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Spotify Technology (Spotify Technology) Piotroski F-Score

: 7 (As of Today)
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Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Spotify Technology has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Spotify Technology's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SPOT' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Spotify Technology was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Spotify Technology Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spotify Technology's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Spotify Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 7.00

Spotify Technology Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Spotify Technology's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Spotify Technology Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Spotify Technology's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spotify Technology's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was -240.899 + -327.194 + 69.37 + -76.336 = $-575 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 63.169 + 14.085 + 225.187 + 432.933 = $735 Mil.
Revenue was 3256.959 + 3442.037 + 3582.711 + 4003.272 = $14,285 Mil.
Gross Profit was 820.128 + 829.902 + 944.504 + 1068.702 = $3,663 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(8088.983 + 8061.028 + 7921.993 + 8102.455 + 9101.418) / 5 = $8255.1754 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $8,089 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,850 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $5,736 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4,460 Mil.
Net Income was 144.273 + -132.135 + -164.356 + -286.017 = $-438 Mil.

Revenue was 2930.617 + 3027.484 + 3005.941 + 3353.814 = $12,318 Mil.
Gross Profit was 738.987 + 744.186 + 742.574 + 848.517 = $3,074 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(8101.695 + 7752.203 + 7809.725 + 7556.436 + 8088.983) / 5 = $7861.8084 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $8,102 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,783 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,610 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,725 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Spotify Technology's current Net Income (TTM) was -575. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Spotify Technology's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 735. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-575.059/8088.983
=-0.07109163

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-438.235/8101.695
=-0.05409177

Spotify Technology's return on assets of this year was -0.07109163. Spotify Technology's return on assets of last year was -0.05409177. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Spotify Technology's current Net Income (TTM) was -575. Spotify Technology's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 735. ==> 735 > -575 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=1849.509/8255.1754
=0.22404236

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=1782.839/7861.8084
=0.22677213

Spotify Technology's gearing of this year was 0.22404236. Spotify Technology's gearing of last year was 0.22677213. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=5736.096/4460.196
=1.28606366

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4610.169/3724.576
=1.23777015

Spotify Technology's current ratio of this year was 1.28606366. Spotify Technology's current ratio of last year was 1.23777015. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Spotify Technology's number of shares in issue this year was 196.05. Spotify Technology's number of shares in issue last year was 196.143. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3663.236/14284.979
=0.25643972

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3074.264/12317.856
=0.24957785

Spotify Technology's gross margin of this year was 0.25643972. Spotify Technology's gross margin of last year was 0.24957785. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec22)
=14284.979/8088.983
=1.7659796

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=12317.856/8101.695
=1.5204048

Spotify Technology's asset turnover of this year was 1.7659796. Spotify Technology's asset turnover of last year was 1.5204048. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=0+1+0+1+1+1+1+1+1
=7

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Spotify Technology has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Spotify Technology  (NYSE:SPOT) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Spotify Technology (Spotify Technology) Business Description

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Spotify, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is one of the world's largest music streaming service providers, with 489 million total listeners. The firm monetizes its users through a paid subscription model, referred to as its premium service, and an ad-based model, referred to as its ad-supported service. Revenue from premium and ad-supported services represented 87% and 13% of Spotify's 2022 total revenue, respectively.

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