Added to YB: 2026-05-04
Pitch date: 2026-04-29
SONY [bullish]
Sony Group Corporation
+17.89%
current return
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Company Info
Sony Group Corporation develops, designs, produces, manufactures, supplies, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer, professional, and industrial use in Japan, the United States, Europe, China, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally.
Market Cap
JPY 21.5T
Pitch Price
JPY 3.2K
Price Target
28.54 (-99%)
Dividend
0.68%
EV/EBITDA
10.69
P/E
21.36
EV/Sales
1.72
Sector
Household Durables
Category
growth
Sony — Japan’s Hidden Software Play in Plain Sight
SONY: Japan conglomerate now 60% entertainment (Games/Pictures/Music). PlayStation digital sales hit 70% (vs 19% in 2016) w/ 30% cut, 129M monthly users. Crunchyroll 17M paid subs (120M total users), 14% conversion rate w/ 30% PSN overlap = cross-sell upside. Q3 op income +22% to ¥515B, margin 13.9% vs 11.5% YoY. GTA VI Nov 19 launch = console catalyst. Weak yen tailwind on dollar/euro revs. Trading $20 vs $30.34 52W high, analyst PT $28.54. Market prices as hardware co, not SaaS platform.
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