Sony Group Corporation designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for the consumer, professional, and industrial markets in Japan, the United States, Europe, China, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company distributes software titles and add-on content through digital networks; network services related to game, video, and music content; hardware and home gaming consoles, packaged and game software, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.94), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Sony Group Corporation ranks #2 of 19
scored companies in Consumer Electronics by moat score — the top 11%.
The widest moat in the group is Apple Inc. (AAPL)
at 84/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SONY in Consumer Electronics
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 91
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 97
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 63
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 71
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 76
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Sony Group Corporation (SONY) scores 81 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #2 of 19 scored companies in Consumer Electronics, the top 11%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Consumer Electronics. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (97/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (63/100).
How does Sony Group Corporation compare with other Consumer Electronics companies?
Sony Group Corporation ranks #2 of 19 scored companies in Consumer Electronics by moat score. The widest moat in Consumer Electronics is Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Apple Inc. (AAPL) at 84 just above it and Turtle Beach Corporation (TBCH) at 70 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 18 companies in Consumer Electronics. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Sony Group Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Sony Group Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SONY scores: Pricing Power (88), Cost Advantage (91), Customer Stickiness (97), Capital Efficiency (63), Resilience (71), Scale & Market Position (76). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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