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Sony Group cash flow statement 1989–2026What is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities.
Sony Group's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 1.59T JPY: operating cash flow of 2.11T JPY less 515.01B JPY of capital spending. That is 12.2% of its revenue and 267.60 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 30 Sept 2026 | FY2025 31 Mar 2026 | FY2024 31 Mar 2025 | FY2023 31 Mar 2024 | FY2022 31 Mar 2023 | FY2021 31 Mar 2022 | FY2020 31 Mar 2021 | FY2019 31 Mar 2020 | FY2018 31 Mar 2019 | FY2017 31 Mar 2018 | FY2016 31 Mar 2017 | FY2015 31 Mar 2016 | FY2014 31 Mar 2015 | FY2013 31 Mar 2014 | FY2012 31 Mar 2013 | FY2011 31 Mar 2012 | FY2010 31 Mar 2011 | FY2009 31 Mar 2010 | FY2008 31 Mar 2009 | FY2007 31 Mar 2008 | FY2006 31 Mar 2007 | FY2005 31 Mar 2006 | FY2004 31 Mar 2005 | FY2003 31 Mar 2004 | FY2002 31 Mar 2003 | FY2001 31 Mar 2002 | FY2000 31 Mar 2001 | FY1999 31 Mar 2000 | FY1998 31 Mar 1999 | FY1997 31 Mar 1998 | FY1996 31 Mar 1997 | FY1995 31 Mar 1996 | FY1994 31 Mar 1995 | FY1993 31 Mar 1994 | FY1992 31 Mar 1993 | FY1991 31 Mar 1992 | FY1990 31 Mar 1991 | FY1989 31 Mar 1990 |
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Net income | 1.43T | 1.03T | 1.14T | 970.57B | 1.01T | 1.12T | 1.03T | 582.19B | 916.27B | 490.79B | 73.29B | 147.79B | -82.97B | -68.84B | 104.18B | -398.43B | -220.33B | 12.95B | -98.94B | 369.44B | 126.33B | 123.59B | 163.96B | 88.72B | 115.38B | 15.28B | 16.90B | 118.06B | 179.23B | 223.90B | 139.21B | 54.81B | -284.78B | 15.24B | 36.26B | 120.23B | 117.34B | 102.18B |
Depreciation and amortization | 1.16T | 1.18T | 1.15T | 1.14T | 1.00T | 835.23B | 732.11B | 746.45B | 722.52B | 720.72B | 624.55B | 696.68B | 627.57B | 662.37B | 584.79B | 555.11B | 575.56B | 648.67B | 405.44B | 428.01B | 400.01B | 649.19B | 372.87B | 671.39B | 663.13B | 597.83B | 598.14B | 297.16B | 307.49B | 304.11B | 266.06B | 229.68B | 213.42B | 238.20B | 274.48B | 265.45B | 214.87B | 163.76B |
Stock-based compensation | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.78B | 11.11B | 8.89B | 5.96B | 0.00 | 5.25B | 2.74B | 1.94B | 0.00 | 1.07B | 1.23B | 1.95B | 1.95B | 2.20B | 3.45B | 4.13B | 3.84B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | -519.92B | -510.06B | 884.18B | -562.91B | -1.54T | -1.19T | -1.46T | -12.98B | 37.62B | 91.14B | 437.00M | -94.53B | 197.22B | 115.24B | 119.95B | -56.28B | -17.58B | 301.66B | -306.01B | -282.51B | -182.47B | -313.79B | -118.60B | -191.20B | 72.20B | 127.46B | -173.65B | 123.92B | 226.39B | 53.62B | 334.14B | -33.34B | -80.84B | 49.11B | 128.45B | -203.21B | -136.82B | -73.47B |
