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Sprout Social (SPT) earnings and revenue breakdown
Latest: Q3 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026 · Sprout Social (SPT) Q3 2026 earnings results →
Q3 2026 Revenue up 8% year over year to $125M · 5¢ of every $1 of revenue lost · operating margin -5.5%
Sprout Social made $125M in Q3 2026 (+8% Y/Y): Subscription $123M, Professional services and other $1.8M. Operating margin -5.5%, net loss $6.5M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026.
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What changed this quarter
Revenue was $125.1M in Q3 2026, up 8% year over year and up 1% from the previous quarter. Subscription was the largest line at 99% of revenue. Subscription added $8.7M year over year (up 8%), 91% of the total change.
Gross margin was 76.6%, down 1.1 points from Q3 2025. Operating costs exceeded revenue by $6.9M, an operating margin of -5.5%. Operating expenses grew 4% against revenue growth of 8%. The fastest-growing cost line was Research & development (+15%). The quarter ended with a net loss of $6.5M, wider than the previous quarter's $3.1M loss.
Operating cash flow was $10.7M (up 15% year over year). Non-cash charges added back $3.4M of depreciation and amortization and $11.4M of share-based compensation. Working capital and other items added $2.4M. Capital expenditures of $477K left free cash flow of $10.2M.
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Form | Filed | Revenue | Y/Y | Op. margin | Net earnings | Op. cash flow |
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| Q3 2026 | 10-Q | Nov 4, 2026 | $125M | +8% | -5.5% | −$6.5M | $10.7M |
| Q2 2026 | 10-Q | Aug 7, 2026 | $124M | +11% | -2.2% | −$3.1M | $8.5M |
| Q1 2026 | 10-Q | May 8, 2026 | $121M | +11% | -4.8% | −$6.3M | $25.2M |
| Q4 2025 | 10-K | Feb 27, 2026 | $121M | +13% | -9.0% | −$10.7M | $10.9M |
| Q3 2025 | 10-Q | Nov 6, 2025 | $116M | +13% | -7.9% | −$9.4M | $9.3M |
| Q2 2025 | 10-Q | Aug 7, 2025 | $112M | +12% | -11.0% | −$12.0M | $5.1M |
| Q1 2025 | 10-Q | May 9, 2025 | $109M | +13% | -10.2% | −$11.2M | $18.1M |
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About Sprout Social
With more than 5.22 billion global users consuming and sharing billions of posts per day, social media has fundamentally changed the customer experience and the way the world communicates. Social media has become mission-critical to the way organizations reach, engage and understand their target audience and customers. Billions of users are sharing their interests, opinions and values with their social networks every day and are using social media to communicate with and about businesses, organizations and causes on an unprecedented scale. Virtually every aspect of business has been impacted by social media, from marketing, sales, commerce and public relations to customer service, product and strategy, creating a need for an entirely new category of software and an entirely new system of record.
In its own words, from its 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026.
Sprout Social against its Services-Prepackaged Software peers
The largest companies of the same SEC industry, each at its latest quarter. Revenue growth: +8% against the peers' median +14%. Operating margin: -5.5% against the peers' median 15.2%.
| Company | Quarter | Revenue | Y/Y | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPT Sprout Social | Q3 2026 | $125M | +8% | -5.5% |
| MSFT Microsoft | Q1 FY27 | $92.3B | +19% | 49.8% |
| ORCL Oracle | Q1 FY27 | $19.3B | +30% | 34.8% |
| CRM Salesforce | Q2 FY27 | $11.3B | +11% | 20.5% |
| ADBE Adobe | Q3 FY26 | $6.8B | +13% | 34.8% |
| XYZ Block | Q3 2026 | $6.7B | +10% | 6.4% |
| INTU Intuit | Q4 FY26 | $4.4B | +14% | 10.9% |
| NOW ServiceNow | Q3 2026 | $4.1B | +20% | 9.4% |
| SHOP Shopify | Q3 2026 | $3.7B | +32% | 15.2% |
Source: Sprout Social 10-Q on SEC EDGAR · CIK 1517375 · Services-Prepackaged Software
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