We're taking a closer look at Sony today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Sony Group Corporation designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for the consumer, professional, and industrial markets in Japan, the United States, Europe, China, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally.
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Sony has moved 2.7% over the last year compared to -5.8% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 8.0%
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SONY has an average analyst rating of buy and is -26.19% away from its mean target price of $123.03 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $5.56
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Sony has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.14 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.8
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SONY has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.65, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.0 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Sony is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.36 and an average P/B of 4.29
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Sony has on average reported free cash flows of $846,814,000,000.00 over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -4.5%