Spotify Technology S.A.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ LU1778762911

SecuritySPOT / Spotify Technology S.A.
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership809,008 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 392,296,069
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in SPOT / Spotify Technology S.A.

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 809,008 shares of Spotify Technology S.A. (US:SPOT) valued at $392,296,069 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 577,196 shares of Spotify Technology S.A.. This represents a change in shares of 40.16% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $402,036,526 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (SPOT) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 1,483,100 of underlying shares valued at $719,170,021 USD and put options representing 755,000 of underlying shares valued at $366,107,050 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

SPOT / Spotify Technology S.A. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 809,008 231,812 40.16 392,296 17.04 0.0634
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 577,196 215,085 59.40 335,183 32.61 0.0503
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 362,111 334,856 1,228.60 252,753 1,108.59 0.0385
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 27,255 -19,376 -41.55 20,914 -18.46 0.0036
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 46,631 46,631 25,648 0.0049
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 0 -1,104,660 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 1,104,660 -42,046 -3.67 407,100 13.14 0.0785
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 1,146,706 228,843 24.93 359,825 48.55 0.0728
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 917,863 -738,083 -44.57 242,224 -22.16 0.0467
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 1,655,946 1,604,635 3,127.27 311,169 3,821.96 0.0622
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 51,311 -1,770,200 -97.18 7,935 -97.29 0.0017
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 1,821,511 -582,718 -24.24 292,444 -8.97 0.0605
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 2,404,229 1,737,505 260.60 321,253 510.32 0.0707
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 666,724 536,078 410.33 52,638 366.85 0.0123
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 130,646 -612,053 -82.41 11,275 -83.82 0.0026
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 742,699 537,439 261.83 69,688 124.81 0.0179
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 205,260 -1,057,359 -83.74 30,998 -89.51 0.0064
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 1,262,619 459,967 57.31 295,491 63.37 0.0604
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 802,652 522,221 186.22 180,869 134.03 0.0376
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 280,431 -88,662 -24.02 77,284 -21.85 0.0173
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 369,093 187,479 103.23 98,898 73.06 0.0243
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 369,093 187,479 98,898 0.0243
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 181,614 143,064 371.11 57,147 511.13 0.0149
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS L8681T102 38,550 15,899 70.19 9,351 59.90 0.0027
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 22,651 -169,980 -88.24 5,848 -75.00 0.0021
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 192,631 133,920 228.10 23,393 166.44 0.0105
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 58,711 -617,311 -91.32 8,780 -88.61 0.0038
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 676,022 647,122 2,239.18 77,067 1,723.64 0.0363
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 28,900 -37,324 -56.36 4,226 -54.03 0.0019
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 66,224 -649,014 -90.74 9,192 -88.68 0.0046
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 715,238 201,443 39.21 81,180 -12.62 0.0445
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 513,795 258,123 100.96 92,909 115.99 0.0416
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A-1 SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 255,672 255,672 43,015 0.0213
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn L8681T102 255,672 43,015 0.0213
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,483,100 39.95 719,170 16.87 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,059,700 -8.68 615,378 -24.02 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,160,400 21.00 809,959 10.07 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 959,000 -13.34 735,879 20.90 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,106,600 3.59 608,663 27.35 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,068,300 -35.24 477,936 -21.38 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,649,600 120.09 607,927 158.49 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 749,500 -0.46 235,186 18.35 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 753,000 -15.87 198,717 18.16 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 895,000 6.50 168,179 29.41 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 840,400 63.69 129,959 57.67 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 513,400 -38.78 82,426 -26.44 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 838,600 -34.74 112,054 10.45 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,285,000 -9.67 101,451 -17.37 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,422,600 38.53 122,770 27.42 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,026,900 -4.08 96,354 -40.41 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 1,070,600 40.59 161,682 -9.28 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 761,500 15.92 178,214 20.39 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 656,900 9.26 148,026 -10.66 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 601,200 17.40 165,685 20.75 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 512,100 6.53 137,217 -9.28 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 512,100 137,217 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 480,700 -28.95 151,257 -7.84 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Call 676,600 -0.16 164,123 -6.20 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 677,700 73.99 174,975 269.92 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 389,500 69.57 47,301 37.70 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 229,700 -7.57 34,352 21.26 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 248,500 -39.77 28,329 -53.04 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 412,600 -2.57 60,330 2.63 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 423,500 -38.44 58,782 -24.71 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 687,900 36.30 78,077 -14.45 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 504,700 133.77 91,265 151.26 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 215,900 36,323 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Call 215,900 36,323 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 755,000 -0.68 366,107 -17.07 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 760,200 -28.91 441,456 -40.85 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 1,069,300 25.33 746,371 14.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 853,200 6.03 654,694 47.92 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 804,700 11.56 442,609 37.16 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 721,300 -40.29 322,695 -27.52 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 1,208,100 57.94 445,221 85.50 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 764,900 -27.98 240,018 -14.36 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 1,062,000 57.73 280,262 121.52 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 673,300 -13.54 126,520 5.07 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 778,700 8.03 120,418 4.06 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 720,800 -11.59 115,724 6.23 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 815,300 21.52 108,940 105.68 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 670,900 -14.06 52,968 -21.38 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 780,700 -9.13 67,374 -16.42 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 859,100 0.12 80,609 -37.80 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 858,100 -3.83 129,590 -37.94 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 892,300 23.72 208,825 28.50 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 721,200 -12.97 162,515 -28.84 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 828,700 20.94 228,381 24.39 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 685,200 79.37 183,599 52.74 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 685,200 183,599 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 382,000 -11.33 120,200 15.03 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS Put 430,800 -25.61 104,499 -30.11 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 579,100 88.88 149,518 301.56 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 306,600 5.36 37,234 -14.44 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 291,000 -13.39 43,519 13.61 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 336,000 -3.50 38,304 -24.77 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 348,200 1.58 50,914 7.00 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 342,800 48.14 47,581 81.16 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 231,400 -21.59 26,264 -50.78 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 295,100 6.61 53,363 14.59 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 276,800 46,569 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A Cmn Put 276,800 46,569 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.