Universal Music Group N.V. (AMS:UMG)
Netherlands · Delayed Price · Currency is EUR | Market Cap | 33.60B -31.5% |
| Revenue (ttm) | 12.51B +5.7% |
| Net Income | 1.53B -26.5% |
| EPS | 0.83 -26.5% |
| Shares Out | 1.83B |
| PE Ratio | 22.08 |
| Forward PE | 16.96 |
| Dividend | 0.52 (2.84%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | May 20, 2026 |
| Volume | 2,431,138 |
| Open | 18.39 |
| Previous Close | 18.33 |
| Day's Range | 18.29 - 18.89 |
| 52-Week Range | 15.41 - 28.29 |
| Beta | 0.80 |
| Analysts | Buy |
| Price Target | 25.81 (+36.67%) |
| Earnings Date | Jul 24, 2026 |
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. operates as a music company worldwide. The company operates through Recorded Music, Music Publishing, and Merchandising & Other segments. Its Recorded Music segment discovers and develops recording artists, as well as licenses, markets, promotes, distributes, and sells 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 co... [Read more]
Financial Performance
In 2025, Universal Music Group's revenue was 12.51 billion, an increase of 5.69% compared to the previous year's 11.83 billion. Earnings were 1.53 billion, a decrease of -26.51%.
Financial StatementsAnalyst Summary
According to 19 analysts, the average rating for UMG stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price target is €25.81, which is an increase of 36.67% from the latest price.
News
Universal Music Group N.V. Reports Weekly Transactions under its €500 Million Share Buyback Program
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced that in the period from June 22, 2026 up to and including ...
Universal Music Group N.V. successfully prices €1.0bn of new Eurobond Notes
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. ("UMG" or the "Company") today announced that it has successfully priced €500m of 3.375% senior unsecured notes due ...
Universal Music buys back part of Ackman's Pershing stake after $64 billion bid fails
Universal Music Group said on Thursday it has repurchased some of the shares sold by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square , after the billionaire investor's takeover proposal for the music company was rejec...
Universal Music shares fall as Ackman sells $1.5B stake
Universal Music shares fell on Thursday after billionaire investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management sold its remaining stake in the world's largest music company, ending a five-year in...
Universal Music Shares Fall After Ackman Fund Offloads $1.5 Billion Stake
Universal Music Group shares deepened their year-to-date loss after Pershing Square exited the world's biggest music company five years after its initial investment.
Universal Music Group N.V. Announces Repurchase of 14.156 million of its Ordinary Shares from Pershing Square Funds
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced that it has repurchased 14,156,285 of its ordinary shares as part of the di...
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Set To Make $600 Million on Universal Stake
Bill Ackman is set to make hundreds of millions of dollars on his investment in Universal Music Group despite two unsuccessful attempts to clinch deals with the company.
Ackman's Pershing set to exit Universal Music Group stake, Bloomberg News reports
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square is looking to sell its stake in Universal Music Group , Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, days after the music industry giant rebuffed the billionaire investor's t...
Universal Music Group Rejects Bill Ackman's $65 Billion Bid That ‘Undervalues' Firm
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Universal Music Group Rejects $65 Billion Buyout Offer From Bill Ackman
Universal's biggest shareholder is opposed to deal, saying it undervalued the world's largest music company.
Universal Music Group declines unsolicited Pershing Square proposal
Universal Music Group (UMGNF) announced that its board of directors has unanimously determined that the unsolicited and non-binding proposal it received from Pershing Square Capital Management on Apri...
Universal Music Group declines Pershing Square proposal
Universal Music Group's board declined an unsolicited takeover proposal from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square on Friday.
Universal Music Group N.V. Board of Directors Declines Unsolicited Pershing Square Proposal
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has unanimously d...
Bill Ackman Dealt Blow In $64 Billion Bid For Universal Music Group By Major Shareholder Bolloré
Ackman announced his bid to acquire the record label in April, saying the company's “stock price has languished due to a combination of issues that are unrelated to the performance of its music busine...
Universal Music Shareholder Bollore Throws Cold Water On Ackman's $65 Billion Bid for Record Label
Cyrille Bollore, the chief executive of the Bollore Group, called on the record label to ditch the bid from Pershing Square Capital, saying that it undervalued Universal.
Bollore rejects Ackman's $64 bln bid on Universal Music
Cyrille Bollore, chief executive of the Bollore Group, said on Wednesday he was urging Universal Music Group's management to reject Bill Ackman's takeover proposal, citing three key objections: the ...
Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music
Universal Music Group (UMG) and TikTok recently announced the renewal of their licensing agreement, which includes a commitment to get rid of unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform improve ...
Spotify And Universal Just Put AI Music Behind A Paywall
The press release called it “landmark.” The real story is control. On May 21, Spotify and Universal Music Group announced recorded-music and publishing deals that will let Premium subscribers use gene...
Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes
Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first time
Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Watch out, Suno. Spotify on Thursday announced it has partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) to allow fans to use generative AI technology to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs.
Spotify strikes deal with Universal Music to let premium users create AI covers, remixes
Spotify has struck a deal with Universal Music Group to let subscribers create AI-generated covers and remixes of songs, marking the first time the audio-streaming giant will allow users to produce ...
Universal Music Group Transcript: J.P. Morgan 54th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference
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Universal Music Group price target raised to EUR 48.10 from EUR 41 at JPMorgan
JPMorgan raised the firm’s price target on Universal Music Group (UMGNF) to EUR 48.10 from EUR 41 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares.
Universal Music Group N.V. Announces Results of its 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, May 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced the results of its 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM") held...
Universal Music Group N.V. To Participate in the JP Morgan 2026 Global Technology, Media, and Communications Conference
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) announced today that its CFO, Matt Ellis, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the J...