Sony Group Corporation (SONY)

NYSE: SONY · Household Audio & Video Equipment · Tokyo · filing with the SEC since 1996

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◀ Past 8.7● Present 6.3▶ Future 4.8

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The grade of Sony Group Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.6/10

◀ Past8.730% of the headline

● Present6.340% of the headline

▶ Future4.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

8.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sony Group Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

9.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.5% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 5 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 94th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sony Group Corporation's 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from JPY 8999 billion in fiscal 2021 to JPY 12957 billion in fiscal 2025, up 9.5% a year; it rose in 3 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 5 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span9.5%top 6% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 6% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.5%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

6.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.0% a year. 22% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 4 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-03-31, Sony Group Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 22% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 28% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 76%: owes 76¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-03-31, Sony Group Corporation earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 76 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 17% of its family
return on equitytop 6% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 28% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

9.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 6% of 9 in its family; net margin 9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 94th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sony Group Corporation's standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of JPY 12957 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 9% ranks in the top 6%; revenue growth of 9.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin9.0%top 6% of its family
three-year revenue growth9.3%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

3.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 3.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 6 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Sony Group Corporation's leadership is put at 3.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 9 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sony Group Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of JPY 2981 billion against debt of JPY 2354 billion leaves 1.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 17.9% of revenue (top 6%); a gross margin of 34.4% (bottom 28%); research spending of 5.7% of revenue (bottom 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets1.8%bottom 28% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue17.9%top 6% of its family
gross margin34.4%bottom 28% of its family
research spending against revenue5.7%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

5.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 41% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sony Group Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.3% a year over the last three filed years against 9.5% over all 5, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew -0.5% (bottom 39%); research spending grew 5.9% a year (top 36%); capital spending grew 24.9% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Sony Group Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-0.2 points a yeartop 50% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-0.5%bottom 39% of its family
three-year growth of research spending5.9%top 36% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending24.9%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

4.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 43% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sony Group Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of JPY 12957 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 13.1% below the JPY 14915 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of JPY 1160 billion against a prior three-year average of JPY 960 billion (top 39%); a net margin of 9% against 8.6% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.1%bottom 17% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+21%top 39% of its family
net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SONY · research, not advice