Spotify Technology vs Tencent Music Entertainment
SPOT and TME side by side, both in communications. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SPOT and TME compare
Tencent Music Entertainment grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.8% versus 9.7% for Spotify Technology).
Tencent Music Entertainment keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 33.6% compared with 12.9% at Spotify Technology.
Tencent Music Entertainment scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 11 for Spotify Technology), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | SPOT | TME |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Share price | $593.44 | $8.41 |
| Change, 1 year | −10.9% | −63.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 105% | 7.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 1.05 |
| Employees | 7,000 | 100K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.7% | 15.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.9% (better) | 2.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 94.4% (better) | 66.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 91.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.0% | 44.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 40.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 33.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 16.7% | 30.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 31.9% (better) | 15.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 64.2% (better) | 18.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.17 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.73 | −0.72 |
| Interest coverage | 8.3× | 104× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.72 | 1.74 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | – | 17.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | – | 13.7% |
| Held by insiders | 15.9% | 58.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$98.9M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
Go deeper
- SPOT stock overview
- SPOT income statement
- SPOT valuation and score
- TME stock overview
- TME income statement
- TME valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.