Essential Information for Sony (SONY) Investors

By Susan Ramirez • Wednesday, November 27 10:11 • Permanent Link

Shares of Consumer Electronics company Sony jumped 2.7% today. With many investors piling into SONY without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

Sony has moved 12.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 32.3%
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.19
Sony has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.19 and its forward P/E ratio is 16.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.02 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Sony is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 23.09 and an average P/B of 3.3
SONY has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 72.3% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.85 Trillion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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. The company distributes software titles and add-on content through digital networks; network services related to game, video, and music content; and home gaming consoles, packaged and game software, and peripheral devices. It also develops, produces, markets, and distributes recorded music; publishes music; and produces and distributes animation titles, game applications, and various services for music and visual products. In addition, the company produces, acquires, and distributes live-action and animated motion pictures for theatrical release, as well as scripted and animated series, unscripted reality or light entertainment, daytime serials, game shows, television movies, and miniseries and other television programs; operation of television networks and direct-to-consumer streaming services; operates a visual effects and animation unit; and manages a studio facility. Further, it researches, develops, designs, produces, markets, distributes, sells, and services televisions, and video and sound products; interchangeable lens, as well as compact digital, and consumer and professional video cameras; projectors and medical equipment; mobile phones, accessories, and applications; and metal oxide semiconductor image sensors, charge-coupled devices, integration systems, and other semiconductors. Additionally, it offers Internet broadband network services; recording media, and storage media products; and life and non-life insurance, banking, and other services, as well as creates and distributes content for PCs and mobile phones. The company was formerly known as Sony Corporation and changed its name to Sony Group Corporation in April 2021. Sony Group Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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