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: Toshiba Corporation (2018 sales of 3.95 trillion Japanese Yen [US$35.21 billion] of which 31% was Infrastructure system solution), Sharp Corporation (2.43 trillion Japanese Yen [US$21.65 billion] of which 43% was advance display system), and LG Electronics Incorporated which is based in South Korea (61.34 trillion Korean Won [US$54.16 billion] of which 31% was Home Appliance).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended March of 2018, sales at Sony were ¥8.54 trillion (US$76.21 billion). This is an increase of 12.4% versus 2017, when the company's sales were ¥7.60 trillion. Sales of Other saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 73.7% in 2018, from ¥202.34 billion to ¥351.53 billion. Sony also saw significant increases in sales in Game&network Service (up 16.9% to ¥1.85 trillion) and Home Entertainment and Sound (up 18.1% to ¥1.22 trillion) and Music Business (up 24.4% to ¥784.79 billion) . Not all segments of Sony experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Mobile ,products , Communication fell 5.2% to ¥713.92 billion.