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Sony (SNE) Competitors

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SNE vs. VZIO, SONO, KN, ARLO, UEIC, GNSS, KOSS, SYNX, IMTE, and SONY

Should you be buying Sony stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sony include VIZIO (VZIO), Sonos (SONO), Knowles (KN), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Universal Electronics (UEIC), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), Integrated Media Technology (IMTE), and Sony Group (SONY).

Sony vs.

VIZIO (NYSE:VZIO) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Sony has higher revenue and earnings than VIZIO. Sony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VIZIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VIZIO$1.74B1.32$28.20M$0.011,135.00
Sony$75.99B0.34$5.36B$4.244.96

In the previous week, VIZIO had 2 more articles in the media than Sony. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for VIZIO and 0 mentions for Sony. Sony's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat VIZIO's score of -0.34 indicating that Sony is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VIZIO Neutral
Sony Neutral

Sony received 566 more outperform votes than VIZIO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.60% of users gave Sony an outperform vote while only 45.78% of users gave VIZIO an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VIZIOOutperform Votes
38
45.78%
Underperform Votes
45
54.22%
SonyOutperform Votes
604
72.60%
Underperform Votes
228
27.40%

66.2% of VIZIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Sony shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of VIZIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sony has a net margin of 11.34% compared to VIZIO's net margin of 0.10%. Sony's return on equity of 19.06% beat VIZIO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VIZIO0.10% 0.39% 0.19%
Sony 11.34%19.06%3.99%

VIZIO currently has a consensus target price of $11.08, indicating a potential downside of 2.35%. Given VIZIO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VIZIO is more favorable than Sony.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VIZIO
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Sony
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

VIZIO has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sony beats VIZIO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SNE vs. The Competition

MetricSonyHousehold Audio & Video Equipment IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.65B$13.02B$8.38B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.39%2.06%2.83%3.62%
P/E Ratio3.01128.7018.3341.30
Price / Sales0.342.5715.5017.58
Price / Cash13.8038.0833.4521.28
Price / Book0.582.735.565.32
Net Income$5.36B$646.16M$267.23M$989.88M

Sony Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNE
Sony
N/A$21.02
+1.7%
N/A-76.7%$25.65B$75.99B3.01111,700High Trading Volume
VZIO
VIZIO
0.3566 of 5 stars
$11.35
flat
$11.08
-2.3%
N/A$2.30B$1.74B1,135.00900
SONO
Sonos
0.8042 of 5 stars
$14.75
+1.2%
$15.00
+1.7%
-16.4%$1.80B$1.52B-44.151,708
KN
Knowles
0.7804 of 5 stars
$20.27
+2.3%
$19.00
-6.3%
+8.0%$1.79B$801M-8.477,100
ARLO
Arlo Technologies
2.9964 of 5 stars
$12.89
+4.0%
$19.00
+47.4%
+19.3%$1.29B$491.18M-51.28350
UEIC
Universal Electronics
4.6264 of 5 stars
$11.66
+1.7%
$14.50
+24.4%
+31.0%$151.91M$382.02M-5.604,177Analyst Downgrade
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GNSS
Genasys
4.0693 of 5 stars
$2.62
-3.0%
$5.33
+103.6%
+55.8%$116.85M$24.01M-3.75170Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KOSS
Koss
0.4254 of 5 stars
$7.49
+4.0%
N/A+117.7%$70.04M$12.09M-62.3330News Coverage
SYNX
Silynxcom
N/A$2.89
+3.2%
N/AN/A$9.13M$7.63M0.00N/ANews Coverage
IMTE
Integrated Media Technology
0.3167 of 5 stars
$1.22
-2.4%
N/A-53.9%$4.19M$373,676.000.0015News Coverage
Gap Down
SONY
Sony Group
3.3614 of 5 stars
$21.49
-0.9%
$24.00
+11.7%
+466.4%$129.96B$90.19B17.75113,000News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:SNE) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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