profit from every €100 of sales.
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Universal Music Group
€17.63+2.65% today
-19.5% since Dec 23, 25
1-year low €14.021-year high €22.31
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay €20.68 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Universal Music Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €10.3 billion in 2022 to €12.5 billion in 2025, with €1.53 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Universal Music Group handed back 79% of the cash it generated last year.
€953M
Free cash flow 2025€1.2B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends€953M
Cash vs. debt€39M vs. €3.4B
Universal Music Group vs. similar companies
Universal Music Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Music Group | 20.7× · Fair price | ||
 Netflix | 23.2× · Fair price | ||
 Disney | 16.6× · Fair price | ||
 Warner Bros. Discovery | 106.7× · Very expensive | ||
 Live Nation Entertainment | 84.8× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Universal Music Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,340 | 11,108 | 11,834 | 12,507 | |
| 4,587 | 4,900 | 5,088 | 5,311 | |
| 1,617 | 1,411 | 1,946 | 2,141 | |
| 1,345 | 2,216 | 3,415 | 2,669 | |
| 782 | 1,259 | 2,086 | 1,533 | |
| 0.43 | 0.68 | 1.13 | 0.83 | |
| 44.4% | 44.1% | 43.0% | 42.5% | |
| 15.6% | 12.7% | 16.4% | 17.1% | |
| 7.6% | 11.3% | 17.6% | 12.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 11,639 | 13,091 | 17,320 | 17,456 |
| Cash | 439 | 413 | 87 | 39 |
| Total debt | 2,673 | 2,514 | 3,192 | 3,407 |
| Total liabilities | 9,287 | 10,108 | 12,769 | 12,888 |
| 2,351 | 2,962 | 4,526 | 4,543 | |
| 1,816 | 1,842 | 1,852 | 1,853 | |
| 14.3% | 24.9% | 28.9% | 20.7% | |
| 33.3% | 42.5% | 46.1% | 33.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,732 | 1,885 | 1,755 | 1,739 | |
| 452 | 299 | 449 | 540 | |
| 1,280 | 1,586 | 1,306 | 1,199 | |
| Dividends paid | 798 | 929 | 933 | 953 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 107 | 429 | 131 | 111 |
Valuation
- 20.7×
- –
- 0.84
- 7.2×
- 2.5×
- 26.4×
- 13.1×
- 3.8%
- 4.8%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 42.5%
- 17.1%
- 12.3%
- –
- 20.7%
- 22.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +6.5%
- +24.5%
- –
- –
- +0.7%
Financial health
- 1.3×
- 0.75
- –
- 16.2×
- 0.63
- –
- –
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 9%of 436
Top 36%of 438
Top 50%of 347
Top 45%of 440
Bottom 36%of 440
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
62.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 79.5%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
64Pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
74Pass
Peter Lynch
77Pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
65Pass
Terry Smith
59No pass
Questions about Universal Music Group
Is Universal Music Group a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Universal Music Group AI analysis
What does Universal Music Group do?
Universal Music Group N.V. operates as a music company worldwide. The company operates through Recorded Music, Music Publishing, and Merchandising & Other segments. It is in Entertainment, based in Hilversum, Netherlands.
Does Universal Music Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.0% a year, about 62% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €953 million in dividends.
Is Universal Music Group stock halal?
Yes. Universal Music Group passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
Who are Universal Music Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Live Nation Entertainment. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Universal Music Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.