Investment Insights: Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington highlighted Sabra Health Care REIT's 6.3% dividend yield, supported by Wells Fargo's Overweight rating and a price target increase from $20 to $21.
Apollo Global Management: Kari Firestone selected Apollo Global Management as her final trade, with Morgan Stanley upgrading the stock from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raising the price target from $151 to $180.
ETF and Spotify Picks: Liz Thomas chose the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF, while Joseph M. Terranova expressed interest in buying Spotify, which reported strong Q3 earnings exceeding expectations.
Market Performance: On the trading day, Sabra Health Care shares fell 1.6%, Apollo Global Management rose 3.6%, the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF gained 1.4%, and Spotify jumped 3.4%.
Wall Street analysts forecast SPOT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SPOT is 750.79 USD with a low forecast of 525.00 USD and a high forecast of 900.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
21 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast SPOT stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SPOT is 750.79 USD with a low forecast of 525.00 USD and a high forecast of 900.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
15 Buy
6 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 502.190
Low
525.00
Averages
750.79
High
900.00
Current: 502.190
Low
525.00
Averages
750.79
High
900.00
Barclays
Overweight
downgrade
$700 -> $625
2026-01-20
New
Reason
Barclays
Price Target
$700 -> $625
AI Analysis
2026-01-20
New
downgrade
Overweight
Reason
Barclays lowered the firm's price target on Spotify to $625 from $700 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm says that despite tactical concerns weighing on Disney and Spotify, it expects the companies to be long-term beneficiaries of the significant shifts happening in the media industry.
Mark Zgutowicz
Buy
downgrade
$860 -> $760
2026-01-16
Reason
Mark Zgutowicz
Price Target
$860 -> $760
2026-01-16
downgrade
Buy
Reason
Benchmark analyst Mark Zgutowicz lowered the firm's price target on Spotify to $760 from $860 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. With shares about 32% below the 52-week high despite multiple upcoming catalysts, the firm sees the multiple re-rating as Spotify delivers better-than-expected incremental margin flow-through, the analyst tells investors, noting that Spotify is a 2026 Best Idea.
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UBS
Buy
downgrade
$850 -> $800
2026-01-09
Reason
UBS
Price Target
$850 -> $800
2026-01-09
downgrade
Buy
Reason
UBS lowered the firm's price target on Spotify to $800 from $850 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares.
Guggenheim
Buy
maintain
$800 -> $750
2026-01-08
Reason
Guggenheim
Price Target
$800 -> $750
2026-01-08
maintain
Buy
Reason
Guggenheim lowered the firm's price target on Spotify to $750 from $800 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares, citing "modestly lower" estimates for the firm's lowered target. While the firm remains bullish on Spotify, it trimmed its 2026 revenue and EBITDA growth estimates by 1% and 2%, respectively, reflecting later than previously forecasted timing of a U.S. price increase.
About SPOT
Spotify Technology SA a Luxembourg-based company, which offers digital music-streaming services. The Company enables users to discover new releases, which includes the latest singles and albums; playlists, which includes ready-made playlists put together by music fans and experts, and over millions of songs so that users can play their favorites, discover new tracks and build a personalized collection. Its users can either select Spotify Free, which includes only shuffle play or Spotify Premium, which encompasses a range of features, such as shuffle play, advertisement free, unlimited skips, listen offline, play any track and audio. The Company operates through a number of subsidiaries, including Spotify LTD and is present in over 20 countries. Its service offers a music listening experience without commercial breaks.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
