Spotify announced that it now had 207 million active monthly users, as part of a quarterly financial report released on Wednesday morning. Spotify outperformed analysts financial expectations, nothing its first every quarterly operating profit.
For the first time in company history Operating Income, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow were all positive.
User growth came primarily as a result of improved retention relative to forecast. Latin America and other emerging regions continued to deliver strong growth. The streamer reported 97 million Premium paid users at the end of 2018.
Total Q4 revenue was $1,702 million, up 30% of the previous ear . Foreign exchange rates negatively impacted Spotify's Premium segment and positively impacted Ad-Supported segment yielding minimal impact on our consolidated results.
Operating expenses of €305 million in Q4 were down 17% Y/Y, resulting in an Operating Profit of €94 million. This is Spotify’s first ever quarterly Operating Profit.
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