Sony Group (Sony Group) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.60 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Sony Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17,818 Mil. Sony Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12,780 Mil. Sony Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $50,758 Mil. Sony Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.60.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sony Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

SONY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33 Med: 0.45 Max: 0.66
Current: 0.6

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Sony Group was 0.66. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.45.

SONY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
72.85% of 2195 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs SONY: 0.60

Sony Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sony Group's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Sony Group Annual Data

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Mar23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.36

0.41

0.39

0.50

0.56

Sony Group Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.61	0.56	0.62	0.66	0.60

Competitive Comparison

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Sony Group's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Sony Group Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sony Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sony Group's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Sony Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sony Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(15732.518	+	14668.449)	/	54088.556
	=	0.56

Sony Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(17818.463	+	12779.885)	/	50757.667
	=	0.60

Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Sony Group (Sony Group) Business Description

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Address

7-1, Konan 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 108-0075

Website

https://www.sony.com

Sony Group is a conglomerate with consumer electronics roots, which not only designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment and devices, but also is engaged in content businesses, such as console and mobile games, music, and movies. Sony is a global top company of CMOS image sensors, game consoles, professional broadcasting cameras, and music publishing, and is one of the top players on digital cameras, wireless earphones, recorded music, movies, and so on. Sony's business portfolio is well diversified with six major business segments. The company fully consolidated Sony Financial in September 2020, which provides life and non-life insurance, banking, and other financial services.