Universal Music Group N.V.
Netherlands · NL0015000IY2 · reports in EUR · Europe
Four figures
From the annual report for the year to Dec 31, 2025. Each line says what it is based on.
- Revenue growth
- Revenue +5.7% in the year to Dec 31, 2025, on the year before.
- Return on equity
- It earned 34% on its shareholders' equity in the year to Dec 31, 2025.
- Equity and assets
- Equity is 26% of its assets, and operations brought in cash in the year.
- Price and earnings
- Not answered: no exchange publishes this company's price for free reuse, so there is no P/E here.
The year
Year to Dec 31, 2025, consolidated, in EUR.
revenue
operating margin
net profit
Year by year
As filed; an earlier year can differ from its own report when the company restated it.
| Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €10.3B | €11.1B | €11.8B | €12.5B |
| Operating profit | €1.6B | €1.4B | €1.8B | €2.0B |
| Net profit to shareholders | €782M | €1.3B | €2.1B | €1.5B |
| Earnings per share | €0.43 | €0.69 | €1.14 | €0.84 |
| Cash from operations | €1.7B | €1.9B | €1.8B | €1.7B |
| Capital spending | €33M | €47M | €91M | €70M |
| Cash | €439M | €413M | €553M | €451M |
| Total assets | €11.6B | €13.1B | €17.3B | €17.5B |
| Equity | €2.4B | €3.0B | €4.6B | €4.6B |
What they do
In the company's own words, from the annual report.
UMG is the worldwide leader in music, engaged in recorded music, music publishing and merchandising. It owns more than 50 labels covering all music genres. UMG is home to some of the greatest local and international artists of all time, including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, U2, Andrea Bocelli, Lady Gaga, Helene Fischer and more, as well as many of the biggest artists of the year, such as Taylor Swift, KPop Demon Hunters cast, Morgan Wallen, Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter. • The recorded music business discovers and develops recording artists, marketing and promoting their music across a wide array of formats and platforms. Its activities also extend to other areas, such as live events, sponsorship, film and television. • The music publishing business discovers and develops songwriters and owns and administers the copyright for musical compositions used in recordings, public performance
Source: the company’s annual financial report in ESEF, via filings.xbrl.org (XBRL International). Listed shares from ESMA’s FIRDS register; ESMA does not endorse this site. Ryufin computed the ratios from the filed figures.