Change in receivables | -28.34B | 124.10B | 228.62B | -243.65B | -70.45B | -171.09B | -137.94B | 62.65B | 1.14B | -80.00B | -37.53B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | 258.70B | 155.38B | 199.92B | 75.64B | -560.38B | -194.62B | -57.01B | 40.32B | 30.46B | -51.51B | 11.20B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 2.17B | 70.54B | 136.95B | 9.19B | -109.34B | 126.99B | 288.85B | -91.44B | 18.53B | -87.94B | -1.39B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -752.45B | -860.09B | 318.69B | -404.09B | -805.91B | -952.52B | -1.56T | -24.52B | -12.52B | 310.59B | 28.15B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 37.74B | 244.13B | -857.09B | -179.43B | -171.25B | 443.21B | 983.82B | 23.33B | -296.02B | -77.01B | 84.45B | -3.00B | 4.84B | -39.06B | -394.41B | 210.49B | -30.78B | -17.84B | 556.48B | 218.58B | 226.51B | -139.30B | 298.52B | 99.77B | 99.81B | 48.11B | 113.88B | 47.99B | -67.76B | 30.98B | -12.08B | -19.66B | 347.21B | 15.28B | 9.81B | -48.60B | -33.55B | 23.15B |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 2.11T | 1.95T | 2.32T | 1.37T | 314.69B | 1.23T | 1.14T | 1.35T | 1.26T | 1.25T | 809.26B | 749.09B | 754.64B | 664.12B | 481.51B | 519.54B | 616.25B | 912.91B | 407.15B | 757.68B | 561.03B | 399.84B | 647.26B | 634.17B | 852.59B | 738.85B | 549.59B | 561.76B | 663.93B | 617.41B | 721.86B | 236.61B | 176.63B | 336.50B | 415.47B | 151.01B | 168.06B | 214.58B |
Operating cash flow growth | -3.21% | -16.20% | +69.07% | +336.37% | -74.49% | +8.19% | -15.52% | +7.23% | +0.30% | +55.08% | +8.03% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -515.01B | -457.68B | -647.53B | -623.95B | -613.64B | -441.10B | -477.93B | -439.76B | -312.64B | -262.99B | -333.51B | -375.41B | -215.92B | -283.46B | -326.49B | -382.55B | -253.69B | -338.05B | -496.13B | -474.55B | -527.52B | -462.45B | -453.70B | -428.38B | -274.88B | -389.16B | -472.15B | -390.67B | -368.70B | -381.17B | -297.66B | -252.76B | -216.35B | -197.36B | -267.85B | -445.24B | -404.36B | -324.01B |
Acquisitions | -373.10B | -136.00B | -294.42B | -199.26B | -282.18B | -213.01B | 3.15B | 93.17B | -161.73B | 44.62B | 3.26B | 17.79B | 93.00M | 15.02B | 52.76B | -63.41B | 99.34B | 15.67B | 2.23B | 307.13B | 43.16B | 38.14B | 34.21B | 34.09B | 25.72B | 37.48B | 26.99B | 28.15B | 81.81B | 22.60B | 14.91B | 23.06B | 6.45B | 8.90B | 6.31B | 144.09B | 9.99B | 9.44B |
Purchases of investments | -121.40B | -179.65B | -98.54B | -95.51B | -191.13B | -91.08B | -1.73T | -1.37T | -1.13T | -977.01B | -1.25T | -1.24T | -980.07B | -1.05T | -1.14T | -1.06T | -1.47T | -1.62T | -2.68T | -2.39T | -1.01T | -1.40T | -1.47T | -1.20T | -1.13T | -797.72B | -24.72B | -67.92B | -121.59B | -563.01B | -578.30B | -550.95B | -111.88B | -450.43B | -484.54B | -121.95B | -69.39B | -53.40B |
Sales and maturities of investments | 17.59B | 13.03B | 46.54B | 92.68B | 13.55B | 16.08B | 469.39B | 358.20B | 311.94B | 323.76B | 305.98B | 615.61B | 532.02B | 502.04B | 478.66B | 567.63B | 904.36B | 1.18T | 1.93T | 1.49T | 702.60B | 881.83B | 949.87B | 828.71B | 677.40B | 379.72B | 35.18B | 269.42B | 702.63B | 373.23B | 362.25B | 419.99B | 79.06B | 422.01B | 438.70B | 208.74B | 98.59B | 85.43B |
Other investing | -1.17T | -1.19T | 63.82B | 7.14B | 20.73B | 326.00M | 813.25B | 4.03B | -13.24B | 49.42B | 20.79B | -46.47B | 24.25B | 103.39B | 228.92B | 51.62B | 9.78B | 17.23B | 152.83B | 150.11B | 81.23B | 76.27B | 5.90B | 6.15B | 1.06B | 1.20B | -290.81B | -275.17B | -661.78B | -55.28B | -18.28B | -14.19B | -27.08B | 1.40B | 63.19B | -202.92B | 55.10B | -762.73B |
