Universal Music Group N.V. (UNVGY)
| Market Cap | 39.34B -32.0% |
| Revenue (ttm) | 14.68B +5.7% |
| Net Income | 1.80B -26.5% |
| EPS | 0.97 -26.5% |
| Shares Out | n/a |
| PE Ratio | 21.86 |
| Forward PE | 17.49 |
| Dividend | 0.18 (1.74%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | May 21, 2026 |
| Volume | 44,287 |
| Open | 10.66 |
| Previous Close | 10.64 |
| Day's Range | 10.59 - 10.68 |
| 52-Week Range | 8.83 - 16.60 |
| Beta | 0.80 |
| Analysts | n/a |
| Price Target | n/a |
| 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 numbers in EUR Financial StatementsNews
Universal Music Group N.V. Reports Weekly Transactions under its €500 Million Share Buyback Program
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group N.V. (EURONEXT: UMG) ("UMG" or "the Company") today announced that in the period from June 8, 2026 up to and including J...
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 $1.5B stake
Universal Music shares fell on Thursday after billionaire investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management sold its remaining stake in the world's largest music company, ending a five-year in...
Universal Music repurchases 14.16M shares for EUR 250M from Pershing Square
Universal Music Group (UMGNF) announced that it has repurchased 14,156,285 of its ordinary shares as part of the disposition of the entire position owned by various Pershing Square (PS) funds.
Universal Music Group Stock Falls as Ackman Exits UMGNF Stake
Universal Music Group ($UMGNF) shares fell after reports that Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square sold its stake in the music giant, ending a long-running ownership story that had included two failed…
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...
Pershing to exit Universal Music stake with sale of 80.6M shares, Bloomberg says
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is looking to sell its stake in Universal Music Group (UMGNF) days after the group rejected a takeover bid. Pershing will sell roughly 80.6M shares in…
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 urged Universal Music’s management to reject Ackman’s bid, Reuters says
Bollore (BOIVF) CEO Cyrille Bollore was urging Universal Music Group’s (UMGNF) management to reject Bill Ackman’s takeover proposal, Mathieu Rosemain of Reuters reports. Bollore cited three key object...
Bollore rejects Ackman's $64 bln bid on Universal Music
Cyrille Bollore, chief executive of the Bollore Group, said on Wednesday he was urging Universal Music Group's management to reject Bill Ackman's takeover proposal, citing three key objections: the ...
Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music
Universal Music Group (UMG) and TikTok recently announced the renewal of their licensing agreement, which includes a commitment to get rid of unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform improve ...
Spotify And Universal Just Put AI Music Behind A Paywall
The press release called it “landmark.” The real story is control. On May 21, Spotify and Universal Music Group announced recorded-music and publishing deals that will let Premium subscribers use gene...
Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes
Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first time
Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Watch out, Suno. Spotify on Thursday announced it has partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) to allow fans to use generative AI technology to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs.
Spotify (SPOT) Stock Rallies after New AI Deal with Universal Music
Spotify ($SPOT) shares are surging after the company gave investors a clearer long-term plan and announced a new AI partnership with Universal Music ($UMGNF). Importantly, the streaming platform said ...