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Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Spotify (SPOT). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

SPOT has crossed below a historically bearish trendline

In the closing of the recent trading day, Spotify (SPOT) stood at $499.91, denoting a -3.26% move from the preceding trading day.

Spotify's Q2 gross margin rose to 33.4% as Premium growth outpaced music costs and Ad-Supported gains lifted operating profitability.

Palantir, AT&T, and Spotify have lagged the market in 2026, but UBS rates each of the stocks as strong buys.

Bank of America is standing firmly behind streaming giant Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) despite a rough week for the stock. In a note Friday, the bank reiterated its Buy rating and $685 price target, pushing back against any narrative that the company's growth story is faltering. BofA...

APPS vs. SPOT: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

Spotify is hitting record margins and crossing major milestones while Home Depot waits for the housing market to cooperate. The growth profiles tell very different stories for investors right now.

Key Stats for Spotify StockCurrent Price: $558. 26Target Price (Mid): ~$1,240Street Target: ~$612Potential Total Return: ~122%Annualized IRR: ~20% / yearWhat Happened?Spotify (SPOT) spent a decade training investors to watch one number: paid subscribers.

Netflix shares have shed more than a third of their value over the past year, yet the company's ad business is exploding and buybacks are hitting record pace. Our proprietary model sees a stark disconnect between where the stock trades today and where the fundamentals say it should go.

Spotify (SPOT) closed the most recent trading day at $546.7, moving 2.07% from the previous trading session.

Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI) stock is up 53% year to date (YTD), one of the more surprising runs in the communication services group this year. Sirius XM shares are trading at $29.63 in Tuesday afternoon action, rising 0.9% on the session. That puts the stock near its 52-week high of $32.37 and well above its […]

Spotify Technology S.A. recently confirmed that long-time board member Heidi O’Neill resigned effective September 3, 2026, and also outlined growth priorities at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, including AI-powered tools, video expansion, and new verticals like fitness. The company emphasized how its audiobook add-ons, new paid layers such as Audiobooks+ and reserved ticketing, and a goal of 1 billion monthly active users by 2030 are reshaping its business mix beyond...

Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) Co-CEO, Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer Gustav Söderström outlined the company’s strategy for using artificial intelligence, expanding into additional media formats and monetizing highly engaged users during an investor conference appearance. Söders

Spotify and Netflix just reported quarters that point in completely different directions, and the gap between their strategies raises a question worth sitting with: which business actually has more room to run from here?

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Spotify (SPOT) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

Busta Rhymes keeps it real on trying to make real money from streaming platforms.

Phillips 66's strong quarter, soaring estimates, buyback and debt plans fuel the bull case, while Tyson faces mounting pressure on beef margins.

In the latest trading session, Spotify (SPOT) closed at $523, marking a -1.07% move from the previous day.

After a successful agentic AI debut and a favorable, high-stakes multi-year legal settlement, Meta Platforms has finally turned the corner.

Apple's new CEO John Ternus faces his first real test before he has even settled in, as customers weigh whether to absorb two price increases inside two weeks or simply sit out the upgrade cycle entirely.

Both have achieved profitability with similar leverage, but their margin profiles and valuations diverge sharply, one trades at a premium on pricing power, the other on scale.

Spotify (SPOT) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

Deutsche Bank just made a bold call on the one audio stock that has already outpaced its rivals by a wide margin in 2026, and the market is listening. Here is what the upgrade reveals about where Sirius XM stands heading into a pivotal second half.

Sands Capital, an investment management company, released its “Sands Capital Select Growth Fund” Q2 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. Select Growth Fund targets U.S. businesses driving significant structural change through disruptive innovation. The fund returned 23.2% in the quarter, outperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s 16.7%. U.S. large-cap growth equities rebounded […]

APPS vs. SPOT: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

Netflix stock is down more than 30% over the past year while the business keeps growing revenue at double digits, and that disconnect is exactly what has one major billionaire investor stepping back in.

On August 20, 2026, Spotify Technology increased its equity buyback authorization by US$1.50 billion while Barclays reported that major music labels’ streaming growth has moved closer to Spotify’s, signaling a change in how streaming gains are shared across the industry. Although Spotify’s 14.6% streaming growth in Q2 2026 still outpaced labels’ 8.3% average, the shrinking gap points to music companies gaining more leverage in negotiations over future streaming economics. We’ll now explore...

Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) drew fresh attention after expanding its equity buyback authorization by an additional US$1.5b on 20 August 2026, shortly after reporting 14.6% streaming growth for Q2 2026. The buyback news and 14.6% streaming growth arrived alongside a 10.01% 90 day share price return and a recent 3.84% 1 day move. However, the share price return year to date is down 4.78%, while the 3 year total shareholder return is very large, suggesting longer term momentum remains strong...

Spotify Technology stock has delivered very strong gains over the past three years, while the latest intrinsic value work using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) approach points to shares trading below that estimate even as market based multiples look roughly in line. For investors, Spotify now sits in an interesting spot where a DCF based view suggests upside, but the broader valuation picture is more mixed. Spotify has returned about 247.5% over the past three years, which puts extra focus on...