Investing cash flow | -2.17T | -1.95T | -930.12B | -818.89B | -1.05T | -728.78B | -960.61B | -1.35T | -1.31T | -822.20B | -1.25T | -1.03T | -639.64B | -710.50B | -705.28B | -882.89B | -714.44B | -746.00B | -1.08T | -910.44B | -715.43B | -871.12B | -931.64B | -763.66B | -705.48B | -768.48B | -725.51B | -436.19B | -367.63B | -603.64B | -517.08B | -374.85B | -269.81B | -215.49B | -244.19B | -417.28B | -310.08B | -1.05T |
Debt issued (repaid) | 58.36B | -103.64B | -70.37B | 78.66B | 261.97B | -163.10B | 128.68B | 113.72B | -164.34B | 115.68B | 311.22B | -131.59B | -239.60B | 39.58B | 103.93B | 78.69B | -208.59B | 115.77B | 313.92B | 12.23B | 94.50B | 182.61B | -66.63B | 177.96B | -233.47B | -20.87B | 159.53B | -47.37B | -87.29B | 7.72B | -229.31B | 149.75B | 110.99B | -100.06B | -65.90B | 267.15B | 154.35B | 759.27B |
Shares issued | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 301.71B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 378.00M | 36.43B | 7.78B | 11.62B | 4.13B | 5.21B | 0.00 | 9.57B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.81B | 259.05B |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -566.09B | -522.09B | -285.55B | -202.97B | -99.25B | -88.62B | -366.00M | -200.21B | -100.18B | -198.00M | -114.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dividends paid | -148.60B | -135.03B | -115.25B | -98.62B | -86.57B | -74.34B | -61.29B | -49.57B | -38.07B | -28.49B | -25.30B | -12.75B | -13.16B | -25.64B | -25.06B | -25.08B | -25.10B | -25.09B | -42.59B | -25.10B | -25.05B | -24.81B | -22.98B | -23.04B | -22.77B | -22.99B | -22.95B | -19.93B | -24.53B | -21.76B | -18.62B | -18.97B | -18.14B | -18.57B | -18.61B | -17.15B | -16.95B | -14.07B |
Other financing | -50.85B | -100.45B | 172.93B | 12.23B | 8.15B | -10.51B | -8.86B | 201.72B | 179.70B | 159.47B | 166.49B | 222.76B | -10.44B | 193.94B | 9.65B | 203.73B | 223.58B | 274.33B | -4.25B | 481.96B | 170.67B | 190.45B | 290.66B | 153.88B | 163.27B | 119.49B | -882.77M | 1.34B | -476.36M | -3.93B | 879.46M | 1.05B | -2.52B | 102.60M | -14.00B | -4.88B | 1.31B | -24.07B |
Financing cash flow | -707.18B | -861.20B | -298.24B | -210.71B | 84.30B | -336.58B | 58.17B | 65.66B | -122.88B | 246.46B | 452.30B | 380.12B | -263.20B | 207.88B | 88.53B | 257.34B | -10.11B | 365.01B | 267.46B | 505.52B | 247.90B | 359.82B | 205.24B | 314.01B | -92.96B | 85.20B | 135.69B | -65.97B | -112.30B | -17.92B | -247.06B | 131.83B | 90.33B | -118.52B | -98.51B | 245.12B | 140.52B | 980.17B |
Net change in cash | 511.44B | -772.08B | 1.07T | 426.21B | -568.74B | 262.65B | 274.46B | 41.48B | -119.13B | 626.19B | -23.47B | 34.20B | -97.05B | 220.11B | -68.22B | -119.84B | -177.20B | 530.82B | -425.64B | 286.53B | 96.80B | -75.92B | -70.13B | 136.47B | 29.26B | 76.69B | -19.04B | 32.78B | 169.11B | -5.28B | -30.77B | -16.39B | -8.42B | -4.99B | 70.87B | -24.61B | -8.72B | 152.85B |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 1.59T | 1.49T | 1.67T | 749.27B | -298.94B | 792.55B | 662.29B | 909.98B | 946.09B | 991.98B | 475.75B | 373.68B | 538.72B | 380.66B | 155.02B | 136.99B | 362.56B | 574.86B | -88.97B | 283.13B | 33.51B | -62.62B | 193.56B | 205.80B | 577.71B | 349.69B | 77.43B | 171.09B | 295.22B | 236.23B | 424.20B | -16.15B | -39.73B | 139.14B | 147.62B | -294.23B | -236.30B | -109.43B |
