Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Sales [ROS] (2019 - 2026)
Sprout Social (SPT) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of -2.16% for Q2 2026, up 8.86 percentage points from -11.02% a year earlier and up 2.66 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sprout Social (SPT) Return on Sales [ROS] (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Sprout Social was -5.90%, up 6.65 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -9.50%, up 5.37 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +14.57 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Sprout Social's Return on Sales [ROS] was -14.87% in FY2024 (+5.89 pp), -20.76% in FY2023 (-0.41 pp), -20.36% in FY2022 (-5.41 pp) and -14.95% in FY2021 (+9.12 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q1 2019.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +6.79 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was Q3 2024, with a gain of 11.85 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2022, with a drop of 11.77 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was -4.81% (Q1 2026), -8.95% (Q4 2025) and -7.88% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 406.71 Bn | 371.66 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 46.89% |
| 2 | Oracle | 356.71 Bn | 229.27 Bn | 18.57 Bn | 34.78% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 287.26 Bn | 215.24 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 28.53% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.69 Bn | 131.56 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 20.55% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.83 Bn | 107.63 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -30.06% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 103.38 Bn | 82.65 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 9.38% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.37 Bn | 70.72 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 10.91% |
| 8 | Relx | 72.62 Bn | 72.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.71 Bn | 35.85 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,670.89% |
| 10 | Sprout Social | 651.07 Mn | 220.52 Mn | 95.81 Mn | -5.52% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -5.52% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -2.16% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -4.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.95% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -7.88% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -11.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -10.25% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -12.77% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -16.45% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -16.61% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -13.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -19.47% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -28.30% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -18.81% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -15.87% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -18.88% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -22.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -23.66% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -16.73% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.25% |
API Access
Sprout Social Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=SPT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "SPT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=SPT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();