Sony's opening price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today is 5453 yen. As of Friday's close, Sony's stock price has fallen by 43 yen to close at 5,400 yen, a decrease of 0.79%. Sony's stock price has been highest at 5,738 yen over the past 52 weeks. The lowest is 3735 yen. The fourth quarter results highlights:
- 19 million PS4s sold throughout the year;
- Revenue was 1.9510 trillion yen (about 17.758 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 2.5% from 1.9036 trillion yen in the same period of last year;
- Restructuring expenditure was 15.3 billion yen (about 140 million U.S. dollars), down 26.6 percent from 20.8 billion yen in the same period of last year;
- Depreciation and amortization expense was 103.3 billion yen (approximately 946 million U.S. dollars), an increase of 53.0% from 67.5 billion yen in the same period last year;
- R&D expenses were 132.1 billion yen (approximately 1.209 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 8.0% from 122.3 billion yen in the same period of last year;
- Operating profit was 22.2 billion yen (approximately US$203 million), a 76.5% decrease from the 94.40 billion yen recorded in the same period of last year;
- The profit before tax was 8.5 billion yen (about 78 million US dollars), which was a drop of 90.4% from 87.9 billion yen in the same period of last year;
- The net loss attributable to Sony shareholders was 16.8 billion yen (about 154 million US dollars), and the net profit for the same period last year was 27.7 billion yen;
- The diluted loss per share attributable to Sony shareholders was 13.30 yen (approximately US$0.12), and the diluted earnings per share for the same period last year was 21.45 yen.
Fourth quarter results:
- Gaming and Internet services revenue was 444.6 billion yen (about 4.069 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 16.4% from 381.8 billion yen in the same period of last year; operating profit was 19.6 billion yen (about 179 million U.S. dollars), Compared with 22.5 billion yen in the same period of last year, it dropped by 12.9%;
- Music sector revenue was 206.4 billion yen (about 1.889 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 16.6% from 177 billion yen in the same period last year; Operating profit was 30.9 billion yen (about 283 million U.S. dollars), compared with the previous year 15.4 billion yen in the same period increased by 100.6%;
- Revenue from the film industry was 300.9 billion yen (about 2.754 billion U.S. dollars), a decrease of 0.5% from 302.5 billion yen in the same period of last year; Operating profit was 32.4 billion yen (approximately 297 million U.S. dollars). In the same period of the year, 33.7 billion yen decreased by 3.9%;
- Revenue from the home entertainment and audio products division was 235.1 billion yen (US$2.152 billion), an increase of 9.5% from 214.8 billion yen in the same period of last year; Operating loss was 7.3 billion yen (about US$67 million) , Compared with the same period last year, operating loss of 5.2 billion yen was expanded by 40.4%;
- Revenue from the Imaging Products and Solutions Division was 162.4 billion yen (US$1.486 billion), an increase of 4.8% from 154.9 billion yen in the same period of last year; operating profit was 6.9 billion yen (about US$63 million) , an increase of 81.6% over the 3.8 billion yen in the same period of the previous year;
-- Revenues from the mobile communications sector amounted to 153 billion yen (US$1.4 billion), a decrease of 1.9% from 155.9 billion yen in the same period of last year; Operating loss was 44.6 billion yen (approximately US$408 million). Year-on-year operating loss of 15.2 billion yen increased 193.4%;
- Semiconductor sector revenue was 166.5 billion yen (about 1.524 billion U.S. dollars), a decrease of 17.2% from 2011 billion yen in the same period last year; Operating loss was 1.3 billion yen (about 12 million U.S. dollars), the same period last year Achieved operating profit of 12.8 billion yen;
- Financial services sector revenue was 272.7 billion yen (about 2.496 billion U.S. dollars), a decrease of 0.9% from 27.51 billion yen in the same period of last year; Operating profit was 39.8 billion yen (approximately 364 million U.S. dollars). Year-on-year 55.3 billion yen fell by 28.0%.
Fiscal 2017 performance highlights:
- Revenue was 8.5440 trillion yen (approximately US$78.023 billion), an increase of 12.4% over the previous year's 7.6033 trillion yen;
- Operating profit was 734.9 billion yen (about 6.727 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 154.5% over the previous year's 288.7 billion yen;
- Profit before tax of 699 billion yen (approximately US$6.398 billion), an increase of 177.8% over the previous year's 25.16 billion yen;
- Net profit attributable to Sony shareholders was 490.8 billion yen (approximately US$4.492 billion), an increase of 569.7% over the previous year's 73.3 billion yen;
- Diluted earnings per share attributable to Sony shareholders was 379.75 yen (approximately 3.48 US dollars), an increase of 567.5% from 56.89 yen of the previous year.
Prospects for the 2018 fiscal year:
- Sales of 16 million PS4;
- Revenue was 8.3 trillion yen (approximately USD 75.97 billion), a 2.9% decrease from the previous year's 8.544 trillion yen;
- Operating profit was 670 billion yen (about 6.131 billion U.S. dollars), a decrease of 8.8% from 734.9 billion yen of the previous year;
- Net profit attributable to Sony shareholders was 480 billion yen (approximately US$4.393 billion), a decrease of 2.2% from 490.8 billion yen of the previous year.