Sony Group Corporation

SONY

Consumer Electronics · Technology

Price

$21.12

-0.27 (-1.26%)

Market Cap

$124.03B

Exchange

NYSE

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

−4.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 6.26B (2022) → 5.98B (2026)

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 and portable game consoles, packaged software, and peripheral devices. It also develops, produces,

Winston Score History

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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

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.2T cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Gross Margin

30.8%

Modest — 30.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

9.5%

Modest — 9.5% operating margin

ROCE

3.1%

Weak — 3.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-6.0%

Shrinking sales (-6.0% YoY)

EPS YoY

-134.5%

Earnings shrinking (-134.5% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

17.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.14

Conservative — low debt load (0.14)

Interest Cover

24.18x

Comfortably covers interest (24.2x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.77%

Small dividend — 0.77% yield

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

Dividend Growth

-49.2%

Dividend cut (-49.2% YoY) — warning sign

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