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Spotify’s active users, profit forecast beat expectations

Spotify’s shares increased in extended trading on Tuesday as the company released an optimistic profit forecast for the fourth quarter.

The streaming service projects an operating income of 481 million euros (US$505 million), surpassing the analyst expectation of 432.7 million euros (US$460.76 million) provided by StreetAccount.

In the third quarter, Spotify reported earnings per share of 1.45 euros (US$1.54), which missed the LSEG expectation of 1.72 euros (US$1.83).

The company’s revenue fell slightly short of forecasts, reaching 3.99 billion euros (US$4.25 billion) compared to the projected 4.02 billion euros (US$4.28 billion).

Despite this, monthly active users totaled 640 million, exceeding StreetAccount’s projection of 639 million.

Recent Spotify developments

Timeline
10-Oct-2024 🎶 Spotify’s free streaming launches in South Korea
  • Spotify launches free service in South Korea
  • Reported 5.8B monthly streams for local artists
04-Dec-2023 📉 Spotify to cut workforce by 17% in bid to boost efficiency
  • Spotify to cut 17% of workforce, 1,500 jobs
  • Job cuts due to rising costs, global economic slowdown
06-Jul-2023 🎧 Spotify’s focus on premium pays off
  • 40% of Spotify users drive 97% of profits
  • Spotify plans to enhance its premium subscription tier
23-Jan-2023 🎵 Spotify set to slash jobs this week
  • Spotify plans job cuts as early as this week
  • Company faces competition from ByteDance’s new service
18-Nov-2019 🎶 Spotify, Apple Music may face music-streaming challenge from Bytedance soon

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