Following the release of Spotify’s Q4 2023 earnings report, insiders including CEO Daniel Ek sold a total of almost $100 million worth of company stock. Amid a push for profitability – and as shares continue to hover around a 52-week high – what does the selloff mean for the streaming giant’s 2024?
Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) posted its Q4 2023 financials on Tuesday, February 6th, reporting the addition of 10 million subscribers from the prior quarter and a smaller-than-expected operating loss. Against the backdrop of the business’s push for profitability, the market responded positively to the results; SPOT rose from the low-$220s at the week’s beginning to surpass the $240 mark.
But Spotify execs and officers acted on SPOT’s valuation spike as well. On the 7th and the 8th, insiders sold a cumulative $96.64 million worth of company stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory filings. For multiple reasons – among them SPOT’s value fluctuations in recent years – the moves are spurring questions about the trajectory not only of Spotify stock, but of the company itself.
Report Table of Contents
I. Spotify Insiders’ Post-Earnings Selloff: Who Sold What, and Should Investors Be Worried?
II. Graph: Spotify Stock Insider Sales’ Cumulative Value by Month, April 2023 – February 2024
III. Spotify Stock’s Long and Winding Road to Early February’s 52-Week High
IV. Graph: Spotify Stock’s Per-Share Value, 2018-24
V. Spotify Stock’s 2024 Outlook – Where Does SPOT Stand As Profitability Takes Center Stage?
VI. Spotify Stock by the Dates: A Timeline of Insider Sales, Share-Price Fluctuations, and Related Developments
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