Sony Group (SONY) financial statements
Sony Group reported revenue of 12.96T JPY in fiscal 2025, up 5.4% a year over 9 years.
Net income was 1.14T JPY and the operating margin 10.9%, against 3.6% in 2016.
Free cash flow was 1.67T JPY, and the company returned 115.3B JPY in dividends and 285.5B JPY in net buybacks.
The diluted share count rose 383% over the period (dilution).
Revenue and free cash flow
Fiscal years, $ billions (JPY).
Income statement
Fiscal years, in JPY, from Sony Group's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 8.11T JPY | 7.60T JPY | 8.54T JPY | 8.67T JPY | 8.26T JPY | 9.00T JPY | 9.92T JPY | 10.97T JPY | 13.02T JPY | 12.96T JPY |
| Cost of revenue | 5.17T JPY | 4.75T JPY | 5.19T JPY | 5.15T JPY | 4.75T JPY | 5.07T JPY | 5.85T JPY | 7.17T JPY | 8.09T JPY | 8.50T JPY |
| Gross profit | 2.94T JPY | 2.85T JPY | 3.36T JPY | 3.51T JPY | 3.51T JPY | 3.93T JPY | 4.08T JPY | 3.80T JPY | 4.93T JPY | 4.45T JPY |
| Research and development | 468.2B JPY | 447.5B JPY | 458.5B JPY | 481.2B JPY | 499.3B JPY | 545.4B JPY | 618.4B JPY | 735.7B JPY | 742.8B JPY | 734.6B JPY |
| Selling, general and admin | 1.69T JPY | 1.51T JPY | 1.58T JPY | 1.58T JPY | 1.50T JPY | 1.47T JPY | 1.59T JPY | 1.97T JPY | 2.16T JPY | 2.26T JPY |
| Operating income | 294.2B JPY | 288.7B JPY | 734.9B JPY | 894.2B JPY | 845.5B JPY | 955.3B JPY | 1.20T JPY | 1.30T JPY | 1.21T JPY | 1.41T JPY |
| Interest expense | 25.3B JPY | 14.5B JPY | 13.6B JPY | 12.5B JPY | 11.1B JPY | 41.1B JPY | 104.1B JPY | 59.0B JPY | 65.8B JPY | 72.5B JPY |
| Pre-tax income | 304.5B JPY | 251.6B JPY | 699.0B JPY | 1.01T JPY | 799.5B JPY | 998.0B JPY | 1.12T JPY | 1.27T JPY | 1.27T JPY | 1.47T JPY |
| Income tax | 94.8B JPY | 124.1B JPY | 151.8B JPY | 45.1B JPY | 177.2B JPY | -45.9B JPY | 229.1B JPY | 262.7B JPY | 288.2B JPY | 313.8B JPY |
| Net income | 147.8B JPY | 73.3B JPY | 490.8B JPY | 916.3B JPY | 582.2B JPY | 1.03T JPY | 882.2B JPY | 1.01T JPY | 970.6B JPY | 1.14T JPY |
| EPS (diluted) | 117.49 JPY | 56.89 JPY | 379.75 JPY | 707.74 JPY | 461.23 JPY | 164.75 JPY | 141.03 JPY | 161.97 JPY | 157.14 JPY | 187.92 JPY |
| Diluted shares | 1.26B | 1.29B | 1.29B | 1.29B | 1.26B | 6.25B | 6.26B | 6.21B | 6.18B | 6.08B |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 37.5% | 39.3% | 40.6% | 42.5% | 43.7% | 41.1% | 34.6% | 37.9% | 34.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 3.8% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 12.1% | 11.9% | 9.3% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 1.0% | 5.7% | 10.6% | 7.0% | 11.4% | 8.9% | 9.2% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
Balance sheet
Fiscal years, in JPY, from Sony Group's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 1.93T JPY | 2.01T JPY | 2.76T JPY | 2.79T JPY | 3.36T JPY | 1.79T JPY | 2.05T JPY | 1.48T JPY | 1.91T JPY | 2.98T JPY |
| Inventory | 683.1B JPY | 640.8B JPY | 692.9B JPY | 653.3B JPY | 590.0B JPY | 636.7B JPY | 874.0B JPY | 1.47T JPY | 1.52T JPY | 1.31T JPY |
