Sony's financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2006 decreased by 36% year-on-year. Effects of corona, etc. May 13 20:22

As for Sony, in the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, the final profit decreased by 36% compared to the previous year due to the influence of the new coronavirus. As it is difficult to forecast the business results for the next fiscal year, we have decided to leave it undecided.

As Sony announced on the 13th, the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, were sales and profits to decline, with sales decreasing 4.7% from the previous year to 8,259.8 billion yen, and operating profit, which shows the profit of the main business, decreasing by 5.5% to 84.4 billion yen. .

Sales of televisions and digital cameras were sluggish due to the impact of the new coronavirus, and operating profits were depressed due to the deterioration of profits and losses in the financial business due to the global stock market turmoil.

In addition, the final profit decreased by 36.5% to ¥ 582.1 billion due to the loss of the profit from the sale of business recorded in the previous year.

Regarding the business results for the year ending March next year, the company has determined that it is "undecided" because it is difficult to predict due to the spread of the new coronavirus, but it was calculated based on certain assumptions such as normalization of business activities in the second half of the fiscal year. It explains that profits may decline by about 30% compared to the year ending March.

Sony's CFO Yuki Toki, who held an online press conference, said, "We have secured liquidity of funds that will allow us to operate stably even when the economy deteriorates significantly. It was