Spotify Shares Surge as It Cuts 17% of Its WorkforceKEY TAKEAWAYS
i. Spotify laid off 17% of its workforce in a third round of job cuts as it moves to contain expenses.
ii. The streaming music service already reduced headcount in January and June.
iii. CEO Daniel Ek blamed a changing economic environment that has created slower growth and higher capital costs.
Spotify Technology (SPOT) shares soared over 7% in early trading Yesterday as the streaming music service slashed its workforce in its latest effort to cut costs.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wrote in a letter to employees that the cuts would reduce headcount by about 17%, or roughly 1,500 employees. Ek explained that the move was needed because economic growth ”has slowed dramatically and capital has become more expensive.”
He noted that the company had debated whether to make smaller reductions over the next two years, but added that “considering the gap between our financial goal state and our current operational costs, I decided that substantial action to rightsize our costs was the best option to accomplish our objectives.”
Ek pointed out that Spotify took advantage of lower-cost capital in 2020 and 2021 to expand its operations, but now “we find ourselves in a very different environment.” He said despite efforts to reduce expenses this year, “our cost structure for where we need to be is still too big.”
This is the third layoff for the company this year. Spotify eliminated some 600 workers in January, and approximately 200 in June. The news sent shares of Spotify Technology to their highest level in almost two years.
Technical Analysis
SPOT is trading near the top of its 52-week range and above its 200-day simple moving average.
Investors have been pushing the share price higher, and the stock still appears to have upward momentum. This is a positive sign for the stock's future value.
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SPOT Spotify Price Target after H&S and Joe Rogan controversyToday you will probably have the chance to buy SPOT at the price of its IPO in 2018.
But the price target, in my opinion, it`s even lower.
Looking at the Head and Shoulders Bearish chart pattern combined with the Joe Rogan controversy that has exposed Spotify’s weaknesses, i would say $126 per share is my buy area.
Looking forward to read your opinion about it.
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Spotify Stock to Lose Half of its 2020 UptrendIs this a good time to join Spotify bulls? Let’s see how the situation looks like from an Elliott Wave perspective.
The daily chart above puts Spotify advance from its December 2018 low in Elliott Wave context. The chart reveals that the uptrend from the 2018 low at $103.66 is shaped as a complete five-wave impulse. The pattern is labeled 1-2-3-4-5, where the five sub-waves of wave 5 are also visible.
There is also a good alternation between the correction, wave 2 is a time-consuming flat pattern that completed during the coronavirus panic of 2020, and wave 4 is a sharp zigzag move. According to the theory, a three-wave correction follows every impulse.
The corrective phase of the Elliott Wave cycle typically erases the entire progress achieved by the fifth wave. Applying this to SPOT stock makes us expect a decline back to the support of wave 4 near $220 a share . If this count is correct, a ~43% drop from the top at $387 seems to have just begun. The double bearish RSI divergence between waves 3 and 5 also indicates the bulls are running out of steam
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US Stock In Play: $SPOT (Spotify Technology S.A)The successful breakout of $SPOT that was previously highlighted (a five months consolidated range pattern), have seen Spotify rallied to an all time high establishment at $346.44 on 11th December 2020. This breakout is also accompanied with its ATR (14D) peaking at $15 per day average volatility, signifying substantial attention of $SPOT from the Wall Streets at the moment.
This week, $SPOT have not been able to capitalize on the broad market rally, with an accumulated correction of -5% from its peak. The current immediate support to watch is at $312 this week.