Sony reports ¥515.0 billion operating income for the Dec 2025 quarter and a ¥1,008.6 billion net loss to stockholders after its spin-off

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Sony Group filed its results for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025 on Feb 5, 2026, in a Form 6-K, the report a foreign company files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Operating income from continuing operations, which are Sony’s businesses without its financial services arm, was ¥515.0 billion, against ¥423.0 billion a year earlier, on sales of ¥3.71 trillion against ¥3.69 trillion. Net income from continuing operations attributable to stockholders was ¥377.3 billion, but the discontinued operation lost ¥1,385.9 billion, which left a net loss attributable to stockholders of ¥1,008.6 billion against income of ¥373.7 billion a year earlier.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9

Sony executed a partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group, the formerly wholly-owned subsidiary that operates its financial services business, effective Oct 1, 2025, and reported that business separately as a discontinued operation. In connection with the spin-off, Sony recorded a loss of ¥1.38 trillion in discontinued operations by reclassifying accumulated other comprehensive income, which it described as a move between items within equity that did not change total equity, cash flows, or the profit or loss of continuing operations. Sony held 16.40% of the spun-off company’s shares afterwards.10^,11^,12^,13^,14

Game & Network Services, the segment for digital software and add-on content, network services and home gaming products, earned ¥140.8 billion of operating income in the quarter, against ¥118.1 billion a year earlier. For the nine months ended Dec 31, 2025, its operating income was ¥409.2 billion, against ¥322.1 billion a year earlier. In the quarter, sales to external customers were ¥761.5 billion against ¥718.2 billion a year earlier for digital software and add-on content, ¥199.3 billion against ¥176.9 billion for network services, and ¥614.9 billion against ¥724.7 billion for hardware and others. The filing counted home consoles, packaged software, peripherals and first-party software for other platforms under hardware and others.15^,16^,17^,18^,19^,20^,21^,22

In the filing, Sony’s forecast for the year ending Mar 31, 2026 put sales from continuing operations at ¥12.3 trillion and operating income at ¥1.54 trillion, and the filing marked the forecast as revised. On Feb 5, 2026, Sony’s board resolved to widen its share repurchase facility, raising the maximum to 55 million shares from 35 million and to ¥150 billion from ¥100 billion, for the period from Nov 12, 2025 to May 14, 2026.23^,24^,25^,26^,27^,28

The filing said the condensed statements were not reviewed by certified public accountants or an audit firm, and it sent readers to a separate earnings presentation for its overview of operating results. In our records, Bungie, Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games sit under Sony Interactive Entertainment, one of the 17 companies under Sony Group.29^,30^,31^,32^,33^,34^,35