All Eyes Are on the Spotify IPO, but Our Better Profit Play Could Climb 28.06%

The Spotify IPO date is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, 2018, but we have a better profit play for Money Morning readers. It's a proven winner that could climb 28.06% over the next 12 months, and that doesn't even include a $2.52 dividend (1.46%).

The company we're talking about is Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).

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Yes, that may not sound as exciting as getting on the "ground floor" of a public offering, but Apple is the better profit play across the board.

While potential investors are attracted to Spotify's 70 million subscribers, Apple boasts 38 million subscribers to its own music-streaming service. And while Spotify hasn't managed to post a profit, Apple is one of the most profitable companies on the market.

On Jan. 29, Money Morning Director of Technology & Venture Capital Research Michael Robinson said current shareholders should buy more Apple stock on the dips, and first-time buyers should get shares right now.

And if you're intrigued by the Spotify debut, it might be the perfect time to buy Apple.

We always warn our readers that IPO prices can have wild swings in the first year of trading. Retail investors think they're going to miss out on the next big thing, buy in at inflated prices, and then demand falls.

That sends prices plummeting.

For example, just look at what happened since the March 2, 2017, Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) IPO.

Shares of SNAP opened to the public at $24, but today (April 2), shares of SNAP opened at $15.67.

That's a 34.70% decline since Snapchat went public.

Now, that's not the case for every IPO. Some companies are so valuable it makes sense to buy in as quickly as possible, since that might be the cheapest price you'll pay for the stock. The stock price for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA), for example, has climbed 168.83% since its IPO in 2014.

But Spotify simply hasn't proven it deserves your hard-earned money.

In a February 2018 report, the music site revealed it lost $1.5 billion in 2017.

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The company simply hasn't figured out how to translate its user base into profits, and it might never figure it out.

An astronomical 79% of its revenue has to be paid out in royalties to artists, and there's no clear path to resolve this problem.

On the other hand, Apple raked in $88.3 billion just in Q1 2018.

The Apple stock price has also climbed 173.26% in the last five years. In comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed just 62.15% during that same time.

And in the next 12 months, there could be 28.06% gains just down the road...

The Real Profit Play When Spotify Stock Hits the Market

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In terms of paid subscribers, there's no question Spotify is king.

It has 70 million paid subscribers as of January 2018, according to Statista. In comparison, Apple had 38 million paid subscribers as of March 2018.

But the difference is that Spotify's only revenue source is music.

For Apple, it can bring you in and keep you in its entire ecosystem of hardware and software products...

For example, Apple users can listen to Apple Music on iPhones, iPads, iPod touches, and smart watches. And buying one Apple product naturally funnels customers into the Apple ecosystem.

For a consumer who buys a new iPhone X ($999) and AirPods ($159) from Apple, an Apple Music subscription ($9.99 per month) only makes sense.

That's a $1,167.99 price tag.

In comparison, the most Spotify can make from a transaction is just $9.99 for a premium subscription.

That makes each Apple Music subscriber far more valuable than Spotify's subscribers and is part of the reason Apple boasts a 21% profit margin while Spotify is hemorrhaging money.

You see, even if Apple never catches up to Spotify in streaming music users, it's still the better stock to buy because of its multiple revenue sources.

It's proved that it deserves your money, while Spotify has not.

And Guggenheim Securities is very bullish on the AAPL stock price. Over the next 12 months, it projects the Apple stock price will climb to $215 per share. From today's opening price of $167.88, that's a potential profit of 28.06%.

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