BNET Industries
Market Cap:$26.9B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$70.5B
- Public
- JP
Dow Jones Description
The Sony Group is primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products & components), Game (such as PlayStation), Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music), and Financial Services (such as insurance and banking) sectors. Not only do we represent a wide range of businesses, but we remain globally unique. Our aim is to fully leverage this uniqueness in aggressively carrying out our convergence strategy so that we can continue to emotionally touch and excite our customers.
Number of Employees 171,300
Contact Information
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
(81) 3 5448 2180
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing: 334310
Recent Events
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Hands On: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
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Sony to Launch Online Service Next Year
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Sony To Launch Online Entertainment Service
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SONY TO OUTSOURCE 40% OF TV OUTPUT TO REGAIN PROFITABILITY
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'Oprah' to end run in 2011
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Sony Officially Releases PlayStation 2 In Brazil
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Sony pushes back profit margin target, eyes 3D TV
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Sony ADRs off as profit margin target pushed back
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Sony hopes new online service will build brand loyalty
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Sony Unveils NXCAM, New AVCHD Professional Camcorder
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Sony Ericsson selling phones with AT&T service, possibly closing 4 locations globally
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BRIEF-Sony Pictures inks distribution pact with CBS Films
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Break Partners With Sony, Others
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'Sony Ericsson France names sales, financial directors'
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Sumner Redstone's Companies Face Off Yet Again
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Sony Pictures Entertainment SPE Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility
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The Best and the Worst New Tech: What You Least Expect
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Hollywood's ingenuity on the line for the Christmas season
News & Analysis
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Sony, B&N's Kindle-Challengers Could Be Scarce Come Christmas
PaidContent
- 2009-11-20
Sony and Barnes & Noble may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challenges could keep both companies from denting Kindle’s popularity this holiday season. (Then again, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has had its own problems shipping Kindles over the holidays last year).Sony...
Some Nook e-readers won't make it for the holidays
BNET
- 2009-11-20
IDG News Service - Just two days after Sony said that its wireless e-reader, the Daily Edition, might not make it to buyers before the end of the year, Barnes & Noble said its Nook e-reader is sold out. The Nook hasn't started shipping yet, but the bookseller now says...
Sony planning new online store
BNET
- 2009-11-20
Sony is planning a new online store a la Apple's iTunes, but with a few twists.Announced at a strategy meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the new service will hawk music, movies, books, and other downloadable content geared for its various electronics, including TVs, mobile phones, music players, and computers.The service,...
Barnes & Noble Says No Nook For Holidays
BNET
- 2009-11-20
Barnes & Noble said today it has sold out of its new nook e-reader due to high demand and shipments will not arrive in time for Christmas."nook continues to be the fastest-selling product at Barnes & Noble, and pre-orders have continued to exceed our expectations," Barnes & Noble said on...
Sony Talks Up 3D TVs, Profits
BNET
- 2009-11-20
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year. Sony's TV business is in its sixth straight year of losses as...
Sony to Launch Online Service Next Year
BNET
- 2009-11-20
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year. Sony plans to launch a new online service to distribute movies, music, books and other content to network-capable TVs, Blu-ray players, ebooks and others...
Sony plans its very own socially-connected iTunes
BNET
- 2009-11-20
Sony plans to launch its own music, movies and gaming service , based on its existing PlayStation Network PSN, which already has 33 million users. The new store, which enhances Sony's competitiveness with Apple's iTunes service and associated digital media products, is also expected to sell eBooks...
Sony Needs Reality Dose, not Brand Loyalty
BNET
- 2009-11-20
Sony's plans for an online content site is a futile activity that misses the company's real problems and tries to compensate for poor strategy by asking consumers for more money. by Erik Sherman
Sony PlayStation UK video downloads: your questions answered
BNET
- 2009-11-20
It's been a long time coming but Sony has finally launched its PlayStation Network video delivery service for Europe, which means France, Germany, Spain and the UK can now access a plethora of movies through their PlayStation 3. With any new service you are going to...
eBook Distributor Smashwords Buys Online Self-Publisher BookHabit
PaidContent
- 2009-11-19
Smashwords, which was one of the first eBook distributors to be have its self-publishing platform included in the new Sony (NYSE: SNE) digital bookstore, has acquired author community site Bookhabit. Terms weren’t disclosed, but a source told paidContent the deal was done for just under $1 million.Both companies were...
| Volume | 1,004,330 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.0B |
| Market Cap | 26.9B |
| Year High | 30.82 |
| Year Low | 15.64 |
| Earnings Per Share | -2.25 |
| P/E Ratio | N/A |
| Dividend | 0.25 |
| Yield | 0.935821 |
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