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

Spotify Technology's (SPOT) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 24.33% in Q4 2025, up 451.0% year-on-year from 4.41% in Q4 2024, and up 22.74% quarter-over-quarter from 19.82% in Q4 2024.

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

Spotify Technology has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 8 years of filings, most recently posting 24.33% for Q4 2025.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 24.33%, up 451.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 24.33% (up 451.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 31.7%, up 798.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 24.33% for Q4 2025 at Spotify Technology, up from 19.82% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 24.33% in Q4 2025 to a low of 16.35% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.75% (2021), against an average of 1.56%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 1881 bps in 2022 and soared 3124 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Spotify Technology's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.47% in 2021, then plunged by 763 bps to 16.35% in 2022, then surged by 30 bps to 11.42% in 2023, then surged by 273 bps to 19.82% in 2024, then grew by 23 bps to 24.33% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 24.33% (Q4 2025), 19.82% (Q4 2024), and 11.42% (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

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4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn -
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Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 24.33%
Dec 31, 2024 19.82%
Dec 31, 2023 -11.42%
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%