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Sony Group Corp. SONY

14 fiscal years on record · JPY · FY2020 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY4 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2020
¥9.0T
▲ 9.0% vs FY2019
Dividend streak
4 yrs
Raised every year since 2017
EPS · FY20
¥936.90
Dividend / sh · FY20
¥55.00
Payout · FY20
5%
ROE · FY20
24.2%
Net margin · FY20
13.0%
Dividend coverage
17.0×
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Result
JPY 9.00T
Revenue, FY2020 · full 14-year series below
Revenue Net income
250050007500100008999.41171.8200720102013201620192020
250050007500100008999.41171.82011201420172020

13 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
JPY 936.90
Diluted EPS, FY2020
EPS Dividend
400800120055.00936.90200720102013201620192020
400800120055.00936.902011201420172020

Earnings covered the dividend 17.0 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
24.2%
Return on equity, FY2020
ROE
816243224.2%200720102013201620192020
816243224.2%2011201420172020
Operating margin10.8%
Net margin13.0%
Return on assets4.7%

Each JPY of equity produced 24 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
JPY 61.3B
returned in FY2020 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidJPY 61.3B
Net buybacksJPY -12.1B
Share of profit5.2%
Consecutive raises4 years

JPY 61.3B in dividends — 5% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+2.1% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+1.7%
+2.1%
+2.3%
Net income
+33.7%
+51.3%
EPS, diluted
+35.1%
+51.5%
Dividend / share
+26.0%
+22.4%
+8.2%
Returned to shareholders
+29.1%
+36.9%
+9.3%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2020
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
JPY 26.35T
total assets, end of FY2020
Total assetsJPY 26.35T
EquityJPY 5.58T
CashJPY 1.79T
Gross debtJPY 1.96T
Net debtJPY 174.2B
Current ratio0.92×

Net debt stands at 3% of equity.

History
14 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · JPY
Metric
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue ¥B
8999.4
8259.9
8665.7
8544.0
7603.2
8105.7
8215.9
7767.3
6795.5
6493.1
7181.3
7214.0
7730.0
8871.4
Operating income ¥B
971.9
845.5
894.2
734.9
288.7
294.2
68.5
26.5
226.5
−65.7
199.8
31.8
−227.8
475.3
EBITDA ¥B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Income tax ¥B
1.0
177.2
45.1
151.8
124.1
94.8
88.7
94.6
140.4
316.8
425.3
14.0
−72.7
203.5
Net income ¥B
1171.8
582.2
916.3
490.8
73.3
147.8
−126.0
−128.4
41.5
−455.0
−259.6
−40.8
−98.9
369.4
EPS, diluted ¥
936.90
461.23
707.74
379.75
56.89
117.49
−113.04
−124.99
38.79
−453.42
−258.66
−40.66
−98.59
351.10
Dividend / sh ¥
55.00
45.00
35.00
27.50
20.00
20.00
·
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
42.50
25.00
Payout %
5
9
4
6
35
9
−10
−20
60
−6
−10
−61
−43
7
ROE %
24.2
14.8
27.3
18.0
3.0
6.2
−5.5
−5.8
2.0
−19.9
−9.4
−1.4
−3.3
·
Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
39 of 39
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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