SPOT pitch:
– The #1 music asset for only $12bn.
– Spotify is now at an inflection point with the acceleration of new product/feature adoption and with margins set to aggressively inflect upwards.
– The negative margins in 2022 were driven by short-term headwinds and a year of heavy Podcast investments.
– Spotify has more leverage over music labels than most people think.
– Streaming is now 60% of the major label’s total revenues and SPOT is 2/3rds of that.
– Additionally SPOT can provide record labels with the broadest and most granular amount of data on users’ listening behavior, genre trends, or any undiscovered and upcoming artists.
– There is still a good amount of negative sentiment on the stock and consensus estimates are far too low.
– The market is wrong in believing that Spotify is at the mercy of major music labels and does not have a viable business model.
SPOT valuation:
– You are paying $28 for each Spotify MAU that generates ~$6.6 GP/User per year.
– SPOT trades below 6x 2025 EBITDA target of $2.1bn (vs $0.6bn consensus).
– At 20x EBITDA for 2025, the company is worth $241/share.
Exp. gain: +218% to $241/share.
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https://www.valueinvestorsclub.com/idea/SPOTIFY_TECHNOLOGY_SA/1972020710