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Spotify Technology SPOT

$603.01 −$11.40 (-1.86%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 10:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $603.01 0.00%
Open$592.23
Prev close$614.41
Day range$589.50 – $610.82
Volume1.84M
Market cap$123.93B
P/E (TTM)38.1
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership76.3%-0.26 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,645+10 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)14 buys / 35 sellsNet selling
ARK fund activity+5,128 sh1 recent transactions · last 3 Aug 2026
Short interest1.69% of floatDays to cover 2.4 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share14.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

10%15%20%24%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$74.62M (13 inflow days, 7 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$60.0MSuper+$14.7MBig+$26.9MMid+$52.7MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 32.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Sven Lorentzon9.25%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited8.09%
  • Daniel Ek5.84%
  • BlackRock5.30%
  • Baillie Gifford3.86%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.25%
  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.2.17%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.1.75%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund52.77%
  • Individual/Insider15.42%
  • Public Company11.48%
  • Hedge Fund6.81%
  • Government Pension Fund1.64%
  • Private Company1.10%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.77%
  • VC/PE Fund0.57%

Reported short interest has fallen from 3.14% to 1.69% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Deka Investment GmbH Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +374,590 0.2%
Harding Loevner LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,598,173 0.8%
Baron Capital Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,113,589 1.2%
Union Asset Management Holding AG Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +906,703 1.2%
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +775,431 0.4%
Principal Global Investors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +613,530 0.8%
Fidelity International Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +459,171 0.3%
Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP Corporate Pension Plan 2026/Q3 +429,840 0.3%
WCM Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +425,400 1.4%
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Government Pension Fund 2026/Q3 +346,414 0.4%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +344,898 0.2%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP Private Company 2026/Q3 +336,068 0.2%
Janus Henderson Group plc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +311,076 1.0%
Barclays PLC Public Company 2026/Q3 +293,287 0.4%
D1 Capital Partners L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +228,361 0.3%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
11 Oct 2026 Gustav Söderström Co-Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -20,910 $533.97 19,908
30 Sep 2026 Christian Luiga Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -105 $487.38 448
30 Sep 2026 John Giraldo Chief Accounting Officer Sale to Issuer -41 $487.38 1,810
30 Sep 2026 Gustav Söderström Co-Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -116 $487.38 19,908
30 Sep 2026 Dustee Jenkins Chief Public Affairs Officer Sale to Issuer -427 $487.38 41,008
30 Sep 2026 Dustee Jenkins Chief Public Affairs Officer Other Acquisition +2,035 – 41,008
30 Sep 2026 Dustee Jenkins Chief Public Affairs Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +6,105 $491.40 6,105
30 Sep 2026 Alex Norström Co-Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -808 $487.38 65,156
30 Sep 2026 Anna Lundström Chief Human Resources Officer Sale to Issuer -250 $487.38 16,254
13 Sep 2026 Gustav Söderström Co-Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -20,913 $549.49 20,025
31 Aug 2026 Christian Luiga Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -105 $543.62 359
31 Aug 2026 Gustav Söderström Co-Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -117 $543.62 20,025
31 Aug 2026 Dustee Jenkins Chief Public Affairs Officer Sale to Issuer -428 $543.62 39,400
31 Aug 2026 Alex Norström Co-Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -809 $543.62 65,964
31 Aug 2026 Anna Lundström Chief Human Resources Officer Sale to Issuer -248 $543.62 16,504
18 Aug 2026 John Giraldo Chief Accounting Officer Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 1,852
13 Aug 2026 Dustee Jenkins Chief Public Affairs Officer Open Market Disposition -2,088 $512.50 39,828
13 Aug 2026 Dustee Jenkins Chief Public Affairs Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -1,722 $513.43 39,828
2 Aug 2026 Gustav Söderström Co-Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -20,833 $511.64 20,142
2 Aug 2026 Alex Norström Co-Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -5,436 $506.04 66,773

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 3,480,760 1.7% 2.4
30 Sep 2026 4,257,291 2.1% 2.9
15 Sep 2026 4,522,956 2.2% 3.2
31 Aug 2026 6,121,444 3.0% 3.5
14 Aug 2026 4,928,432 2.4% 2.2
31 Jul 2026 6,458,984 3.1% 3.6

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