Free cash flow growth | -7.17% | -11.12% | +123.44% | — | -137.72% | +19.67% | -27.22% | -3.82% | -4.63% | +108.51% | +27.32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 12.23% | 11.92% | 13.91% | 5.75% | -2.72% | 7.99% | 7.36% | 11.05% | 10.89% | 11.60% | 6.23% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 267.60 | 248.99 | 271.04 | 120.72 | -47.78 | 126.77 | 104.94 | 140.58 | 146.41 | 153.99 | 75.64 | 67.06 | 104.91 | 71.10 | 30.89 | 27.30 | 72.26 | 114.57 | -16.91 | 53.92 | 6.41 | -11.97 | 37.09 | 40.45 | 117.77 | 76.49 | 16.90 | 36.88 | 63.64 | 50.91 | 94.19 | -3.98 | -9.45 | 39.35 | 37.41 | -72.18 | -63.63 | -29.64 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -4.59% | -8.14% | +124.53% | — | -137.69% | +20.81% | -25.35% | -3.98% | -4.93% | +103.58% | +12.80% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.49B | 10.00B | 10.88B | 12.17B | 13.88B | 26.17B | 21.98B | 23.82B | 24.16B | 20.28B | 20.58B | 19.82B | 22.73B | 18.82B | 23.00B | 24.65B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 119.08B | 216.92B | 210.50B | 101.09B | 106.05B | 138.77B | 97.78B | 101.09B | 90.99B | 127.64B | 116.38B | 60.02B | 242.53B | 126.34B | 104.82B | 70.02B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q2 FY2026 30 Sept 2026 | Q1 FY2026 30 Jun 2026 | Q4 FY2025 31 Mar 2026 | Q3 FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | Q2 FY2025 30 Sept 2025 | Q1 FY2025 30 Jun 2025 | Q4 FY2024 31 Mar 2025 | Q3 FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | Q2 FY2024 30 Sept 2024 | Q1 FY2024 30 Jun 2024 | Q4 FY2023 31 Mar 2024 | Q3 FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | Q2 FY2023 30 Sept 2023 | Q1 FY2023 30 Jun 2023 | Q4 FY2022 31 Mar 2023 | Q3 FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | Q2 FY2022 30 Sept 2022 | Q1 FY2022 30 Jun 2022 | Q4 FY2021 31 Mar 2022 | Q3 FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | Q2 FY2021 30 Sept 2021 | Q1 FY2021 30 Jun 2021 | Q4 FY2020 31 Mar 2021 | Q3 FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | Q2 FY2020 30 Sept 2020 | Q1 FY2020 30 Jun 2020 | Q4 FY2019 31 Mar 2020 | Q3 FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | Q2 FY2019 30 Sept 2019 | Q1 FY2019 30 Jun 2019 | Q4 FY2018 31 Mar 2019 | Q3 FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | Q2 FY2018 30 Sept 2018 | Q1 FY2018 30 Jun 2018 | Q4 FY2017 31 Mar 2018 | Q3 FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | Q2 FY2017 30 Sept 2017 | Q1 FY2017 30 Jun 2017 | Q4 FY2016 31 Mar 2017 | Q3 FY2016 31 Dec 2016 |
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Net income | 623.15B | 342.16B | 83.12B | 377.32B | 441.76B | 356.60B | 197.73B | 494.05B | 450.25B | 231.64B | 189.01B | 363.92B | 257.60B | 276.03B | 144.60B | 398.58B | 345.76B | 291.38B | 111.08B | 461.57B | 283.10B | 283.21B | 107.12B | 310.73B | 458.60B | 193.58B | 12.64B | 229.54B | 187.89B | 152.12B | 87.86B | 428.96B | 173.00B | 226.45B | -4.82B | 295.90B | 130.85B | 80.87B | 27.65B | 19.63B |
