow. We define non-GAAP free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less expenditures for property and equipment, interest payments on our revolving credit facility, payments related to restructuring charges and acquisition-related costs. Non-GAAP free cash flow does not reflect our future contractual obligations or represent the total increase or decrease in our cash balance for a given period. We believe non-GAAP free cash flow is a useful indicator of liquidity that provides information to management and investors about the amount of cash provided by our core operations that, after expenditures for property and equipment, interest payments on our revolving credit facility, payments related to restructuring charges and acquisition-related costs, is available for strategic initiatives.
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses, non-GAAP research and development expenses and non-GAAP general and administrative expenses. Non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses, non-GAAP research and development expenses and non-GAAP general and administrative expenses are defined as sales and marketing expenses, research and development expenses and general and administrative expenses, respectively, less stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense associated with the acquired intangible assets from the Tagger and NewsWhip acquisitions, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations and acquisition-related expenses. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide our management and investors with insight into day-to-day operating expenses given that these measures eliminate the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization expense associated with the acquired intangible assets from the Tagger and NewsWhip acquisitions, restructuring charges, non-cash losses from lease terminations and acquisition-related expenses.
Key Business Metrics
Remaining performance obligations (“RPO”). RPO, or remaining performance obligations, represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, and includes deferred revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized in future periods.
Current remaining performance obligations (“cRPO”). cRPO, or current RPO, represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, and includes deferred revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized in the next 12 months.
Number of customers contributing more than $10,000 in ARR. We define number of customers contributing more than $10,000 in ARR as those on a paid subscription plan that had more than $10,000 in ARR as of a period end. We view the number of customers that contribute more than $10,000 in ARR as a measure of our ability to scale with our customers and attract larger organizations. We believe this represents potential for future growth, including expanding within our current customer base.
Number of customers contributing more than $50,000 in ARR. We define number of customers contributing more than $50,000 in ARR as those on a paid subscription plan that had more than $50,000 in ARR as of a period end. We view the number of customers that contribute more than $50,000 in ARR as a measure of our ability to scale with large customers and attract sophisticated organizations. We believe this represents potential for future growth, including expanding within our current customer base.
While we no longer believe that ARR and number of customers are key performance indicators of Sprout Social's business, these metrics are necessary for an understanding of how we define number of customers contributing over $10,000 in ARR and number of customers contributing over $50,000 in ARR. For this purpose, we define ARR as the annualized revenue run-rate of subscription agreements from all customers as of the last date of the specified period and we define a customer as a unique account, multiple accounts containing a common non-personal email domain, or multiple accounts governed by a single agreement or entity.
Availability of Information on Sprout Social's Website and Social Media Profiles
Investors and others should note that Sprout Social routinely announces material information to investors and the marketplace using SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and the Sprout Social Investors website. We also intend to use the social media profiles listed below as a means of disclosing information about us to our customers, investors and the public. While not all of the information that the Company posts to the Sprout Social Investors website or to social media profiles is of a material nature, some information could be deemed to be material. Accordingly, the Company encourages investors, the media, and others interested in Sprout Social to review the information that it shares at the Investors link located at the bottom of the page on and to regularly follow our social media profiles. Users may automatically receive email alerts and other information about Sprout Social when enrolling an email address by visiting "Email Alerts" in the "Shareholder Services" section of Sprout Social's Investor website at
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The following schedule reflects our non-GAAP financial measures and reconciles our non-GAAP financial measures to the related GAAP financial measures (in thousands, except per share data):
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