INSE vs SONY vs VSNT Stock Comparison

Inspired Entertainment, Sony and Versant Media Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SONY Sony Group Corp
$27.54 +15.5% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$169.37B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.84B
Div. yield
0.29%
Gaming Hardware Technology
7 wins
VSNT Versant Media Group, Inc.
$34.00 +8.0% 1M
Market cap
$4.65B
P/E
6.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.54B
Div. yield
3.35%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sony leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Sony 7, Versant Media 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionINSESONYVSNTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $92.27M $169.37B $4.65B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -13.2x -34.7x 6.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x 20.9x 7.9x VSNT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -17.2% +1.2% — SONY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.0% -5.7% 11.1% VSNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 13.0% 7.4% SONY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.3x -0.2x 0.9x SONY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.29% 3.35% VSNT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -59.1% -1.9% — SONY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.6%/yr +2.3%/yr — SONY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.1% 29.9% 41.2% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 53/100 90/100 VSNT

Percentile Scorecard

INSESONYVSNT

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

AxisINSESONYVSNT
Valuation 89 #20 of 166 77 #27 of 112 98 #2 of 53
Growth 14 #133 of 154 25 #81 of 108 –
Profitability 63 #57 of 154 63 #39 of 104 95 #3 of 43
Financial Health 25 #134 of 179 47 #62 of 116 80 #13 of 61
Shareholder Returns 68 #32 of 97 55 #38 of 83 86 #5 of 29
Overall 52 53 90
  • INSE ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • SONY ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • VSNT ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodINSESONYVSNTSPY
1 month -11.8%+15.5%+8.0% -5.9%
3 months -47.1%+19.2%-11.0% -4.6%
6 months -56.8%+38.5%-16.6% +0.2%
Year to date -62.6%+7.6%-24.4% +7.5%
1 year -59.1%-1.9%— +8.2%
3 years -66.6%+58.8%— +68.3%
3 years, per year -30.6%+16.7%— +19.0%
5 years -75.7%+11.8%— +56.5%
5 years, per year -24.6%+2.3%— +9.4%
10 years -64.8%+346.4%— +251.5%
10 years, per year -9.9%+16.1%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureINSESONYVSNTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.1%29.9%41.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.9%27.3%46.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.500.380.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.02-0.06— 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.6%-50.9%-42.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -64.4%-9.0%-28.3% -5.9%
52-week high $9.82$30.26$47.45 $779.14
52-week low $3.17$19.32$27.42 $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.

MultipleINSESONYVSNT
P/E now vs peer median -13.2xmedian 18.0x -34.7xmedian 25.2x 6.5xmedian 14.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.3x 2.0xmedian 2.4x 0.7xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 15.5x 8.9xmedian 16.2x 3.0xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 11.4x 15.1xmedian 23.4x 2.8xmedian 8.0x
P/B now vs peer median -7.1xmedian 1.7x 3.0xmedian 2.3x 0.6xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.34median 0.38 0.86median 0.98 —median 0.40

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 monthsINSESONYVSNT
Revenue $256.60M $82.84B $6.54B
Gross profit $203.60M $27.31B $3.66B
Operating income $40.70M $11.29B $1.12B
Net income -$7.60M -$4.64B $726.00M
Free cash flow $29.60M $11.18B $1.64B
EPS (diluted) $-0.26 $-0.79 $5.23
Cash & equivalents $36.50M $12.77B $1.05B
Total debt $325.40M $9.20B $2.93B
Shares (diluted) 28.68M 6.01B 138.54M
Enterprise value -$53.03M $106.78B $978.28M

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
MetricINSESONYVSNT
P/E -13.2x -34.7x 6.5x
P/FCF 3.1x 15.1x 2.8x
P/Operating cash flow 2.0x 12.3x 2.6x
P/S 0.4x 2.0x 0.7x
P/B -7.1x 3.0x 0.6x
P/Tangible book -3.5x 3.2x 0.6x
EV/EBITDA 5.6x 8.9x 3.0x
EV/EBIT 9.4x 14.7x 5.8x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 2.0x 1.0x
EV/FCF 12.9x 14.8x 4.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.1x 12.0x 3.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.34 0.86 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricINSESONYVSNT
Revenue growth (1Y) -17.2% 1.2% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -7.2% -1.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -6.3% 10.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -2.4% -3.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.8% 19.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.6% 13.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) -113.3% -168.8% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -38.4% -40.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) -113.5% -161.1% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -38.5% -40.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -18.7% -4.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 25.9% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.5% 20.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.5% 62.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricINSESONYVSNT
Gross margin 79.3% 33.0% 56.0%
EBITDA margin 26.3% 22.6% 32.9%
Operating margin 15.9% 13.6% 17.1%
Pretax margin 0.4% 13.2% 15.0%
Net margin -3.0% -5.7% 11.1%
FCF margin 11.5% 13.5% 25.1%
Operating cash flow margin 18.3% 16.6% 27.4%
Return on equity – -8.3% 8.9%
Return on assets -1.9% -4.5% 5.7%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 13.0% 7.4%
Return on capital employed 12.2% 16.1% 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -6.2x -3.0x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 2.5% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricINSESONYVSNT
Debt / assets 78.9% 8.7% 23.1%
Debt / equity -25.0x 0.2x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.3x -0.2x 0.9x
Debt / FCF 11.0x 0.8x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 103.2% 46.0% 35.6%
Equity / assets -3.2% 54.0% 64.4%
Interest coverage 1.0x 13.4x 6.6x
Current ratio 2.2x 1.2x 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.4x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.4x 0.9x
Altman Z-score -0.26 3.82 1.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricINSESONYVSNT
Dividend yield – 0.3% 3.4%
Net buyback yield 5.6% 1.8% 6.5%
Shareholder yield 5.6% 2.1% 9.8%
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.

ConsensusINSESONYVSNT
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 20.9xFY2026 7.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.19FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $4.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +20.0%FY2026 -24.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +78.9% +6.8% +81.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $238.05MFY2026 $84.16BFY2026 $6.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -21.7%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.4% +0.3% -3.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersINSESONYVSNT
Held by institutions 74.4% 7.9% 88.0%
Institutions holding 100 742 795
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.4% +2.1% +4.0%
Institutions buying 43 334 302
Institutions selling 35 269 313
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.24 0.96

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.

INSESONYVSNT
INSE 1.00 0.04 0.08
SONY 0.04 1.00 0.19
VSNT 0.08 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, INSE, SONY and VSNT?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Inspired Entertainment (INSE) $92.27M, Sony (SONY) $169.37B, Versant Media (VSNT) $4.65B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sony (SONY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -17.2%, Sony (SONY) +1.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Versant Media (VSNT) has the highest net margin (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -3.0%, Sony (SONY) -5.7%, Versant Media (VSNT) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Sony (SONY) leads (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) 0.0%, Sony (SONY) 13.0%, Versant Media (VSNT) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sony (SONY) returned the most: Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -59.1%, Sony (SONY) -1.9%. Over five years, Sony (SONY) compounded fastest (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) -24.6%/yr, Sony (SONY) +2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Versant Media (VSNT) has the highest dividend yield: Sony (SONY) 0.29%, Versant Media (VSNT) 3.35%. Inspired Entertainment (INSE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (Inspired Entertainment (INSE) 58.1%, Sony (SONY) 29.9%, Versant Media (VSNT) 41.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.