Depreciation and amortization | 288.76B | 250.80B | 346.14B | 277.93B | 282.18B | 274.40B | 305.14B | 291.83B | 273.89B | 261.67B | 292.95B | 281.56B | 318.70B | 251.77B | 268.95B | 248.03B | 242.14B | 245.47B | 237.75B | 236.20B | 205.99B | 177.92B | 179.33B | 194.50B | 173.59B | 161.51B | 252.37B | 165.74B | 178.38B | 149.96B | 211.98B | 204.83B | 161.47B | 144.24B | 202.82B | 187.79B | 167.52B | 162.58B | 174.46B | 146.20B |
Stock-based compensation | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.78B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.11B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.96B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.74B | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | -335.90B | -366.88B | 13.19B | 169.67B | -294.51B | -343.24B | 1.37T | 416.27B | -58.71B | -671.40B | 766.00M | 236.00B | -387.77B | -310.90B | -210.68B | -276.83B | -692.56B | -987.05B | -910.91B | -350.36B | -503.56B | -464.02B | 299.38B | 82.84B | 156.64B | -14.94B | 23.96B | 117.48B | 67.44B | -244.50B | 158.74B | -71.74B | 60.86B | -110.24B | 283.87B | -6.55B | -77.55B | -152.76B | 251.49B | 164.44B |
Change in receivables | -356.41B | -8.10B | 417.49B | -81.32B | -317.88B | 105.82B | 456.73B | -182.17B | -211.73B | 165.79B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | -111.45B | -129.41B | 41.24B | 458.32B | -187.74B | -156.44B | 52.82B | 408.05B | -137.11B | -123.84B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 240.82B | 19.06B | -63.49B | -194.21B | 238.10B | 90.14B | -171.88B | -56.57B | 232.61B | 132.78B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -108.86B | -248.42B | -382.05B | -13.12B | -26.99B | -382.77B | 1.03T | 246.95B | 57.52B | -846.13B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | -118.08B | 14.37B | 106.09B | 35.36B | -35.14B | -210.43B | -1.18T | -194.44B | 77.15B | 51.80B | -41.47B | -64.55B | -60.82B | -229.57B | 193.44B | -68.15B | 151.43B | 20.18B | 976.01B | 144.23B | 132.69B | 201.62B | -325.64B | -266.81B | -131.50B | -203.50B | 239.54B | -130.75B | -5.77B | 2.03B | -130.20B | 75.79B | -76.71B | -164.89B | 78.89B | -70.41B | -3.96B | -50.57B | 20.33B | -115.33B |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 457.93B | 240.45B | 548.55B | 860.28B | 394.29B | 77.33B | 697.68B | 1.01T | 742.57B | -126.29B | 441.26B | 816.93B | 127.70B | -12.67B | 396.31B | 301.63B | 46.76B | -430.02B | 425.04B | 491.64B | 118.22B | 198.73B | 262.64B | 358.47B | 438.13B | 162.77B | 515.68B | 423.58B | 411.31B | 58.26B | 357.37B | 490.54B | 314.06B | 96.77B | 594.64B | 394.03B | 215.20B | 49.96B | 496.01B | 231.77B |
Operating cash flow growth | +16.14% | +210.94% | -21.38% | -14.63% | -46.90% | — | +58.11% | +23.35% | +481.50% | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -139.34B | -137.87B | -162.52B | -75.28B | -99.79B | -120.09B | -111.21B | -130.75B | -193.79B | -204.17B | -173.93B | -143.94B | -175.57B | -130.50B | -178.89B | -205.64B | -122.14B | -106.97B | -102.54B | -108.24B | -136.80B | -93.52B | -120.80B | -93.32B | -138.53B | -128.10B | -124.97B | -135.01B | -101.51B | -78.26B | -82.64B | -75.19B | -81.64B | -73.18B | -73.21B | -59.53B | -73.59B | 0.00 | -73.05B | -55.16B |
