Change in business segment classification and transfer of the Components business to Other
First written in FY2018-Q2. 2 of 5 entries say "Achieved", first in FY2020-Q1. Latest entry: FY2023-Q1.
Sony Group moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 1 year before the typical company in this theme (2023).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 3 of 9 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2023-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「In April 2022, Sony renamed the former Electronics Products & Solutions segment the Entertainment, Technology & Services (ET&S) segment. There were no transfers of businesses between segments in connection with this change.」
Sony renamed the former EP&S segment the ET&S segment. There was no reallocation of businesses; only the name and classification used for reporting were updated. - FY2022-Q1AchievedAnnual report
「In connection with organizational changes effective 1 April 2021, Sony transferred certain businesses and functions that had previously been included in the Other segment, Corporate and eliminations, and intersegment transaction eliminations to the EP&S segment beginning in the current quarter.」
The transfer of certain businesses and functions to the EP&S segment resulting from organizational changes effective 1 April 2021 was reflected in performance reporting from the first quarter of fiscal 2021. - FY2020-Q1AchievedAnnual report
「In connection with the organizational changes and changes in the senior executives responsible for the businesses effective 1 April 2019, Sony changed the business segment classifications used in its performance reporting beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, combining the former Home Entertainment & Sound, Imaging Products & Solutions, and Mobile Communications segments into the Electronics Products & Solutions (EP&S) segment. In connection with this segment change, sales and operating income (loss) for fiscal 2018 for each segment were reclassified and restated to conform to the fiscal 2019 presentation. Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the former Semiconductors segment was also renamed the Imaging & Sensing Solutions (I&SS) segment.」
Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, Sony combined the former HE&S, IP&S and MC segments into EP&S and renamed the Semiconductors segment I&SS as part of a segment reorganization. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In connection with the organizational changes and changes in the senior executives responsible for the businesses effective 1 April 2019, Sony changed the business segment classifications used in its performance reporting beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, combining the former HE&S, IP&S and MC segments into the Electronics Products & Solutions segment.」
Sony stated that the new segment classification combining the former HE&S, IP&S and MC segments would be applied from the first quarter of fiscal 2019. - FY2018-Q2First statedAnnual report
「Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, Sony changed the business segment classifications used in its performance reporting. In connection with this change, the businesses that had previously comprised the Components segment were transferred to the Other segment.」
Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, Sony changed the segment classifications used for performance reporting and transferred the businesses formerly included in the Components segment to the Other segment.