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Spotify Technology’s consensus analyst price target has edged down slightly, from $747.78 to $746.42. This signals a minor revision in how experts value the stock. This subtle shift comes as analysts weigh encouraging signs of revenue growth and new product initiatives, while also considering ongoing concerns around risk and market expectations. Read on to see how you can keep track of these evolving perspectives and stay informed on Spotify’s investment outlook.
Analysts have issued a variety of recent notes on Spotify Technology, reflecting both optimism and caution regarding the company’s near- and medium-term prospects. Their commentary provides insights into the factors driving updates to price targets, ratings, and overall investor sentiment.
🐂 Bullish Takeaways
Several firms, including JPMorgan, Guggenheim, Canaccord, and BNP Paribas Exane, have expressed a constructive outlook, highlighting robust subscriber and user growth, improving engagement and conversion, and ongoing international price increases.
JPMorgan raised its price target on Spotify to $805 from $740, citing updates to its model for international price hikes and projecting 14% year-over-year revenue growth through 2026. The firm also flagged potential upside if a U.S. price increase is implemented.
Guggenheim lifted its price target to $850 from $800 as it expects further price increases, particularly in large markets, to fuel upward revisions to revenue and profits.
Canaccord continues to view near-term share pullbacks as buying opportunities, basing its bullish stance on improving engagement, steady subscriber growth, pricing power, and a renewed focus on the ads business. The firm maintains a Buy rating with an $850 price target.
BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a $900 price target, marking one of the highest targets among peers.
Other firms such as Wells Fargo and KeyBanc maintain Overweight ratings, indicating ongoing belief in Spotify’s pricing power and margin expansion potential, despite recent stock volatility.
Key drivers rewarded by analysts include execution on product momentum, strategic price increases, differentiation versus peers, and transparent communication of growth targets.
🐻 Bearish Takeaways
Caution has emerged among firms such as Goldman Sachs and Citi, who either downgraded their ratings or highlighted risks in their research.
Goldman Sachs downgraded Spotify to Neutral from Buy, even as it modestly raised its price target to $770 from $765. The firm sees a balanced risk/reward profile, suggesting much of Spotify’s forward growth may already be priced into the shares, particularly ahead of the Q3 earnings report. Goldman nonetheless expects solid mid-teens annual revenue growth over the next four years.
Citi increased its price target to $750 from $715 but maintained a Neutral rating, citing concerns that consensus estimates may underestimate the growing wholesale cost of music.
Phillip Securities upgraded the stock to Neutral from Reduce, but noted that near-term expectations are being tempered by increased investments and operating costs.
Analysts in this group tend to cite concerns over valuation, the extent to which future upside is already reflected in the share price, rising costs, and the impact of recent investment cycles as factors warranting a more cautious outlook.
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