Universal Music AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
33of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 15 % of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Medium: 621 of 728 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 2,579 of 3,132 · Informasjon og kommunikasjon
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 50 and solidity 24 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Universal Music AS is 17 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 728 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 5.6% (median 6.1%) and equity ratio 14.4% (median 30.0%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 481 MNOK | 108 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 6.1% |
| Profit margin | 6.0% | 6.7% |
| Return on assets | 12.3% | 11.9% |
| Equity ratio | 14.4% | 30.0% |
| Debt-to-equity | 5.96 | 2.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.54 | 1.16 |
| Revenue growth | −4.3% | 7.4% |
| Revenue per employee | 13.74 MNOK | 2.96 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 33, Universal Music AS does better than 15% of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector (728 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Universal Music AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector
Universal Music AS has a score of 33 for 2025, rank 2,579 of 3,132 in the sector.
Strongest: Consistency: percentile 54 against peers.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 9 against peers, current ratio 0.54 against a median of 1.16. Growth: percentile 16 against peers, revenue growth −4.3% against a median of 7.4%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.9 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.54 (median 1.16).
- What lies behind weak growth, and will it last?
Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made
What the numbers say
Universal Music AS had an operating margin of 5.6% and an equity ratio of 14.4% in 2025, and ranks 2,579 of 3,132 in Informasjon og kommunikasjon.
No large changes in the key figures from 2024 to 2025.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 49 MNOK and 254 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 17.7 | 254 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 14.3 | 215 MNOK |
| P/B | 2.6 | 49 MNOK |
The listed basis is the value at listed multiples. The estimate is lowered by 46% for an unlisted company: 20% for lack of marketability and 32% for size (a small-company premium of 3% on the cost of equity).
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. A mechanical estimate from public accounts with listed multiples and fixed adjustments. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
- watch
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.9 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.54 (median 1.16).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 0.2% of the debt in 2025. The policy rate averaged 4.30 % the same year. This is a plain description of what the debt cost, not a model of interest sensitivity.
See interest rates, prices and exchange rates for the sector
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2026, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of 4.1%. Based on the 8 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 50 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 24 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 9 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 16 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 54 | weight 15% |
Durability: 34 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Universal Music AS?
The operating margin was 5.6% in 2025, against a median of 6.1% among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector. Return on assets was 12.3%.
How solid is Universal Music AS?
The equity ratio was 14.4% in 2025 (median 30.0%). Debt-to-equity was 5.96 (median 2.26).
What is the liquidity of Universal Music AS like?
The current ratio was 0.54 in 2025 (median 1.16). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does Universal Music AS compare in Informasjon og kommunikasjon?
Universal Music AS ranks 2,579 of 3,132 in Informasjon og kommunikasjon for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Medium it is number 621 of 728. Revenue changed by −4.3% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 914667208
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Informasjon og kommunikasjon (59.200)
- Morning company class
- Medium
- Employees
- 35 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 22 November 1958 67 years in operation
- Share capital
- 11.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Akersgata 34, 0180 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–220 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
Source: Central Coordinating Register, Brønnøysund Register Centre. The employee count is reported by the company and may be older than the accounts. See the company at the Brønnøysund Register Centre
Ownership and roles
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 31 October 2026. Only names are shown.
Shareholders (2025)
- Number of shareholders
- 1 (one owner)
- Largest owner
- 100.0%
- Split
- companies 0% · private persons 100% · foreign 100%
- Group chain
- Ultimate owner: private person
Change 2007–2025:
100% of the shares changed owner (1 new and 1 departed owners). The majority owner changed. Foreign owners now hold more than half.
Departed (companies): Universal Music Holding AS
Source: the Norwegian Tax Administration's shareholder register as of 2025. Figures may be older than today's ownership. Private persons are not shown by name.
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Figures last fetched 31 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 35 | 33 | 33 | |
| Rank | 2,266 | 2,510 | 2,579 | |
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 4.2% | 5.6% | |
| Return on assets | 17.6% | 10.8% | 12.3% | |
| Equity ratio | 14.4% | 14.7% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.54 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 3.2% | −4.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 487.3 MNOK | 502.7 MNOK | 480.9 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 38.6 MNOK | 21.2 MNOK | 27.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 42.8 MNOK | 23.7 MNOK | 28.9 MNOK |
| Tax expense | 7.4 MNOK | 4.1 MNOK | 4.9 MNOK |
| Net profit | 35.5 MNOK | 19.6 MNOK | 24.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.6 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Total assets | 247.1 MNOK | 239.4 MNOK | 239.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 89.7 MNOK | 103.2 MNOK | 99.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 35.7 MNOK | 35.3 MNOK | 34.3 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 12.8 MNOK | 12.3 MNOK | 11.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 211.4 MNOK | 204.1 MNOK | 204.6 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 188.2 MNOK | 181.9 MNOK | 184.3 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 31 October 2026, accounts id 7241142.
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