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Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

10%.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

And we know that is the lion's share of the revenue picture for Spotify.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

So consequently, we saw that premium membership revenue up 8%.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

But I thought what was really impressive was how they're starting to bring this all down to the bottom line.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

Saw operating margin for the quarter 15.5%.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

That's versus 11.2% a year ago.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

And so I think we had some questions really early on in the Spotify story as to exactly

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

how quickly they could get to profitability and how profitable the company could be given the nature of the relationships with publishers and just the music business in general.

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

I think we're hitting a situation here where the company, they have so many users, it's starting to become one of those Facebook-like or even Netflix-like stories where

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

Even a mass exodus at these levels probably wouldn't have that great of an impact.

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

You know, Travis, I just realized they passed a $2 price increase on the family plan that we have here in the Moser household.

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

I got it, too.

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

I'm happily, happily paying it.

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

I would say worth a fresh look.

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The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

Now, going back to what we were talking about earlier in the show, I do also believe that valuation is going to be just a risk that investors have to consider with this stock.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

That said, it has always maintained a premium valuation.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

I think that's for a lot of the reasons we discussed.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

The growth rates of the company continues to lob up there.

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

I think just that overall opportunity in commerce,

Motley Fool Money
The Week Growth Wasn’t Enough For Wall Street

the nature of the business.