Sony Stock Analysis – Key Insights for Investors

Large-cap Consumer Staples company Sony has logged a 1.7% change today on a trading volume of 5,658,324. The average volume for the stock is 3,081,273.

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. Based in Tokyo, Japan the company has 113,000 full time employees and a market cap of $126,484,701,184. Sony currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 92.0% per year.

The company is now trading -13.4% away from its average analyst target price of $24.27 per share. The 7 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $23.0 to $27.54, and on average give Sony a rating of buy.

Over the last 52 weeks, SONY stock has risen 12.4%, which amounts to a -11.8% difference compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $22.71 whereas its 52 week low is $15.02 per share. With its net margins declining an average -6.1% over the last 6 years, Sony may not have a strong enough profitability trend to support its stock price.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023 13,020,768,000 980,494,000 8 -11.11
2022 10,974,373,000 1,011,773,000 9 0.0
2021 9,921,513,000 888,406,000 9 -30.77
2020 8,999,360,000 1,171,776,000 13 85.71
2019 8,259,885,000 582,191,000 7 -36.36
2018 8,665,687,000 916,271,000 11
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