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 (SPOT) has 8 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported 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 steadied at 40.09% in Q4 2025 per SPOT's latest filing, from 40.02% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 40.09% in Q4 2025, with the low at 16.35% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 7.79%, with a median of 1.94% recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed slumped 1881 bps in 2022 and jumped 3128 bps in 2024.
  • Spotify Technology's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.47% in 2021, then sank by 763 bps to 16.35% in 2022, then soared by 153 bps to 8.74% in 2023, then jumped by 358 bps to 40.02% in 2024, then increased by 0 bps to 40.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SPOT's Return on Capital Employed at 40.09% in Q4 2025, 40.02% in Q4 2024, and 8.74% in Q4 2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Spotify Technology 101.23 Bn 90.99 Bn 1.75 Bn -

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%