Spotify Technology (SPOT) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)

Spotify Technology (SPOT) posted Return on Capital Employed of 40.09% for Q4 2025, little changed sequentially from 40.02% in Q4 2024, and up 7.0% YoY from 37.47% in Q4 2024.

Spotify Technology (SPOT) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Spotify Technology has reported Return on Capital Employed for 8 years, with the latest figure at 40.09% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 7.0% year-over-year to 40.09% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 40.09% (up 7.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 31.7%, up 798.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed held at 40.09% in Q4 2025 per SPOT's latest filing, from 40.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 40.09% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 16.35% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 7.79% and a median of 1.94% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed plunged 1881 bps in 2022, then surged 3128 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.47% in 2021, then plunged by 763 bps to 16.35% in 2022, then surged by 153 bps to 8.74% in 2023, then soared by 358 bps to 40.02% in 2024, then grew by 0 bps to 40.09% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 40.09%, 40.02%, and 8.74% for Q4 2025, Q4 2024, and Q4 2023 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,253.34 Bn 3,824.30 Bn 73.85 Bn 21.49%
2 Meta Platforms 1,548.59 Bn 1,458.33 Bn 49.47 Bn 23.74%
3 Taboola.com 1,144.63 Bn 1,144.50 Bn 139.48 Mn 5.19%
4 Baidu 289.09 Bn 284.60 Bn 1.88 Mn -1.83%
5 Spotify Technology 104.28 Bn 94.04 Bn 1.75 Bn -
6 Joyy 78.58 Bn 77.69 Bn 205.64 Mn 1.52%
7 BILI Social International 60.58 Bn 60.58 Bn 405,933.00 -
8 Nebius 49.00 Bn 39.37 Bn 295.20 Mn -3.77%
9 Reddit 30.74 Bn 27.96 Bn 734.60 Mn 24.36%
10 Tencent Music Entertainment 27.35 Bn 24.65 Bn 514.00 Mn 13.09%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 40.09%
Dec 31, 2024 40.02%
Dec 31, 2023 8.74%
Dec 31, 2022 -16.35%
Mar 31, 2022 1.94%
Dec 31, 2021 2.47%
Sep 30, 2021 0.75%
Jun 30, 2021 -1.69%
Mar 31, 2021 -5.83%
Dec 31, 2020 -9.01%
Sep 30, 2020 -10.13%
Jun 30, 2020 -8.19%
Mar 31, 2020 -1.56%
Dec 31, 2019 -2.79%
Sep 30, 2019 3.76%
Jun 30, 2019 1.41%
Mar 31, 2019 -2.16%
Dec 31, 2018 -2.37%
Sep 30, 2018 -17.15%
Jun 30, 2018 -27.66%