The shine on the music industry, a darling of Wall Street in recent years, appears to have lost a bit of its luster.
Although UMG executives warned against reading too much into the results from any one quarter, investors did exactly that. UMG’s share price, which had been among the better performers in its label-publisher peer group in 2024,Subscription growth isn’t the only facet of the modern music business, but it’s probably the main reason most investors bought into music companies. As, the music business is increasingly reliant — perhaps too much so — on subscription revenue. In the U.S.
Often overshadowed by UMG and WMG, Reservoir Media has delivered consistent growth since going public in 2021. The company’s latest earnings results delivered more of the same: Revenue was up 8% and operating income before depreciation and amortization jumped 27%. While there was a decline in recorded music revenue, it couldn’t be attributed to a stubborn streaming market. Rather, Reservoir was riding high a year earlier from the reissue of. Even so, its share price is down 11.