Sony Group Corporation

SONY

Consumer Electronics · Technology

Also trades as: SNEJF

Exchange

NYSE

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Mixed

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Weak

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Sony Group Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate that makes and sells a wide range of products and services, including video game consoles, movies, music, televisions, cameras, and semiconductors. Its PlayStation gaming platform is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world, and its entertainment divisions — Sony Pictures and Sony Music — reach hundreds of millions of people globally. Sony is also one of the largest producers of image sensors used in smartphones, supplying major phone makers like Apple.

Sony earns money through hardware sales, game software and subscriptions (PlayStation Plus), streaming royalties, movie and TV licensing, music publishing, and semiconductor sales to other manufacturers. The company operates worldwide, with significant revenue from the US, Europe, and Japan, and generates roughly $85–90 billion in annual revenue. Its image sensor business gives it a strong technological moat, but slowing consumer electronics demand and intense competition in gaming from Microsoft and others remain key risks to watch.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-57.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

¥2.7T cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Sony Group Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 18%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

36.7%

Modest — 36.7% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

16.7%

Healthy — 16.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

17.5%

Strong — 17.5% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+2.0%

Nearly flat sales (+2.0% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-120.8%

Earnings shrinking (-120.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

12.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.14

Conservative — low debt load (0.14)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

15.40x

Comfortably covers interest (15.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

0.73%

no trend

Small dividend — 0.73% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-49.2%

no trend

Dividend cut (-49.2% YoY) — warning sign

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