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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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of 7.19%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Spotify Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spotify Technology7.19% 22.53% 10.25%
Apple 24.30%167.24%31.35%

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
Spotify Technology$16.96B8.39$1.23B$6.03115.24
Apple$391.04B8.07$93.74B$6.4232.89

Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 223 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 272 mentions for Apple and 49 mentions for Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Apple's score of 0.87 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spotify Technology
37 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
165 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
66 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Spotify Technology presently has a consensus target price of $701.31, suggesting a potential upside of 0.92%. Apple has a consensus target price of $235.11, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Given Apple's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Spotify Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spotify Technology
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

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.
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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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SPOT vs. The Competition

MetricSpotify TechnologyINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$147.58B$18.17B$28.69B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.82%3.07%3.65%
P/E Ratio115.2472.1143.9226.34
Price / Sales8.3976.951,807.2659.22
Price / Cash105.3293.3238.0622.29
Price / Book23.148.757.634.66
Net Income$1.23B$337.83M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-1.96%4.62%2.35%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-2.23%10.23%7.48%4.91%
1 Year Performance139.50%59.68%52,761.55%10.53%

Spotify Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPOT
Spotify Technology
4.339 of 5 stars
$694.90
-3.6%
$701.31
+0.9%
+144.5%$147.58B$16.96B115.247,691Positive News
AAPL
Apple
4.8048 of 5 stars
$208.71
-1.2%
$235.27
+12.7%
-8.2%$3.12T$400.37B32.50164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6087 of 5 stars
$224.97
0.0%
$249.42
+10.9%
+19.1%$2.39T$637.96B36.641,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8706 of 5 stars
$182.84
+0.8%
$207.13
+13.3%
+1.1%$2.22T$350.02B20.37190,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8297 of 5 stars
$181.65
+0.8%
$199.61
+9.9%
+1.4%$2.20T$350.02B20.24183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
META
Meta Platforms
3.6628 of 5 stars
$720.54
+0.4%
$729.38
+1.2%
+51.8%$1.81T$164.50B28.1174,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
NFLX
Netflix
4.2737 of 5 stars
$1,262.55
+1.4%
$1,220.58
-3.3%
+96.8%$537.55B$40.17B59.6914,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TMUS
T-Mobile US
4.887 of 5 stars
$228.40
+0.3%
$252.61
+10.6%
+23.7%$259.38B$81.40B22.2970,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AMX
America Movil
2.2636 of 5 stars
$17.38
-0.9%
$16.78
-3.4%
-3.4%$52.73B$47.69B32.18178,468
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
2.1802 of 5 stars
$20.73
+4.7%
$16.60
-19.9%
+51.4%$35.57B$3.89B24.675,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.5556 of 5 stars
$44.49
-0.1%
N/A+21.9%$34.51B$7.16B29.8632,452News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:SPOT) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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