The company also has an Ad-Supported Service with no subscription fees, and this provides users with limited on-demand online access to Spotify's streaming services that are frequently interrupted by display, audio, and video advertisements. Spotify offers a variety of plans (Standard, Family, Student etc.) sold either directly to users or through partners such as telecoms companies that bundle the subscription together with their own services.
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The Premium Service offers unlimited online and offline streaming access to Premium Subscribers, without interruptions from advertisements. Spotify operates a freemium business model, wherein users can other use the company's Premium Service or its Ad-Supported Service. Originally a pure music streaming platform, Spotify entered the podcasting arena in 2017 and has expanded to become the world's leading podcast platform as well. It is the world's leading audio streaming platform, with 422m MAUs (monthly active users) and 182m Premium Subscribers across 183 different markets. Spotify's mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity, by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by their creators. So, does Spotify have what it takes to turn its global platform into a money making machine? I took it through my investment framework to find out. There is a lot to like about this company, but it is constrained heavily by the royalty payments to music artists, resulting in gross profit margins that have consistently been around 25% - with very limited profitability in the business itself. In fact, it overtook Apple Podcasts as the top podcast platform in the US, and across many other markets. Spotify ( NYSE: SPOT) is the world's number one music streaming platform, and it has kept this position despite intense competition from the likes of Apple ( AAPL). Theo Wargo/Getty Images Entertainment Investment Thesis