AERA vs SONY vs CMCSA Stock Comparison

AI Era, Sony and Comcast Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AERA AI Era Corp.
$0.02 -83.3% 1M -96.0% 1Y
Market cap
$116.03K
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.01M
Div. yield
–
Film and Television Communication Services
2 wins
SONY Sony Group Corp
$25.64 +8.9% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$157.68B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
0.31%
Gaming Hardware Technology
6 wins
CMCSA Comcast Corp
$21.84 -0.3% 1M -25.8% 1Y
Market cap
$77.31B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
6.04%
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sony leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sony 6, Comcast 3, AI Era 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAERASONYCMCSALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $116.03K $157.68B $77.31B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.3x -30.0x 6.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 19.4x 6.4x CMCSA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +102.4% +2.1% -0.2% AERA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.1% -6.2% 9.2% CMCSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.2% 7.8% SONY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x -0.3x 2.4x SONY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.31% 6.04% CMCSA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -96.0% -10.7% -25.8% SONY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -80.2%/yr +1.6%/yr -15.9%/yr SONY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 404.7% 29.3% 34.3% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 54/100 66/100 AERA

Percentile Scorecard

AERASONYCMCSA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAERASONYCMCSA
Valuation 91 #12 of 123 80 #23 of 112 92 #5 of 49
Growth 89 #13 of 107 20 #87 of 109 23 #35 of 45
Profitability 70 #32 of 105 63 #39 of 104 68 #15 of 45
Financial Health 59 #55 of 131 47 #62 of 116 60 #20 of 49
Shareholder Returns – 61 #32 of 81 86 #6 of 37
Overall 77 54 66
  • AERA ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • SONY ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAERASONYCMCSASPY
1 month -83.3%+8.9%-0.3% -0.2%
3 months -96.1%+13.0%-9.7% +3.9%
6 months -98.2%+28.4%-21.0% +8.2%
Year to date -97.8%+0.2%-26.9% +12.9%
1 year -96.0%-10.7%-25.8% +12.3%
3 years -97.8%+60.1%-44.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year -71.9%+17.0%-18.0% +23.3%
5 years -100.0%+8.4%-57.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year -80.2%+1.6%-15.9% +10.9%
10 years -100.0%+306.3%-29.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year -72.1%+15.1%-3.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAERASONYCMCSASPY
Volatility, 1Y 404.7%29.3%34.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 448.5%27.5%40.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.970.600.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.24-0.36-0.75 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-50.9%-61.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -98.7%-15.3%-32.8% -1.2%
52-week high $1.52$30.26$32.48 $779.14
52-week low $0.02$19.32$20.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAERASONYCMCSA
P/E now vs peer median -0.3xmedian 16.8x -30.0xmedian 33.2x 6.9xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 2.8x 0.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.7x 8.5xmedian 20.0x 4.7xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.2x 14.6xmedian 29.8x 3.9xmedian 5.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.6x 2.9xmedian 3.0x 0.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 0.29 0.75median 1.17 -1.49median 0.24

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAERASONYCMCSA
Revenue $10.01M $82.39B $123.01B
Gross profit – $26.19B –
Operating income $3.28M $10.29B $18.10B
Net income -$313.02K -$5.01B $11.32B
Free cash flow $2.58M $10.78B $19.67B
EPS (diluted) $-0.06 $-0.85 $3.18
Cash & equivalents $115.84K $13.40B $7.60B
Total debt $3.47M $36.06B $87.40B
Shares (diluted) 5.46M 6.01B 3.56B
Enterprise value -$534.20K $97.45B $43.27B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAERASONYCMCSA
P/E -0.3x -30.0x 6.9x
P/FCF 0.0x 14.6x 3.9x
P/Operating cash flow 0.0x 11.6x 2.4x
P/S 0.0x 1.9x 0.6x
P/B 0.0x 2.9x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 3.1x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 0.0x 8.5x 4.7x
EV/EBIT 0.1x 14.7x 8.7x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 1.8x 1.3x
EV/FCF 0.2x 14.1x 8.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.2x 11.2x 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 0.75 -1.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAERASONYCMCSA
Revenue growth (1Y) 102.4% 2.1% -0.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 65.5% -1.2% 0.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 9.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 249.5% 12.4% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.1% 6.1% -8.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -134.8% -168.9% -49.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.6% -40.0% -9.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -40,365% -167.4% -48.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -164.0% -40.2% -4.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% -18.9% -3.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% 28.4% 3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% -11.4% -6.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% 82.7% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAERASONYCMCSA
Gross margin – 31.8% –
EBITDA margin 117.6% 21.6% 27.3%
Operating margin 32.8% 12.5% 14.7%
Pretax margin -3.1% 12.2% 11.3%
Net margin -3.1% -6.2% 9.2%
FCF margin 25.8% 13.1% 16.0%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 16.4% 25.8%
Return on equity -7.1% -9.5% 11.9%
Return on assets -3.3% -5.1% 4.2%
Return on invested capital – 12.2% 7.8%
Return on capital employed 156.1% 15.1% 8.0%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -8.3x -2.7x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAERASONYCMCSA
Debt / assets 4.1% 7.5% 33.9%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x -0.3x 2.4x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 0.7x 4.4x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% 45.3% 64.1%
Equity / assets 26.1% 54.7% 35.9%
Interest coverage 46.9x 12.2x 4.3x
Current ratio 0.1x 1.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -0.43 3.86 1.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAERASONYCMCSA
Dividend yield – 0.3% 6.0%
Net buyback yield -449.1% 1.9% 5.2%
Shareholder yield -449.1% 2.3% 11.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAERASONYCMCSA
Forward P/E – 19.4xFY2026 6.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.32FY2026 $3.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +20.0%FY2026 -21.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +6.8% +10.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $84.17BFY2026 $114.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +5.6%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.3% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAERASONYCMCSA
Held by institutions – 7.9% 88.7%
Institutions holding – 739 1,884
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.1% +2.7%
Institutions buying – 333 832
Institutions selling – 268 858
Buyers to sellers – 1.24 0.97

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AERASONYCMCSA
AERA 1.00 0.04 -0.08
SONY 0.04 1.00 0.21
CMCSA -0.08 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AERA, SONY and CMCSA?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: AI Era (AERA) $116.03K, Sony (SONY) $157.68B, Comcast (CMCSA) $77.31B.

Which company is growing faster?

AI Era (AERA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AI Era (AERA) +102.4%, Sony (SONY) +2.1%, Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest net margin (AI Era (AERA) -3.1%, Sony (SONY) -6.2%, Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%). On return on invested capital, Sony (SONY) leads (Sony (SONY) 12.2%, Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sony (SONY) returned the most: AI Era (AERA) -96.0%, Sony (SONY) -10.7%, Comcast (CMCSA) -25.8%. Over five years, Sony (SONY) compounded fastest (AI Era (AERA) -80.2%/yr, Sony (SONY) +1.6%/yr, Comcast (CMCSA) -15.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest dividend yield: Sony (SONY) 0.31%, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.04%. AI Era (AERA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (AI Era (AERA) 404.7%, Sony (SONY) 29.3%, Comcast (CMCSA) 34.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AERA, SONY and CMCSA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sony (SONY) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.