Knowles Corporation vs Sony Group Corp, two Consumer Electronics stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KN and SONY diverge most: on debt / equity, KN reads 0.17 and SONY reads 0.00; on revenue growth, KN reads +200.0% and SONY reads +9.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | KN | SONY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $36.97 | $23.89 |
| Market cap | $3.2B | $144.5B |
| Sector | Consumer Electronics | Consumer Electronics |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 58.7 | 19.0 |
| P/B | 4.05 | 2.55 |
| P/S | 5.15 | 1.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.4 | 7.3 |
| Revenue growth | +200.0% | +9.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 13.6% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 3.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.1% | 13.0% |
| FCF yield | 0.8% | 10.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.27 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.12 | 1.14 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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