For the quarter ended December 2025, Spotify (SPOT) reported revenue of $5.27 billion, up 16.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $5.16, compared to $1.88 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.57% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.14 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.16, the EPS surprise was +63.29%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Spotify performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Monthly Active Users (MAUs): 751 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 745.41 million.
- Premium Subscribers: 290 million compared to the 289.27 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Ad-Supported MAUs: 476 million versus 470 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of Spotify have returned -21.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's no change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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