Growth Metrics

Sprout Social (SPT) Research & Development (2019 - 2026)

Sprout Social (SPT) reported Research & Development of $26.9 million for Q1 2026, up 16.01% year-over-year from $23.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 5.1% on a QoQ basis from $28.4 million in Q4 2025.

Sprout Social (SPT) has 8 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $26.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development rose 16.01% year-over-year to $26.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $105.0 million (up 2.68% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $101.3 million, down 1.47% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development slipped to $26.9 million in Q1 2026 per SPT's latest filing, from $28.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $28.4 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $13.1 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $23.2 million (2025), against an average of $21.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development surged 70.67%; it then fell 4.58% in 2025.
  • Tracing SPT's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $16.7 million in 2022, then surged by 35.54% to $22.7 million in 2023, then gained by 21.91% to $27.6 million in 2024, then climbed by 2.78% to $28.4 million in 2025, then decreased by 5.1% to $26.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SPT Research & Development figures stand at $26.9 million (Q1 2026), $28.4 million (Q4 2025), and $25.1 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.62 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.11 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 840.00 Mn
10 Sprout Social 409.76 Mn 298.14 Mn 93.51 Mn 26.95 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 26.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 28.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 25.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 24.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 27.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 26.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 25.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 23.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 22.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 20.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 18.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 17.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 16.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 16.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 15.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 13.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 12.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 10.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 9.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 8.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 7.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 7.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 7.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 7.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 8.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 6.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 6.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 6.35 Mn