Universal Music Group N.V. (AMS: UMG)

Netherlands flag Netherlands · Delayed Price · Currency is EUR
24.60
-0.10 (-0.40%)
Jan 21, 2025, 4:45 PM CET
-9.63%
Market Cap 45.12B
Revenue (ttm) 11.49B
Net Income (ttm) 1.55B
Shares Out 1.83B
EPS (ttm) 0.83
PE Ratio 29.73
Forward PE 24.32
Dividend 0.51 (2.06%)
Ex-Dividend Date Oct 2, 2024
Volume 531,750
Average Volume 978,690
Open 24.72
Previous Close 24.70
Day's Range 24.26 - 24.80
52-Week Range 19.93 - 29.49
Beta 0.81
RSI 59.40
Earnings Date Feb 28, 2025

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group N.V. operates as a music company worldwide. It operates through Recorded Music, Music Publishing, and Merchandising & Other segments. The Recorded Music segment discovers and develops recording artists, as well as markets and promotes their music across various formats and platforms; and engages in the live events, sponsorship, film, and television operations. The Music Publishing segment discovers and develops songwriters, as well as owns and administers the copyright for musical compositions used in recordings, public pe... [Read more]

Industry Entertainment
Founded 2020
Employees 10,290
Stock Exchange Euronext Amsterdam
Ticker Symbol UMG
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2023, Universal Music Group's revenue was 11.11 billion, an increase of 7.43% compared to the previous year's 10.34 billion. Earnings were 1.26 billion, an increase of 61.00%.

Financial Statements

News

Drake sues his own record label for defamation over Kendrick Lamar diss track

Drake has sued Universal Music Group (UMG) for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us.

5 days ago - Sky News

Ackman's Pershing Square requests UMG to move secondary listing to US

Universal Music Group said on Wednesday that billionaire Bill Ackman-led Pershing Square has exercised its right to request an offering and secondary listing of the record label in the United States.

6 days ago - Reuters

Drake sues Universal Music Group, his own label, amid Kendrick Lamar diss track feud

Drake filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, his own label, alleging defamation.

6 days ago - Business Insider

Drake processa Universal Music Group e a culpa foi... de Kendrick Lamar

Segundo Drake, a msica 'Not Like Us' promove "a narrativa falsa e maliciosa" de que ele um pedfilo.

6 days ago - Notícias ao Minuto

Drake Sues UMG for Defamation in Kendrick Lamar Song

The rap artist Drake has sued Universal Music Group NV for defamation in US federal court, accusing the company of putting his life in danger by releasing and promoting a song by his rival and labelma...

6 days ago - BNN Bloomberg

Statement from Universal Music Group N.V.

HILVERSUM, Netherlands , Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Further to UMG's statement of 9 November 2024, UMG announced today that Pershing Square (together with certain of its affiliates, "Pershing") has...

6 days ago - PRNewsWire

Drake files federal lawsuit against UMG for defamation over promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s 'Not Like Us'

Drake is moving forward with his legal battle against his own record label and filed a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging that it spread a "false and malicious narr...

6 days ago - NBC News

Drake sues record label for defamation over Kendrick Lamar diss track

Toronto rap superstar Drake is suing his record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), over rival Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us.

6 days ago - CBC News

Drake sues his label, UMG, saying ‘Not Like Us’ is defamatory

Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake’s ongoing legal battle with his label, Universal Music Group, has escalated. The artist filed a lawsuit in federal court today , accusing UMG of harming his re...

6 days ago - The Verge

Drake drops legal action over Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’

Drake has scrapped a legal case against Universal Music and Spotify, in which he accused the companies of conspiring to boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar's diss track against him.

6 days ago - Euronews

Drake withdraws legal petition over Kendrick Lamar diss track

Drake had alleged Universal Music Group and Spotify each manipulated the popularity of Lamar’s track Not Like Us Drake has withdrawn a legal challenge he made against his own label, Universal Music Gr...

6 days ago - The Guardian

Drake withdraws accusation that UMG and Spotify illegally boosted Kendrick Lamar’s diss track

Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake has withdrawn the petition he raised accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of illegally boosting Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us.” Accordin...

6 days ago - The Verge

Anthropic Navigates Legal Hurdles While Pushing AI Innovation In Enterprise Sector

Amazon -backed Anthropic , a rising player in artificial intelligence , faces legal scrutiny as Universal Music Group , Concord Music Group, and ABKCO secure court-approved ‘guardrails’ on Thursday to...

13 days ago - Benzinga

Universal Music Group Expands Partnership With Amazon Music

Universal Music Group NV, the world’s largest record label, expanded its global partnership with Amazon.com Inc.’s premium music service to boost fan engagement and fraud protection.

4 weeks ago - BNN Bloomberg

Spotify Fires Back At Drake: Calls 'Artificially Inflated Streams' Allegation Over Kendrick Lamar's Hit Unfounded

Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) has strongly denied allegations from Drake that it “artificially inflated” streaming numbers for rival artist Kendrick Lamar’s track “Not Like Us.” What Happened: I...

4 weeks ago - Benzinga

Brazilian judge orders Adele song be pulled globally over plagiarism claim

Composer Toninho Geraes claims 2015 song Million Years Ago copied music of his samba classic Mulheres (Women) A Brazilian judge has ordered a song by British pop superstar Adele, Million Years Ago, be...

5 weeks ago - The Guardian

Universal Buys Indie Music Specialist Downtown for $775 Million

Universal Music Group’s Virgin unit is acquiring Downtown Music Holdings LLC for $775 million in cash in one of the largest music-industry deals this year.

5 weeks ago - BNN Bloomberg

Universal's Virgin Music Group to buy Downtown Music for $775 mln

Virgin Music Group, the global independent music unit of Universal Music Group , said on Monday it will acquire Downtown Music in an all-cash deal valued at $775 million (737.32 million euros).

5 weeks ago - Reuters

US media groups warn UK over AI content-scraping rules

Body that represents Disney, Fox and Universal Music set out ‘strong opposition’ over weakening of copyright laws

5 weeks ago - Financial Times

The Long Wave: The Lamar v Drake beef has gone legal – what does it say about today’s hip-hop industry?

In this week’s newsletter: Lawyers are now involved in the most explosive rap feud of the century. A look at the potential cultural and commercial impact, and how hip-hop became big business Hello and...

5 weeks ago - The Guardian

Drake's Legal Fight Involving Kendrick Lamar Takes Center Stage – And So Do Their Mega-Mansions

Drake has escalated his rivalry with Kendrick Lamar beyond diss tracks, filing a lawsuit against Spotify and Universal Music Group over alleged manipulation of streaming numbers. The legal action targ...

6 weeks ago - Benzinga