Spotify Technology (SPOT) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.48
- Estimate
- $2.81
- Surprise
- -11.6%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.4 → 5.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Spotify Technology (SPOT) missed the $2.81 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.48 — a large 11.6% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.4/10) to Sell at 5.5/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates SPOT Sell at 5.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -11.6% surprise compares with a +15.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Positive momentum
- Wide economic moat
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $583.66
- Stop
- $542.80
At 33.5× trailing and 33.8× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 86 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 2.9× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-23 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
SPOT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Communication and media names are subscriber-economics stories; engagement and ARPU trends behind the print drive the reaction.
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Market cap
- $120.01B
- P/E (fwd)
- 33.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 33.5
- 52-week range
- $405.00–$683.96
- Off 52-week high
- 14.7%
- RSI (14)
- 86
- Volume vs avg
- 2.89×
- Score today
- 5.5/10