On May 30, Spotify declined 3.43% in regular trading, trading at $498.13/share, with trading volume of $707 million. The stock has continued its downward trajectory following the release of quarterly results earlier in the week.
On the news front, Spotify reported Q3 results that beat expectations on revenue, margins, and user growth, but provided mixed guidance for Q4. Gross margin for Q3 came in at 31.6%, exceeding the 31.1% consensus, while the company guided Q4 gross margin to 32.9%, above the 32.5% estimate. However, the market had already priced in substantial margin expansion following a 500-basis-point improvement over the prior year, and analysts noted the pace of improvement would naturally moderate. Additionally, renewed content cost pressure from recently renegotiated deals with major record labels weighed on sentiment.
Following a roughly 70% stock price rally over the past year driven by price hikes, cost optimization, and AI-driven product innovation, profit-taking has intensified as the stock retreated from its historical closing high of approximately $775 earlier this year.
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