Pudisoo, Kuusalu Parish, Harju, June 13, 2023 – Since 2006, the time Spotify was launched, the company doesn’t stop to develop, and inventing new futures and products to engage users and convince artists to perceive it as a major platform to promote music on Spotify.
Spotify Is One Of The Biggest Music Tech Companies:
By all measures, Spotify is a tech company deriving all their value propositions from their exceptional UI/UX, cutting-edge recommendation engine, seamlessly scalable applications, and other remarkable features. Since its establishment in Stockholm, Sweden in 2006, the company has ascended to become among the leading giants in the music streaming industry. Holding a 31% of the global music streaming market share in 2023, Spotify represents the biggest force in the industry, outshining its nearest rival, Apple Music, which holds a 15% share.
The company’s name, Spotify, was conceived by combining two words, “spot” and “identify”. With this compelling origin story, Spotify has meticulously crafted its entire brand revolving around these fundamental concepts. These core principles are reflected in their ability to recognize and understand users, musical tastes, personalities, and their unwavering commitment to provide personalized recommendations among other innovative offerings.
Financial Outlook:
Spotify’s Financial Performance over the Years:
Spotify has been able to boast high percentages of annual revenue increments for the past several years. Notably, they experienced a staggering 27.07% annual revenue increase in 2021 from $9.001 billion to $11.438 billion. More recently, in the quarter ending March 2023, they reported a 9.35% year-over-year increment.
Despite these impressive figures and holding the biggest market share, the company has not been performing as well as one may think. In fact, up till 2023, they have never once published a positive net income since they were founded in 2006!
Many speculations have been discussed as to why Spotify hasn’t been able to address these Spotify errors but on an overall wider perspective, the problem seems to lie in the very nature of its business model being a low-margin model that merits artists and consumers but not shareholders.
By continuing to follow this business model, the company has seen drastic shifts in its stock prices. To be specific, since its all-time-high share price in February 2021 of $364.59, the company as of May 2023 is leveled at $148.99. That’s a 59% drop in about 2 years.
Spotify’s Future Growth Considering Optimistic and Pessimistic Views:
While operating on a low margin has its benefits such as being able to scale its operations. The company has simply scaled enough with 456 million monthly active users including 195 million active Premium subscribers. With this, there are many aspects to consider in determining the future of Spotify as a whole.
The company has already positioned itself as the biggest company in the industry. Although it is not exactly profitable at the moment, it is no different than what many other companies in this industry are reporting. Better yet, its Premium subscribers have been continuing to grow strongly over the years. On top of this, Spotify has been rigorously researching and exploring new features to add to its platform. Among their plans include moving into concert ticket sales which could potentially drive an excellent and diversified revenue stream for them.
The music industry is a little tricky to approach, with every additional user listening hour that brings in revenue, Spotify’s costs would also go up correspondingly in the form of royalties to pay. In other words, Spotify’s main source of income still faces limitations, particularly in maintaining content “forever” where licensing agreements and changing rights holders can result in the removal or unavailability of certain songs or albums from its platform over time. This is unlike media companies such as Netflix, who are able to produce and reap the benefits of putting out their TV shows or movies once and have users consume it “forever” with no additional costs.
Contact:
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