Spotify shares, which have been on a tear since last year, are up 10% premarket on a strong fourth quarter that saw users and subscribers grow and the global music giant post a full-year profit for the first time since it launched in 2008.
The Stockholm-based streaming music giant added 35 million monthly active users to 675 million, a record fourth quarter for Spotify and 10 million above forecasts.
Subscriber net additions of 11 million (to 263 million) also significantly outperformed, surpassing guidance by 3 million. CEO Daniel Ek, on a call with analysts after the numbers, called “2024 was a year where we really showed what we are capable of.” The current year is one where were the platform will “double down on music,” he said, calling 2025 “the year of accelerated execution.” Revenue jumped 16% to 4.2 billion euros ($4 billion), ahead of plans on favorable currency movements and underlying strength in the business.
The fourth quarter swung to a profit of 367 million euros ($379 million) from a loss the year before but was a bit light versus expectations on social charges of euros 96 million.
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