Universal Music Group N.V. (FRA:0VD0)
Germany · Delayed Price · Currency is EUR | Market Cap | 36.71B -13.6% |
| Revenue (ttm) | 12.51B +5.7% |
| Net Income | 1.53B -26.5% |
| EPS | 0.83 -26.5% |
| Shares Out | n/a |
| PE Ratio | 23.95 |
| Forward PE | 18.60 |
| Dividend | 0.17 (1.73%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | May 21, 2026 |
| Volume | n/a |
| Average Volume | 167 |
| Open | 9.75 |
| Previous Close | 9.75 |
| Day's Range | 9.70 - 9.75 |
| 52-Week Range | 7.55 - 14.40 |
| Beta | n/a |
| RSI | 59.49 |
| Earnings Date | Apr 29, 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 StatementsNews
Universal Music Group N.V. Reports Weekly Transactions under its €500 Million Share Buyback Program
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced that in the period from April 13, 2026 up to and includin...
Bill Ackman Makes $65 Billion Pitch for Universal Music
US billionaire Bill Ackman has made a $64.7 billion bid for Universal Music Group — home to Taylor Swift and Drake. Benoit Berthelot explains.
Ackman's $64 billion Universal bet hinges on power broker Bollore
Bill Ackman's first call before launching his $64 billion bid for Universal Music Group this week was to French billionaire Vincent Bollore, the U.S. hedge fund manager said.
Ackman's UMG bid sees analysts split on Bolloré's next move
Market analysts are split over whether Universal Music Group's top stakeholders will support billionaire Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposed $64 billion takeover of the music label.
Universal Music Group N.V. Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) ("UMG" or "the Company") today confirmed that its Board of Directors received an unsolicited and no...
UMG stock price soars after Bill Ackman offers to buy the music giant behind Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny
Universal Music Group saw its shares (AMS: UMG) rise more than 11% on Tuesday, following a proposal from billionaire Bill Ackman to buy the music giant through his investment firm Pershing Square Capi...
Bill Ackman launches $65B bid for Taylor Swift's label Universal Music
The proposal values the music giant at about $35 per share -- a roughly 78% premium to where the stock was trading before the offer surfaced.
Universal Music Group Shares Surge After Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Offers To Purchase Label
Ackman previously expressed interest in UMG in 2021, vowing to buy a 10% stake in UMG through his SPAC, but he abandoned the deal after pushback from regulators. He purchased a 10% stake instead throu...
Universal Music, Pershing Square's rocky relationship
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has offered to buy Universal Music Group via its acquisition vehicle in a $64 billion deal that would move the world's biggest music label's listing to New York from Amst...
How Ackman Is Trying to Force Universal Music Group Onto the U.S. Market
Pershing Square Capital Management made an offer that values the record label behind Taylor Swift at about $64 billion.
Bill Ackman says his stake in Universal Music has languished — and now he's come up with a $64 billion offer
Pershing Square has proposed a merger to address the stock's “underperformance.”
Universal Music Receives Takeover Bid From Bill Ackman's Pershing Square
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has submitted a bid to buy Universal Music Group (UMG) in a cash and stock deal worth $64.4 billion. The proposed bid would see shareholders receive $10.85 billion in ca...
Ackman's Pershing Square Offers to Buy Universal Music Group for More Than $63 Billion
The new entity would become a Nevada corporation and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Ackman's Pershing Square said.
Universal Music set for takeover by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square said Universal Music's stock price has "languished" due to a range of issues that can be addressed with the merger. In this article PSH-NL
Ackman's Pershing Square offers to buy Universal Music for nearly $65 billion
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square said on Tuesday it proposed to buy Universal Music Group in a cash-and-stock deal worth about 55.75 billion euros ($64.31 billion).
Pershing Square Announces Proposal to Universal Music Group N.V.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (“Pershing Square”) today announced that it has submitted a non-binding proposal (the “Proposal”) to the Board of Directors of Unive...
Universal Music Group N.V. to Announce Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2026
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, April 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) announced today that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 20...
Universal Music Group N.V. Announces Start of its Share Buyback Program of €500 Million
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, April 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced the start of its share buyback program to repurchase the Company's own sha...
Universal Music Group N.V. Announces €500 Million Share Buyback Program
Company's first-ever share buyback program underscores management and the Board's confidence in UMG's strategy and long-term growth HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, March 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal...
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP BOARD PUBLISHES 2025 ANNUAL REPORT AND AGENDA FOR 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. ("UMG" or "the Company") today published its 2025 annual report and the agenda for its 2026 annual general meeting...
Universal Music shelves US listing plans on market uncertainty
Universal Music Group , the world's biggest music label, on Thursday shelved plans for a stock market listing in the United States, citing market uncertainty.
Universal Music Group N.V. Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended December 31, 2025
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December ...
Layoffs At Universal Music Group's Mercury Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Music Group's (UMG) TV and movie studio has laid off several staff. MD Kelly Sweeney, along with a number of senior staff, have exited London-based Mercury Studios, which counts r...
Universal Music Group N.V. To Participate in the BNP Paribas 2026 TMT Conference
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) announced today that its CFO, Matt Ellis, and Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, M...
EU Clears Universal Music Group's $775 Million Downtown Acquisition
The approval of the $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music comes after the companies offered concessions, and ends a lengthy investigation.