SPOT vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, NFLX, TMUS, AMX, TME, and CHT
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), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT).
Spotify Technology vs. Its Competitors
Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Apple had 272 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 332 mentions for Apple and 60 mentions for Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Apple's score of 0.79 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Spotify Technology currently has a consensus price target of $720.07, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Apple has a consensus price target of $237.37, suggesting a potential upside of 2.00%. Given Spotify Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Spotify Technology is more favorable than Apple.
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.
Summary
Apple beats Spotify Technology on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPOT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SPOT) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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