In the closing of the recent trading day, Spotify (SPOT) stood at $551.73, denoting a +0.31% change from the preceding trading day.
On Tuesday, Bank of America Securities analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich maintained a Buy rating on Spotify Technology SPOT with a price target of $700.
Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) is expected to report first quarter 2025 earnings at least in line with guidance on key metrics including revenue, premium subscribers, and monthly active users when it reports its fourth quarter earnings later this month. Analysts at Bank of America expect Spotify to report revenue of €4.21 billion, versus guidance of €4.2 billion, although recent US dollar strengthening could be a headwind.
Given SPOT's price rise, we analyze its current position to find out whether investors should buy it, hold it, or book profits.
Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Spotify (SPOT). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.
Spotify's 2024 performance shows strong revenue growth and margin improvement, with a 19% YoY top line increase and gross margin hitting 32.2% in Q4. The company is poised for continued growth in 2025, driven by subscriber increases, price hikes, and a new "super-premium" tier potentially adding €2-3 billion in revenue. Spotify's addressable market is vast, with potential to reach 2-3 billion MAUs, particularly in emerging regions like Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America.
There's no doubt about it: The music industry has shifted to the streaming model. The biggest winner has to be Spotify (SPOT 6.86%), with more than 675 million monthly active users (MAUs).
In the closing of the recent trading day, Spotify (SPOT) stood at $537.91, denoting a +0.39% change from the preceding trading day.
In an expansion of its existing audiobooks efforts, Spotify on Thursday announced the launch of a new publishing program for authors that allows them to submit short-form stories they'd like to see turned into audiobooks. When Spotify selects a story for audiobook publishing, it will handle the production and distribution of the work to other major audiobook retailers, the company says.
Spotify (SPOT) saw its shares surge in the last session with trading volume being higher than average. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions may not translate into further price increase in the near term.
Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) shares gained more than 5% after the music streaming service revealed it paid a record $10 billion in royalties to artists in 2024. Per the Swedish company's annual Loud & Clear report, payouts to independent artists and labels represented about half of the company's total royalties for another year at $5 billion.
The music-streaming giant has long been the target of criticism from artists about paltry payments, but said it doled out record royalties last year.