Sony Corporation operates within the Household audio and video equipment sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Sony with three other audio-visual equipment producers in Asia: Maxell Holdings Ltd (2019 sales of 150.58 billion Japanese Yen [US$1.42 billion] of which 40% was Consumer electronics), Sharp Corporation (2.40 trillion Japanese Yen [US$22.66 billion] of which 40% was advance display system), and Toshiba Corporation (3.69 trillion Japanese Yen [US$34.87 billion] of which 34% was Infrastructure system solution).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended March of 2019, sales at Sony were ¥8.67 trillion (US$81.80 billion). This is a very small increase of 1.4% versus 2018, when the company's sales were ¥8.54 trillion. Sales of Game&network Service saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 20.4% in 2019, from ¥1.85 trillion to ¥2.22 trillion. Sony also saw significant increases in sales in Financial Services Business (up 4.4% to ¥1.27 trillion) and Semiconductor (up 6.0% to ¥770.62 billion) and Imaging Products and Solution (up 2.2% to ¥661.30 billion) . Not all segments of Sony experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Mobile ,products , Communication fell 31.7% to ¥487.33 billion. Sony also experienced decreases in sales in Home Entertainment and Sound (down 5.5% to ¥1.15 trillion) and the Movie Business (down 2.5% to ¥985.27 billion) and Other (down 14.7% to ¥299.81 billion) and Eliminations and Corporate (down 31.7% to ¥12.47 billion) .