INSE vs SONY vs UMC Stock Comparison

Inspired Entertainment, Sony and United Microelectronics Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SONY Sony Group Corp
$25.23 +8.1% 1M -13.0% 1Y
Market cap
$151.76B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
–
Gaming Hardware Technology
2 wins
UMC United Microelectronics Corp
$18.84 -21.0% 1M +146.9% 1Y
Market cap
$43.92B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.11B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

United Microelectronics leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (United Microelectronics 7, Sony 2, Inspired Entertainment 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionINSESONYUMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $104.07M $151.76B $43.92B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -11.1x -29.7x 16.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.8x 19.1x 17.1x UMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.5% +2.1% +87.7% UMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.3% -6.2% 18.7% UMC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.0% 12.2% 11.6% INSE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.5x -0.3x -1.0x UMC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -54.5% -13.0% +146.9% UMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -23.6%/yr +1.7%/yr +12.9%/yr UMC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.8% 29.3% 64.5% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 56/100 80/100 UMC

Percentile Scorecard

INSESONYUMC

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

AxisINSESONYUMC
Valuation 84 #28 of 166 81 #22 of 111 93 #8 of 94
Growth 13 #133 of 152 22 #85 of 108 79 #20 of 92
Profitability 66 #53 of 152 62 #40 of 104 73 #25 of 90
Financial Health 24 #136 of 179 48 #60 of 115 66 #34 of 99
Shareholder Returns 72 #27 of 94 69 #25 of 78 89 #9 of 73
Overall 52 56 80
  • INSE ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • SONY ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • UMC ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodINSESONYUMCSPY
1 month -10.3%+8.1%-21.0% +0.9%
3 months -47.8%+8.4%+10.1% +5.9%
6 months -48.9%+27.6%+47.8% +8.5%
Year to date -61.8%-1.4%+139.7% +13.3%
1 year -54.5%-13.0%+146.9% +12.4%
3 years -64.5%+57.6%+166.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -29.2%+16.4%+38.7% +23.5%
5 years -74.0%+8.9%+83.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year -23.6%+1.7%+12.9% +11.0%
10 years -64.6%+300.5%+907.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year -9.9%+14.9%+26.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureINSESONYUMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.8%29.3%64.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.6%27.5%56.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.590.601.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.93-0.442.28 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.6%-50.9%-57.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.5%-16.6%-32.7% -0.9%
52-week high $9.82$30.26$28.01 $779.14
52-week low $3.17$19.32$7.02 $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.

MultipleINSESONYUMC
P/E now vs peer median -11.0xmedian 16.8x -29.5xmedian 33.5x 17.4xmedian 46.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.4x 1.9xmedian 2.8x 3.4xmedian 7.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 13.9x 8.4xmedian 19.6x 11.6xmedian 28.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 11.4x 14.4xmedian 29.8x 21.7xmedian 41.4x
P/B now vs peer median -6.0xmedian 1.8x 2.9xmedian 2.9x 3.2xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.30median 0.36 0.73median 1.10 2.74median 2.30

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 monthsINSESONYUMC
Revenue $281.40M $82.39B $14.11B
Gross profit $214.60M $26.19B $2.67B
Operating income $40.10M $10.29B $1.81B
Net income -$9.40M -$5.01B $2.64B
Free cash flow $17.50M $10.78B $2.19B
R&D – – $595.72M
EPS (diluted) $-0.32 $-0.85 $1.07
Cash & equivalents $23.20M $13.40B $4.48B
Total debt $319.40M $36.06B $781.92M
Shares (diluted) 29.28M 6.01B 2.47B
Enterprise value -$41.03M $89.02B $28.29B

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
MetricINSESONYUMC
P/E -11.0x -29.5x 17.4x
P/FCF 5.4x 14.4x 21.7x
P/Operating cash flow 2.3x 11.4x 12.6x
P/S 0.3x 1.9x 3.4x
P/B -6.0x 2.9x 3.2x
P/Tangible book -3.3x 3.1x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 5.9x 8.4x 11.6x
EV/EBIT 9.7x 14.5x 24.2x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 1.8x 3.1x
EV/FCF 22.3x 13.8x 20.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.6x 11.0x 11.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.30 0.73 2.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricINSESONYUMC
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.5% 2.1% 87.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.9% -1.2% 22.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.9% 9.0% 22.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.0% -5.8% -2.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.3% 12.4% 29.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.3% 6.1% -6.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -115.2% -168.9% 97.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -36.4% -40.0% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -115.1% -167.4% 97.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -36.3% -40.2% 6.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -45.2% -18.9% 19.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.2% 28.4% 5.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -62.0% -11.4% 410.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.7% 82.7% 11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricINSESONYUMC
Gross margin 76.3% 31.8% 18.9%
EBITDA margin 23.3% 21.6% 26.7%
Operating margin 14.3% 12.5% 12.8%
Pretax margin -0.8% 12.2% 30.5%
Net margin -3.3% -6.2% 18.7%
FCF margin 6.2% 13.1% 15.5%
Operating cash flow margin 14.5% 16.4% 26.7%
Return on equity – -9.5% 18.4%
Return on assets -2.3% -5.1% 12.5%
Return on invested capital 13.0% 12.2% 11.6%
Return on capital employed 11.4% 15.1% 9.6%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -4.3x -2.7x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% – 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricINSESONYUMC
Debt / assets 81.3% 7.5% 3.7%
Debt / equity -20.5x 0.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.5x -0.3x -1.0x
Debt / FCF 18.3x 0.7x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 104.0% 45.3% 30.3%
Equity / assets -4.0% 54.7% 69.7%
Interest coverage 0.9x 12.2x 33.0x
Current ratio 2.3x 1.2x 3.3x
Quick ratio 1.6x 0.4x 2.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.4x 2.0x
Altman Z-score -0.25 3.82 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricINSESONYUMC
Dividend yield – 0.3% 2.1%
Net buyback yield 7.1% 2.0% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 7.1% 2.3% 2.7%
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.

ConsensusINSESONYUMC
Forward P/E 18.8xFY2026 19.1xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.19FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +20.0%FY2026 +107.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +78.9% +6.8% -2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $238.05MFY2026 $84.17BFY2026 $8.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -21.7%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.4% +0.3% +24.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersINSESONYUMC
Held by institutions 74.4% 7.9% 7.1%
Institutions holding 100 739 362
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.4% +2.1% +3.2%
Institutions buying 43 333 220
Institutions selling 35 268 109
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.24 2.02

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.

INSESONYUMC
INSE 1.00 0.06 -0.02
SONY 0.06 1.00 -0.06
UMC -0.02 -0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, INSE, SONY and UMC?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Inspired Entertainment (INSE) $104.07M, Sony (SONY) $151.76B, United Microelectronics (UMC) $43.92B.

Which company is growing faster?

United Microelectronics (UMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -6.5%, Sony (SONY) +2.1%, United Microelectronics (UMC) +87.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

United Microelectronics (UMC) has the highest net margin (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -3.3%, Sony (SONY) -6.2%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 18.7%). On return on invested capital, Inspired Entertainment (INSE) leads (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) 13.0%, Sony (SONY) 12.2%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 11.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Microelectronics (UMC) returned the most: Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -54.5%, Sony (SONY) -13.0%, United Microelectronics (UMC) +146.9%. Over five years, United Microelectronics (UMC) compounded fastest (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -23.6%/yr, Sony (SONY) +1.7%/yr, United Microelectronics (UMC) +12.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) 58.8%, Sony (SONY) 29.3%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 64.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, INSE, SONY and UMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, United Microelectronics (UMC) leads on 7. 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.