Tokyo-based Sony Corp. mentioned on Wednesday that its annual revenue was 1.14 trillion yen (€6.9 billion), up from 970.6bn yen (€5.9bn) within the earlier fiscal yr.
Annual gross sales had been nearly unchanged, all the way down to 13tn yen (€78.9bn).
One space that lagged amongst Sony’s sprawling companies was the monetary phase, the place income stalled. Nonetheless, its movie division and its imaging and sensor options phase did properly.
Among the many motion pictures that fared positively on the field workplace for the fiscal yr ended 31 March had been “Venom: The Final Dance,” that includes the Marvel Comics superhero, and “Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die,” an motion comedy, by which Will Smith and Martin Lawrence come again of their fashionable cop roles, the fourth instalment within the sequence.
Sony, which makes the PlayStation console and sport software program performed on that machine, additionally did properly within the gaming enterprise.
Its music operations, which recorded robust figures as properly, embody recordings, streaming providers and music for video games. The highest-selling recorded music initiatives for the newest fiscal yr globally was SZA’s “SOS Deluxe: LANA,” adopted by Beyonce, Future & Metro Boomin and Travis Scott.
For the Japan music enterprise, the top-seller was Kenshi Yonezu’s “Misplaced Nook” album, adopted by choices from Stray Youngsters and Six Tones.
For the January-March quarter, Sony posted a 197.7bn yen (€1.2bn) revenue, up 5% from 189bn yen (€1.1bn) in the identical quarter within the earlier fiscal yr. Gross sales had been 2.6tn yen (€15.8bn), down 24% from the corresponding quarter within the earlier fiscal yr.
Sony is forecasting a virtually 13% drop in revenue for the fiscal yr via March 2026, to 930bn yen (€5.6bn), on 11.7tn yen (€71.1bn) gross sales, down 2.9% year-on-year. That is partly because of the influence of US tariffs.
The corporate’s share value fell 3% in Tokyo morning buying and selling.