SONY vs CHTR vs TV Stock Comparison

Sony, Charter Communications and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SONY Sony Group Corp
$25.47 +9.0% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$150.42B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
–
Gaming Hardware Technology
6 wins
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.14 -8.9% 1M -22.2% 1Y
Market cap
$132.91B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Sony leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sony 6, Charter Communications 3, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSONYCHTRTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $150.42B $13.26B $132.91B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -29.4x 2.7x -269.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 2.5x 11.9x CHTR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.1% -1.5% +5.5% TV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.2% 9.1% -15.3% CHTR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.2% 8.4% 2.9% SONY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 4.4x 64.6x SONY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.6% -54.9% -22.2% SONY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.9%/yr -30.6%/yr -26.7%/yr SONY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.2% 55.8% 38.3% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 64/100 33/100 CHTR

Percentile Scorecard

SONYCHTRTV

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

AxisSONYCHTRTV
Valuation 80 #23 of 112 88 #7 of 49 4 #47 of 49
Growth 20 #87 of 108 41 #27 of 45 21 #36 of 45
Profitability 61 #41 of 104 80 #10 of 45 34 #30 of 45
Financial Health 49 #60 of 116 10 #44 of 49 75 #13 of 49
Shareholder Returns 68 #26 of 78 100 #1 of 37 –
Overall 55 64 33
  • SONY ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CHTR ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • TV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSONYCHTRTVSPY
1 month +9.0%-1.5%-8.9% +0.7%
3 months +11.8%-23.2%-25.4% +3.7%
6 months +26.8%-34.0%-24.9% +7.1%
Year to date -0.5%-47.8%-26.5% +12.8%
1 year -9.6%-54.9%-22.2% +11.9%
3 years +55.8%-72.0%-1.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +15.9%-34.6%-0.6% +22.8%
5 years +10.0%-83.8%-78.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year +1.9%-30.6%-26.7% +10.9%
10 years +304.3%-56.3%-91.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +15.0%-7.9%-21.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSONYCHTRTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.2%55.8%38.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.3%65.3%40.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.590.140.66 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.33-0.98-0.58 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.9%-85.4%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.8%-56.1%-37.8% -1.2%
52-week high $30.26$248.19$3.44 $779.14
52-week low $19.32$102.18$2.14 $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.

MultipleSONYCHTRTV
P/E now vs peer median -29.8xmedian 32.9x 2.7xmedian 11.5x -272.0xmedian 11.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.9x 0.2xmedian 1.1x 41.3xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 20.0x 5.0xmedian 6.8x 3,804xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.5xmedian 30.2x 3.0xmedian 5.9x —median 5.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.9x 0.6xmedian 1.3x 20.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.74median 1.08 0.26median 0.25 8.84median 0.25

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 monthsSONYCHTRTV
Revenue $82.39B $54.40B $3.23B
Gross profit $26.19B – $1.78B
Operating income $10.29B $12.66B $307.39M
Net income -$5.01B $5.75B -$116.03M
Free cash flow $10.78B $4.36B –
EPS (diluted) $-0.85 $40.61 $-0.01
Cash & equivalents $13.40B $509.00M $1.70B
Total debt $36.06B $93.96B $14.34B
Shares (diluted) 6.01B 121.26M 68.12B
Enterprise value $87.68B $11.30B $124.65B

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
MetricSONYCHTRTV
P/E -29.8x 2.7x -272.0x
P/FCF 14.5x 3.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 11.6x 0.8x –
P/S 1.9x 0.2x 41.3x
P/B 2.9x 0.6x 20.8x
P/Tangible book 3.1x -0.3x 26.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.5x 5.0x 3,804x
EV/EBIT 14.6x 8.4x 440.7x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 2.0x 42.0x
EV/FCF 14.0x 24.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow 11.1x 6.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.74 0.26 8.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSONYCHTRTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.1% -1.5% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.2% -0.1% -11.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.0% – -37.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -5.8% – -18.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.4% -4.4% 255.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.1% 1.4% 5.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -168.9% -5.0% 68.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -40.0% 2.4% -27.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -167.4% 9.3% -18.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -40.2% 10.1% -30.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -18.9% 8.3% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.4% 5.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -11.4% 1.3% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 82.7% 7.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSONYCHTRTV
Gross margin 31.8% – 55.2%
EBITDA margin 21.6% 39.4% 1.1%
Operating margin 12.5% 23.3% 9.5%
Pretax margin 12.2% 13.8% 8.3%
Net margin -6.2% 9.1% -15.3%
FCF margin 13.1% 8.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 16.4% 30.3% –
Return on equity -9.5% 26.8% -1.9%
Return on assets -5.1% 3.7% -0.9%
Return on invested capital 12.2% 8.4% 2.9%
Return on capital employed 15.1% 9.0% 2.7%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.7x 2.9x –
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSONYCHTRTV
Debt / assets 7.5% 60.4% 34.8%
Debt / equity 0.1x 4.3x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 4.4x 64.6x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 21.6x –
Liabilities / assets 45.3% 85.9% 52.7%
Equity / assets 54.7% 14.1% 47.3%
Interest coverage 12.2x – 0.7x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.4x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.3x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.0x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 3.84 0.58 12.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSONYCHTRTV
Dividend yield 0.3% – –
Net buyback yield 2.0% 36.5% –
Shareholder yield 2.3% 36.5% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusSONYCHTRTV
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 2.5xFY2026 11.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.32FY2026 $42.86FY2026 $0.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.0%FY2026 +18.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +6.8% -4.7% +38.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $84.17BFY2026 $57.99BFY2026 $3.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026 -9.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.3% -13.7% -4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSONYCHTRTV
Held by institutions 7.9% 83.3% 0.2%
Institutions holding 740 784 106
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.1% +4.3% -4.9%
Institutions buying 334 424 44
Institutions selling 268 241 33
Buyers to sellers 1.25 1.76 1.33

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.

SONYCHTRTV
SONY 1.00 0.16 0.26
CHTR 0.16 1.00 0.14
TV 0.26 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SONY, CHTR and TV?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sony (SONY) $150.42B, Charter Communications (CHTR) $13.26B, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $132.91B.

Which company is growing faster?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sony (SONY) +2.1%, Charter Communications (CHTR) -1.5%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Charter Communications (CHTR) has the highest net margin (Sony (SONY) -6.2%, Charter Communications (CHTR) 9.1%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%). On return on invested capital, Sony (SONY) leads (Sony (SONY) 12.2%, Charter Communications (CHTR) 8.4%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sony (SONY) returned the most: Sony (SONY) -9.6%, Charter Communications (CHTR) -54.9%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -22.2%. Over five years, Sony (SONY) compounded fastest (Sony (SONY) +1.9%/yr, Charter Communications (CHTR) -30.6%/yr, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -26.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (Sony (SONY) 29.2%, Charter Communications (CHTR) 55.8%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 38.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SONY, CHTR and TV?

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.