| Total current assets | 4.20T JPY | 4.36T JPY | 5.18T JPY | 5.25T JPY | 5.74T JPY | 4.72T JPY | 5.54T JPY | 5.72T JPY | 6.78T JPY | 7.45T JPY |
| Property, plant and equipment | 820.8B JPY | 758.2B JPY | 739.5B JPY | 777.1B JPY | 908.6B JPY | 990.5B JPY | 1.11T JPY | 1.34T JPY | 1.52T JPY | 1.51T JPY |
| Goodwill | 606.3B JPY | 522.5B JPY | 530.5B JPY | 768.6B JPY | 783.9B JPY | 726.1B JPY | 952.9B JPY | 1.28T JPY | 1.49T JPY | 1.51T JPY |
| Total assets | 16.67T JPY | 17.66T JPY | 19.07T JPY | 20.98T JPY | 23.04T JPY | 27.51T JPY | 30.48T JPY | 31.15T JPY | 34.11T JPY | 35.29T JPY |
| Total current liabilities | 4.83T JPY | 5.22T JPY | 5.62T JPY | 6.08T JPY | 6.24T JPY | 7.35T JPY | 8.76T JPY | 9.32T JPY | 10.19T JPY | 10.69T JPY |
| Long-term debt | 556.6B JPY | 681.5B JPY | 623.5B JPY | 568.4B JPY | 635.0B JPY | 1.05T JPY | 1.20T JPY | 1.77T JPY | 2.06T JPY | 2.07T JPY |
| Total liabilities | 13.54T JPY | 14.51T JPY | 15.41T JPY | 16.54T JPY | 18.24T JPY | 20.78T JPY | 23.28T JPY | 24.50T JPY | 26.35T JPY | 26.78T JPY |
| Shareholders' equity | 2.46T JPY | 2.50T JPY | 2.97T JPY | 3.75T JPY | 4.13T JPY | 6.68T JPY | 7.14T JPY | 6.60T JPY | 7.59T JPY | 8.18T JPY |
| Net debt | -427.0B JPY | -278.7B JPY | -962.9B JPY | -901.7B JPY | -877.4B JPY | 468.4B JPY | 1.13T JPY | 2.20T JPY | 1.96T JPY | 929.8B JPY |
Cash flow
Fiscal years, in JPY, from Sony Group's 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 749.1B JPY | 807.5B JPY | 1.25T JPY | 1.26T JPY | 1.35T JPY | 1.14T JPY | 1.23T JPY | 314.7B JPY | 1.37T JPY | 2.32T JPY |
| Capital spending | 375.4B JPY | 333.5B JPY | 263.0B JPY | 312.6B JPY | 439.8B JPY | 477.9B JPY | 441.1B JPY | 613.6B JPY | 623.9B JPY | 647.5B JPY |
| Free cash flow | 373.7B JPY | 474.0B JPY | 991.0B JPY | 946.1B JPY | 910.0B JPY | 662.3B JPY | 792.5B JPY | -298.9B JPY | 749.3B JPY | 1.67T JPY |
| Stock-based compensation | 1.9B JPY | 2.7B JPY | 5.2B JPY | 5.5B JPY | 6.0B JPY | 8.9B JPY | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 12.8B JPY | 25.3B JPY | 28.5B JPY | 38.1B JPY | 49.6B JPY | 61.3B JPY | 74.3B JPY | 86.6B JPY | 98.6B JPY | 115.3B JPY |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | -114M JPY | -198M JPY | -100.2B JPY | -200.2B JPY | -366M JPY | -88.6B JPY | -99.2B JPY | -203.0B JPY | -285.5B JPY |
| Net borrowing | 92.2B JPY | 317.8B JPY | 35.1B JPY | 124.0B JPY | 193.3B JPY | 147.0B JPY | -163.1B JPY | 229.6B JPY | 97.0B JPY | -41.8B JPY |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.6% | 6.2% | 11.6% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 7.4% | 8.0% | -2.7% | 5.8% | 12.9% |
| Dividends per share | 10.14 JPY | 19.64 JPY | 22.04 JPY | 29.40 JPY | 39.27 JPY | 9.80 JPY | 11.88 JPY | 13.95 JPY | 15.97 JPY | 18.97 JPY |
Questions
What was Sony Group's revenue in 2025?
12.96T JPY in fiscal 2025, from its 10-K filing.
How much free cash flow does Sony Group generate?
1.67T JPY in fiscal 2025 (operating cash flow minus capital spending).
From Sony Group's annual reports filed with the SEC (XBRL data), standardised by Investingly. Information only, not investment advice.