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NYSE Shariah screener · October 2026

Is Sony Group Corporation (SONY) Halal?

PASS

Sony Group Corporation · NYSE: SONY · Technology

The short answer

Yes - Sony Group Corporation (SONY) passes this Shariah stock screen at all three gates. Sony, the Tokyo-based entertainment and technology group, earns its revenue from Game & Network Services (PlayStation; 37.6%), Music (17.0%), Pictures (12.0%), Entertainment, Technology & Services (18.1%), and Imaging & Sensing Solutions (17.2%) (FY2026 sales 12,479,620 million yen) - none of which involve alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons, adult entertainment, pork, or conventional finance. The key Shariah fact: Sony's Financial Services business was spun off as Sony Financial Group Inc. effective October 1, 2025 and is now a discontinued operation - conventional finance is no longer part of Sony Group. The financial ratios pass: interest-bearing debt of 1,041,986 million yen is about 5.0% of its ~$138.8B market cap ($23.49/ADR, October 2, 2026), below the ~33% ceiling, and interest income of 62,872 million yen is about 0.50% of revenue, below the 5% ceiling. This is a factual screen, not a religious ruling - consult a qualified scholar for personal rulings.

Gate 1 — Business activity: PASS

Sony Group Corporation (NYSE: SONY), based in Tokyo, Japan (IFRS reporter), reports five continuing segments in FY2026 (Form 20-F, segment tables F-28-F-31): Game & Network Services (PlayStation, games, network services; 37.6% of FY2026 sales), Music (recorded music, publishing, anime/visual media; 17.0%), Pictures (motion pictures, TV production, media networks; 12.0%), Entertainment, Technology & Services (cameras, TVs, audio, smartphones; 18.1%), and Imaging & Sensing Solutions (image sensors; 17.2%) - consolidated continuing sales of 12,479,620 million yen in FY2026. The key Shariah fact: at the May 14, 2025 board meeting, Sony resolved a partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group Inc. (SFGI) - its Financial Services business (life insurance, non-life insurance, banking) - effective October 1, 2025. The Financial Services business is now classified as a discontinued operation and excluded from reporting segments (20-F, Note 33). The balance sheet confirms it: 'Deposits from customers in the banking business' 4,244B yen to 0; 'Insurance contract liabilities' 12,689B yen to 0. The conventional-finance business is no longer part of Sony Group. No pachinko/gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, adult-entertainment, or pork segments. Business gate read: CLEAN - with the mandatory disclosure that pre-spin-off Sony would have carried the finance-segment consideration. Gate 1 passes. Facts only.

Gate 2 — Debt and cash: PASS

Per Sony's Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (filed June 18, 2026; accession 0001193125-26-274893; yen in millions), interest-bearing debt at March 31, 2026 was: short-term borrowings 51,183 + current portion of long-term debt 166,410 + long-term debt (non-current) 824,393 = 1,041,986 million yen (about 1,042.0 billion yen; long-term debt = long-term loans 516,460 + unsecured bonds 474,343, Note 14). Against a market cap of about $138.8B (5,907,667,254 shares x $23.49, Finnhub, October 2, 2026; same range as Finnhub's 21.81 trillion yen feed), debt / market cap is about 5.0% at 150.7 yen/USD (Sony's FY2026 average assumption) - below the ~33% ceiling (all-in including lease liabilities of 627,683 million yen, about 8.0% - also passes). Cash and cash equivalents of 2,208,879 million yen is about 10.6% of market cap. Gate 2 passes. Facts only.

Gate 3 — Non-compliant income: PASS

Per Sony's Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (filed June 18, 2026; accession 0001193125-26-274893; yen in millions), Financial income (Note 24) was 76,041 million yen - of which interest income (financial assets at amortized cost) was 62,872 million yen. 62,872 / FY2026 sales of 12,479,620 million yen = about 0.50% of revenue - below the 5% non-compliant income ceiling. Zoya's SONY page independently publishes interest income of 80,626,869,000 yen (0.61% of its 'combined total' revenue methodology, which appears to include discontinued operations; the 20-F continuing-operations figures are primary here). Gate 3 passes. Facts only.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Sony do?