Acquisitions | -299.18B | 4.56B | -75.08B | -3.40B | -47.81B | -12.22B | -2.86B | -26.47B | -96.91B | -168.19B | -27.60B | -103.65B | -7.79B | -59.48B | -2.96B | -36.75B | -197.87B | -44.61B | -52.65B | 47.97B | -138.19B | -70.14B | 1.55B | 3.68B | 292.00M | 3.31B | -588.00M | 5.54B | 88.22B | 7.41B | 4.12B | -244.20B | 7.43B | 82.47B | 45.50B | 25.94B | 9.31B | 9.38B | 3.96B | 2.19B |
Purchases of investments | -632.00M | -52.06B | -29.92B | -38.79B | -74.26B | -36.68B | -53.15B | -4.37B | -25.28B | -15.75B | -20.43B | -26.18B | -27.57B | -21.32B | -5.55B | -16.00B | -22.74B | -146.84B | -27.88B | -25.82B | -5.34B | -32.05B | -443.43B | -470.74B | -355.22B | -48.07B | -357.05B | -296.58B | -388.88B | -325.40B | -282.83B | -260.27B | -317.54B | -271.13B | -288.50B | -216.49B | -211.32B | -260.70B | -298.66B | -341.18B |
Sales and maturities of investments | 5.88B | 7.14B | 1.48B | 3.08B | 4.05B | 4.42B | 9.98B | 3.27B | 2.40B | 30.90B | 12.20B | 4.10B | 71.96B | 4.41B | 1.81B | 3.44B | 4.66B | 3.65B | -6.95B | 2.69B | 11.02B | 9.33B | 157.70B | 107.60B | 91.63B | 13.33B | 136.86B | 71.46B | 77.19B | 72.68B | 93.22B | 75.75B | 78.26B | 64.71B | 61.70B | 105.28B | 60.22B | 96.56B | 78.88B | 79.72B |
Other investing | 2.23B | 1.45B | -6.04B | -1.17T | -2.85B | -8.74B | 5.29B | 25.08B | 27.77B | 5.69B | 10.82B | -15.21B | 2.55B | 8.24B | -9.56B | 37.10B | 13.48B | -20.29B | -15.53B | 7.72B | 12.99B | -4.86B | -4.34B | 369.87B | 232.88B | 11.94B | 19.55B | -40.28B | 16.92B | 427.00M | -4.32B | -3.09B | -17.15B | -225.00M | -775.00M | -10.32B | -3.04B | 18.06B | 16.41B | 556.00M |
Investing cash flow | -431.05B | -176.78B | -272.08B | -1.29T | -220.65B | -173.32B | -151.95B | -133.24B | -285.81B | -359.12B | -198.93B | -284.89B | -136.42B | -198.65B | -195.14B | -217.85B | -324.62B | -315.06B | -205.56B | -75.67B | -256.32B | -191.24B | -409.33B | -105.76B | -172.83B | -152.37B | -326.20B | -394.87B | -308.06B | -323.15B | -272.44B | -507.00B | -330.64B | -197.36B | -255.28B | -155.13B | -218.43B | -193.36B | -272.46B | -313.87B |
Debt issued (repaid) | -63.41B | 155.85B | -1.93B | -32.15B | -50.23B | -19.32B | 31.80B | -92.27B | -11.07B | 3.78B | -287.85B | -20.27B | 115.55B | 271.22B | -8.03B | 117.71B | 123.71B | 28.59B | -20.73B | -17.63B | -102.33B | -22.02B | 109.30B | -142.50B | 183.99B | 183.51B | -85.05B | 121.46B | -13.00B | 90.31B | -37.72B | -81.32B | -18.32B | -26.98B | -29.50B | 33.14B | -25.79B | 137.83B | 3.39B | 161.50B |
