On July 31, Sony rose 4.4% in regular trading, trading at $22.765/share, with turnover of $30.75 million.
On the news front, Sony reported fiscal Q1 results that significantly exceeded market expectations. Operating profit reached 476.5 billion yen, up 40% year-over-year and far surpassing the analyst consensus estimate of 361.0 billion yen. Net income rose 32% to 342.16 billion yen, also well above the market expectation of 265.98 billion yen. Revenue grew 8.2% to 2.838 trillion yen.
The company simultaneously raised its full-year operating profit guidance to 1.72 trillion yen from the prior 1.60 trillion yen, and increased its fiscal year dividend to 35 yen per share. Music business sales grew 21% year-over-year, leading all segments. Additionally, Sony proposed acquiring lens manufacturer Tamron for approximately 200 billion yen to strengthen its imaging business, and confirmed its Kumamoto semiconductor facility will gradually resume operations from August 4, alleviating supply chain concerns following a recent earthquake.
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