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SPOT vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, NFLX, TMUS, AMX, WBD, and TME

Should you be buying Spotify Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spotify Technology include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Netflix (NFLX), T-Mobile US (TMUS), America Movil (AMX), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME).

Spotify Technology vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Apple has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of 4.76%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Spotify Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Spotify Technology 4.76%13.67%6.46%

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Spotify Technology. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spotify Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B9.97$93.74B$6.5939.88
Spotify Technology$16.96B7.79$1.23B$4.12156.61

Apple currently has a consensus price target of $252.47, indicating a potential downside of 3.94%. Spotify Technology has a consensus price target of $731.16, indicating a potential upside of 13.32%. Given Spotify Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spotify Technology is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Spotify Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

In the previous week, Apple had 243 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 294 mentions for Apple and 51 mentions for Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Apple's score of 0.91 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
187 Very Positive mention(s)
32 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
8 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Spotify Technology
31 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Apple beats Spotify Technology on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPOT vs. The Competition

MetricSpotify TechnologyINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$132.20B$19.94B$33.67B$22.11B
Dividend YieldN/A3.66%3.18%3.55%
P/E Ratio156.6160.7097.5430.50
Price / Sales7.79102.241,292.1761.76
Price / Cash94.3584.9738.6124.64
Price / Book21.499.277.624.66
Net Income$1.23B$356.34M$820.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.85%4.64%2.47%2.22%
1 Month Performance-9.38%1.43%3.63%2.07%
1 Year Performance70.08%63.57%24,146.25%14.05%

Spotify Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPOT
Spotify Technology
4.5448 of 5 stars
$645.22
-4.3%
$731.16
+13.3%
+71.3%$132.20B$16.96B156.617,691Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AAPL
Apple
4.7336 of 5 stars
$252.29
+2.0%
$248.29
-1.6%
+14.0%$3.74T$391.04B38.28164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7385 of 5 stars
$213.04
-0.7%
$266.26
+25.0%
+20.3%$2.27T$637.96B32.481,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GOOG
Alphabet
4.6797 of 5 stars
$253.79
+0.8%
$244.68
-3.6%
+58.3%$3.07T$371.40B27.03190,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9424 of 5 stars
$253.30
+0.7%
$252.24
-0.4%
+59.7%$3.06T$371.40B26.98183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
META
Meta Platforms
4.5142 of 5 stars
$716.91
+0.7%
$830.68
+15.9%
+30.0%$1.80T$178.80B25.9674,067Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
NFLX
Netflix
4.8128 of 5 stars
$1,199.36
+1.3%
$1,339.81
+11.7%
+45.1%$509.64B$39.00B51.1014,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TMUS
T-Mobile US
4.9458 of 5 stars
$229.33
+1.3%
$266.17
+16.1%
-6.8%$258.09B$84.05B21.6370,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AMX
America Movil
2.5314 of 5 stars
$22.47
-0.4%
$21.13
-5.9%
+36.8%$67.80B$935.68B18.26178,468Analyst Upgrade
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
1.6526 of 5 stars
$18.19
-0.5%
$17.00
-6.5%
+181.3%$45.03B$39.32B60.6435,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.6864 of 5 stars
$22.35
-1.2%
$24.47
+9.5%
+100.3%$38.37B$30.27B24.565,353News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:SPOT) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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