Universal & Warner Music Shares Show Modest Gains Amid Stock Market Slide

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Warner Music and Universal Muisc shares gained even as stock markets fell this week. Elsewhere, Spotify shares fell for a second consecutive week.

Lucian Grainge at the Billboard Power 100 Event held at Goya Studios on February 1, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.The two largest publicly traded record label and music publishing companies posted stock gains in a week that otherwise saw major indexes fall sharply.

Shares of both Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group managed modest gains this week as companies prepare to release their latest quarterly earnings reports. UMG, which reports earnings on Wednesday , rose 2.6% to 28.11 euros . Year-to-date, UMG shares are up 8.9%. WMG, which reports earnings on Aug. 8, gained 3.5% to $32.00 after receiving a nod from Jefferies analysts earlier in the week.

SiriusXM fell 8.1% to $3.41, bringing its year-to-date loss to 37.7%. This week, Morgan Stanley slightly lowered its forecast for net satellite radio subscriber additions in both the second quarter and the full year. SiriusXM, which reports quarterly earnings on Aug. 1,of a preliminary look at quarterly earnings on Thursday. The music streaming company, which owns Slacker and a majority of podcaster PodcastOne, expects fiscal first-quarter revenue to increase 20% to $33.1 million.

K-pop stocks added to their losing streaks this week. HYBE fell 3.8% to 182,500 won and brought its year-to-date loss to 21.8%. SM Entertainment fell 5.8% to 73,300 won and has dropped 20.4% this year despite launching a. YG Entertainment lost 8% to 35,250 won , bringing its year-to-date decline to 30.7%. JYP Entertainment was an outlier, gaining 2.6% this week to 59,000 won , although the stock is still down 41.8% this year.

 

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