After two years of flat earnings, Sony should revert to double digit growth. However, the video game business is at an inflection point in terms of profitability. This report looks at just how much the PS5 cycle might be able to drive profitability through FY26.
The global video games market has improved since the start of the year and 2023 now looks like being an "up" year, after the retrenchment in 2022. However, recent quarterly results suggested Japanese video games companies are struggling to take advantage of this. We look at why conditions are improving, and which Japanese firms are keeping pace and which aren't.
With global console game sales rising, analyst Pelham Smithers discusses whether we are in a new video game industry upswing. Moreover, sales of the PS5 are starting to generate clear water between those of the Xbox X/S in the Americas region – Microsoft’s backyard – so, if the gap becomes even more significant, there will certainly be implications for the X/S.
18 months after many Japanese mid-sized enterprise software stocks were sold off, many remain more than 50% lower than their peaks. And yet, these companies continue to grow strong sales. In this report, we take a look at 11 of these companies and at the extent to which their operating performances are reflected in their current valuations.
It has been a mixed earning season for Japanese automakers, although most are predicting strong profit growth for FY23. Despite the positive outlook, the market’s reaction has been lukewarm, due to concerns over overoptimism for sales growth and rapidly rising expenses. Analyst Julie Boote explores what the most important share price drivers could be for the seven listed automakers for FY23.
After an exceptionally good FY22, Pelham Smithers looks at the challenges ahead for Sony. He takes us through the performance and outlook for each division, highlighting areas of opportunity and potential risks, and lays out why he thinks earnings will resume double digit growth from FY24.
At the beginning of every year we publish our PSA Perspective, a report intended as a long shelf-life look at the year ahead. This year Pelham Smithers discusses Japan's economy, the outlook for the stock market, and some stand-out themes and developments for the year. These include the digital yen and the demise of live action entertainment in Japan. We also update our noted PSA Focus List of stocks. Table of Contents Overview 3 Background: 4 Japan’s Economic Outlook 5 Ja...
Sony’s 2Q FY22 beat all forecasts in Bloomberg’s coverage, partly a result of the weak yen and partly due to better-than-expected performances from the Media & Entertainment divisions. Nevertheless, there were reasons to be concerned, mainly, but not entirely, on the gaming front. While these results strengthen the firm’s near-term outlook, they do suggest that the medium-term outlook has less upside than we once had hoped.
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The video games industry has enjoyed multi-year success, with mere temporary downturns in 2012 Ans 2019. Now, after 30 successful years, Pelham Smithers sees storm clouds gathering. A prolonged downturn is possible, and would come as a real shock, he thinks.
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