Shares issued | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -135.89B | -127.48B | -219.66B | -83.07B | -126.03B | -93.34B | -27.94B | -55.50B | -150.85B | -51.26B | -128.27B | -36.04B | -28.51B | -10.15B | -7.94B | -39.23B | -39.28B | -12.81B | -38.13B | -29.00B | -13.95B | -7.55B | -155.00M | -105.00M | -77.00M | -29.00M | -44.02B | -31.11B | -99.72B | -25.35B | -100.04B | -44.00M | -56.00M | -41.00M | -198.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dividends paid | -357.00M | -73.43B | -385.00M | -74.43B | -339.00M | -59.87B | -226.00M | -60.10B | -480.00M | -54.45B | -196.00M | -49.09B | -378.00M | -48.96B | -185.00M | -43.15B | -304.00M | -42.93B | -134.00M | -37.06B | -299.00M | -36.85B | -135.00M | -30.71B | -354.00M | -30.09B | -47.00M | -24.63B | -41.00M | -25.04B | -14.00M | -19.09B | -21.00M | -19.01B | -740.00M | -15.10B | -38.00M | -12.69B | -7.00M | -12.68B |
Other financing | 56.93B | -41.58B | -11.59B | -54.62B | 5.85B | -40.09B | 7.70B | 25.26B | 33.90B | 103.46B | 3.41B | 5.78B | 1.30B | 1.75B | 1.11B | 7.65B | 2.21B | -2.83B | 1.10B | -7.88B | -3.11B | -1.03B | -118.70B | -75.23B | -1.90B | -220.91B | 49.59B | 50.46B | 54.94B | 46.73B | 39.06B | 76.55B | 40.22B | 23.94B | 11.71B | 67.63B | 39.68B | 40.53B | -18.94B | 135.76B |
Financing cash flow | -142.72B | -86.63B | -233.57B | -244.27B | -170.75B | -212.62B | 11.34B | -182.61B | -128.51B | 1.53B | -412.90B | -99.63B | 87.95B | 213.87B | -15.05B | 42.99B | 86.33B | -29.98B | -57.88B | -91.57B | -119.68B | -67.44B | -9.69B | -248.54B | 181.66B | -67.52B | -79.44B | 116.19B | -57.75B | 86.66B | -98.71B | -23.90B | 21.83B | -22.10B | -18.73B | 85.67B | 13.85B | 165.67B | -15.55B | 284.59B |
Net change in cash | -160.69B | -38.86B | 122.38B | 588.60B | 41.47B | -354.46B | 489.01B | 763.24B | 251.61B | -430.02B | -112.00B | 392.60B | 94.42B | 51.20B | 192.92B | 78.23B | -162.12B | -677.77B | 227.06B | 348.80B | -251.44B | -61.76B | -91.07B | -6.52B | 435.66B | -63.61B | 103.48B | 156.01B | 42.92B | -259.57B | -10.74B | -61.21B | 31.33B | -78.38B | 257.40B | 328.09B | 16.67B | 24.02B | 188.47B | 246.50B |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 318.58B | 102.58B | 386.02B | 785.00B | 294.50B | -42.77B | 586.46B | 876.97B | 548.79B | -330.45B | 267.33B | 672.98B | -47.87B | -143.17B | 217.43B | 95.99B | -75.38B | -536.99B | 322.50B | 383.41B | -18.57B | 105.21B | 141.84B | 265.14B | 299.61B | 34.67B | 390.71B | 288.57B | 309.79B | -20.01B | 274.74B | 415.35B | 232.42B | 23.59B | 521.43B | 334.50B | 141.61B | 49.96B | 422.96B | 176.61B |
Free cash flow growth | +8.18% | — | -34.18% | -10.49% | -46.34% | — | +119.38% | +30.31% | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 9.29% | 3.61% | 12.71% | 21.14% | 9.48% | -1.63% | 20.91% | 23.74% | 18.47% | -12.88% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 54.20 | 17.34 | 63.93 | 131.56 | 48.90 | -6.99 | 95.32 | 142.09 | 88.71 | -53.37 | 43.19 | 108.68 | -7.70 | -22.99 | 34.82 | 15.34 | -12.04 | -85.77 | 51.50 | 61.31 | -2.97 | 16.86 | 22.66 | 42.25 | 47.39 | 5.43 | 60.68 | 44.50 | 47.79 | -3.09 | 43.43 | 64.26 | 36.00 | 3.64 | 82.43 | 51.76 | 21.94 | 7.75 | 65.64 | 27.42 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +10.85% | — | -32.93% | -7.41% | -44.88% | — | +120.70% | +30.74% | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Figures in JPY. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about Sony Group's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling Prep