Spotify Technology (SPOT) Competitors

Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) and T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:TMUS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SPOT or TMUS?

T-Mobile US has higher revenue and earnings than Spotify Technology. T-Mobile US is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spotify Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spotify Technology	$15.67B	7.53	$1.23B	$5.95	96.95
T-Mobile US	$82.69B	3.32	$11.34B	$10.25	23.57

Which has more volatility and risk, SPOT or TMUS?

Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T-Mobile US has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SPOT or TMUS more profitable?

T-Mobile US has a net margin of 13.93% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of 7.26%. Spotify Technology's return on equity of 25.56% beat T-Mobile US's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spotify Technology	7.26%	25.56%	10.84%
T-Mobile US	13.93%	18.09%	5.44%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPOT or TMUS?

T-Mobile US received 594 more outperform votes than Spotify Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave T-Mobile US an outperform vote while only 62.70% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spotify Technology	Outperform Votes 422 62.70%	Underperform Votes 251 37.30%
T-Mobile US	Outperform Votes 1016 69.16%	Underperform Votes 453 30.84%

Does the media prefer SPOT or TMUS?

In the previous week, Spotify Technology had 8 more articles in the media than T-Mobile US. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Spotify Technology and 64 mentions for T-Mobile US. T-Mobile US's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Spotify Technology's score of 0.86 indicating that T-Mobile US is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spotify Technology	43 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
T-Mobile US	34 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SPOT or TMUS?

84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of T-Mobile US shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of T-Mobile US shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SPOT or TMUS?

Spotify Technology presently has a consensus price target of $596.26, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. T-Mobile US has a consensus price target of $257.55, indicating a potential upside of 6.61%. Given T-Mobile US's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe T-Mobile US is more favorable than Spotify Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spotify Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
T-Mobile US	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Summary

T-Mobile US beats Spotify Technology on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.