Sony Group Corporation (NYSE: SONY), based in Tokyo, Japan (IFRS reporter), reports five continuing segments in FY2026 (Form 20-F, segment tables F-28-F-31): Game & Network Services (PlayStation, games, network services; 37.6% of FY2026 sales), Music (recorded music, publishing, anime/visual media; 17.0%), Pictures (motion pictures, TV production, media networks; 12.0%), Entertainment, Technology & Services (cameras, TVs, audio, smartphones; 18.1%), and Imaging & Sensing Solutions (image sensors; 17.2%) - consolidated continuing sales of 12,479,620 million yen in FY2026. Its shares trade on the NYSE as American Depositary Shares (ticker SONY); each ADS represents one share of common stock (20-F cover). Common stock outstanding at March 31, 2026: 5,907,667,254.

Why does Sony pass this Shariah stock screen?

Sony passes all three gates of this Shariah stock screen, with a mandatory structural disclosure. Gate 1 (business activity): games, music, pictures, electronics, and image sensors involve no alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons, adult entertainment, pork, or conventional finance. The key Shariah fact: Sony's Financial Services business (life insurance, non-life insurance, banking) was spun off as Sony Financial Group Inc. effective October 1, 2025 and is now a discontinued operation (20-F, Note 33) - the conventional-finance business is no longer part of Sony Group. Pre-spin-off Sony would have carried the finance-segment consideration. Gate 2 (debt): interest-bearing debt of 1,041,986 million yen is about 5.0% of its ~$138.8B market cap (October 2, 2026), below the ~33% ceiling. Gate 3 (non-compliant income): interest income of 62,872 million yen is about 0.50% of FY2026 sales (12,479,620 million yen), below the 5% ceiling. Result: PASS. This is a factual screen, not a religious ruling - consult a qualified scholar for personal rulings.

What is Sony's interest-bearing debt ratio?

Per Sony's Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (filed June 18, 2026; accession 0001193125-26-274893; yen in millions), interest-bearing debt at March 31, 2026 was: short-term borrowings 51,183 + current portion of long-term debt 166,410 + long-term debt (non-current) 824,393 = 1,041,986 million yen (about 1,042.0 billion yen; long-term debt = long-term loans 516,460 + unsecured bonds 474,343, Note 14). Against a market cap of about $138.8B (5,907,667,254 shares x $23.49, Finnhub, October 2, 2026; same range as Finnhub's 21.81 trillion yen feed), debt / market cap is about 5.0% at 150.7 yen/USD (Sony's FY2026 average assumption) - below the ~33% ceiling (all-in including lease liabilities of 627,683 million yen, about 8.0% - also passes). Cash and cash equivalents of 2,208,879 million yen is about 10.6% of market cap. Gate 2 passes. Facts only.

How much interest income does Sony earn?

Per Sony's Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (filed June 18, 2026; accession 0001193125-26-274893; yen in millions), Financial income (Note 24) was 76,041 million yen - of which interest income (financial assets at amortized cost) was 62,872 million yen. 62,872 / FY2026 sales of 12,479,620 million yen = about 0.50% of revenue - below the 5% non-compliant income ceiling. Zoya's SONY page independently publishes interest income of 80,626,869,000 yen (0.61% of its 'combined total' revenue methodology, which appears to include discontinued operations; the 20-F continuing-operations figures are primary here). Gate 3 passes. Facts only.

Do Zoya, Musaffa, or ShariaPortfolio cover Sony?

Zoya covers Sony at zoya.finance/stocks/sony: its auto-generated FAQ page is garbled/contradictory (one line reads 'not Shariah-compliant and therefore considered halal,' another 'not Shariah-compliant and therefore not considered halal'), so no clean Zoya PASS/FAIL can be quoted - only coverage and underlying data are reported here (Zoya publishes FY2026 revenue of 13,232,239,001,000 yen and interest income of 80,626,869,000 yen, 0.61%). Musaffa: no public SONY stock page was found in search - honestly reported as no coverage found, not invented. ShariaPortfolio: does not publish public per-stock compliance pages - honestly reported as no coverage found, not invented.

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Screened 2026-10-02 from published company figures and market data. Figures change; this page is educational, not financial advice and not a religious ruling.

Screened with our two-gate Shariah screening methodology (business-activity gate, then AAOIFI-style financial ratios).