About the company
| 6.80tn | 43.03bn | 1946 | 162.70k | |||
| Revenue in JPY (TTM) | Net income in JPY | Incorporated | Employees |
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SONY CORPORATION mainly involves the electronics, game, entertainment and financial operations. Consumer Products Service (CPS) segment offers liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions, cameras, audio and video equipment, personal computers (PCs), personal navigation systems, game consoles and software. Professional Device Solution (PDS) segment offers audio, videos and monitors for broadcast and commercial use, image sensors and other semiconductors, optical pickups, batteries, data recording media and systems. Movie segment offers movie software. Music segment provides music software and animation works. Finance segment offers life and non-life insurance, banking services and credit finance services. Sony Mobile segment offers mobile phones. Others segment offers blue-ray disks, network services and advertising agency services. On January 1, 2013, it fully acquired So-net Entertainment Corporation. On February 25, 2013, it sold a 6.0% stake of a 55.8%-owned subsidiary.
Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | Deal status | Date | 6758:TYO since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So-net Entertainment Corp | Deal completed | 09 Aug 2012 | +151.64% | 71.14m |
Peer analysis
| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excluding extraordinary items (TTM) | EPS (including extraordinary items) (TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on average assets (TTM) | Return on average assets (5 yr average) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr average) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr average) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 Yr Average) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr average) | Revenue (Year-over-year change%) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (Year-over-year change%) | Net income (5 Yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 Yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) | |
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| Koninklijke Philips NV | 3.23tn | 17.07bn | 2.81tn | 115911 | 165.94 | 1.82 | 12.22 | 0.8677 | 0.1335 | 0.1443 | 26.44 | 12.18 | 0.8325 | 4.04 | 5.44 | 206,949 | 1.16 | 1.31 | 1.75 | 1.31 | 38.45 | 37.25 | 1.40 | 1.23 | 0.8596 | 3.53 | 0.2913 | 253.48 | 9.78 | -1.5436 | 132.95 | -44.792 | 1.01 | 1.39 | |
| ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 63.80bn | 12.95bn | 754.68bn | 3238 | 58.27 | 19.78 | -- | 11.83 | 0.695 | 0.695 | 3.42 | 2.05 | 1.36 | 2.78 | 4.26 | 1,180,251 | 27.48 | 28.46 | 39.84 | 28.46 | 42.03 | 40.31 | 20.22 | 17.81 | 1.72 | -- | 0.1313 | 18.20 | 60.13 | 54.19 | 85.23 | 50.78 | 38.32 | -- | |
| GoerTek Inc. | 131.48bn | 16.44bn | 918.05bn | 19275 | 55.86 | 10.28 | -- | 6.98 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 9.29 | 6.31 | 0.9256 | 8.63 | 5.95 | 408,620 | 11.70 | 22.99 | 19.89 | 22.99 | 25.28 | 25.20 | 12.64 | 12.54 | 0.949 | 10.30 | 0.3154 | 22.32 | 77.91 | 62.27 | 72.10 | 63.80 | 78.16 | -- | |
| Sharp Corporation | 2.48tn | -545.35bn | 649.50bn | 56756 | -- | 5.16 | -- | 0.262 | -491.2773 | -491.2773 | 2,226.27 | 106.90 | 1.05 | 5.29 | 6.28 | -- | -23.1296 | -14.6664 | -67.3856 | -14.6664 | 10.51 | 16.34 | -21.9386 | -7.4872 | 0.5464 | -13.0165 | 0.8945 | -- | 0.9258 | -6.2237 | -45.0098 | -- | -29.8943 | -- | |
| SONY CORPORATION | 6.80tn | 43.03bn | 2.19tn | 162700 | 72.74 | 0.9945 | 4.69 | 0.3217 | 29.72 | 29.72 | 6,509.49 | 2,174.07 | 0.4946 | 6.33 | 6.68 | -- | 0.7576 | -1.4405 | 1.18 | -1.4405 | 34.05 | 31.52 | 1.53 | -1.7048 | 0.6805 | -- | 0.3058 | -- | 4.74 | -5.1769 | 109.42 | -34.9489 | -7.2066 | 0.00 | |
| Panasonic Corporation | 7.30tn | -754.25bn | 2.26tn | 327512 | -- | 1.69 | -- | 0.31 | -326.2771 | -326.2771 | 3,159.19 | 546.81 | 1.22 | 6.70 | 8.03 | -- | -13.0522 | -10.3693 | -24.3482 | -10.3693 | 25.79 | 26.50 | -10.7224 | -5.435 | 0.6568 | 8.16 | 0.3542 | -- | -6.9227 | -4.2388 | 2.32 | -- | -5.2261 | -- | |
| Toshiba Corp | 5.80tn | 77.53bn | 2.31tn | 209784 | 29.77 | 2.23 | 7.37 | 0.3982 | 18.31 | 18.31 | 1,369.64 | 244.27 | 0.9799 | 4.65 | 4.40 | -- | 1.62 | -0.0062 | 3.37 | -0.0062 | 24.41 | 22.75 | 1.65 | -0.0025 | 0.7875 | 26.35 | 0.5402 | -- | -4.9175 | -5.4234 | 8.67 | -10.7495 | -6.189 | -7.7892 | |
| LG Corp | 909.87bn | 77.60bn | 1.13tn | 92 | 14.45 | 1.09 | 10.39 | 1.24 | 4,885.47 | 4,855.11 | 57,282.9 | 64,910.33 | 0.6203 | 17.66 | 5.37 | -- | 5.41 | 12.76 | 6.77 | 12.76 | 11.72 | 22.85 | 8.73 | 6.43 | 1.14 | 13.41 | 0.1426 | 13.14 | -2.3051 | -33.6266 | -7.9481 | 0.3284 | -39.5623 | 5.92 | |
| LG Electronics Inc. | 4.87tn | -12.13bn | 1.33tn | 36376 | -- | 1.16 | 10.83 | 0.2728 | -808.7565 | -808.7565 | 324,356 | 73,135.23 | 1.52 | 7.74 | 7.02 | 1,452,405,000 | -0.3727 | 4.28 | -0.6766 | 4.28 | 23.71 | 23.78 | -0.2453 | 1.25 | 0.7659 | 2.92 | 0.4228 | 17.67 | -6.076 | -0.941 | 114.01 | -44.1477 | -7.6293 | -24.7826 |
Data as of May 21 2013. Currency figures normalised to Sony Corp's reporting currency: Japanese Yen JPY.
Institutional shareholders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd. as of 29 Mar 2013 | 15.35m | 1.50% |
GLG Partners UK Ltd. as of 28 Feb 2013 | 14.97m | 1.42% |
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 14.75m | 1.32% |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. as of 31 Jan 2013 | 9.32m | 0.96% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors as of 30 Apr 2013 | 7.48m | 0.85% |
Norges Bank Investment Management as of 31 Dec 2012 | 6.78m | 0.78% |
Dodge & Cox, Inc. as of 31 Dec 2012 | 10.39m | 0.57% |
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. as of 29 Mar 2013 | 6.13m | 0.52% |
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. as of 30 Apr 2013 | 5.22m | 0.51% |
TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC as of 28 Feb 2013 | 3.34m | 0.34% |
Data from 31 Dec 2012 - 31 Mar 2013Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.