Sony wants an operating profit of $4.2 billion by 2018

TECHi's Author Michio Hasai
Opposing Author Mashable Read Source Article
Last Updated
TECHi's Take
Michio Hasai
Michio Hasai
  • Words 79
  • Estimated Read 1 min

Sony may bring in a ton of revenue but it still hasn’t been able to bring in much profit which, in the end, is all that really matters. The company’s solution to this comes in the form of a three-year turnaround plan that it believes will enable it to achieve an operating profit of $4.2 billion by the year 2018. Only time will tell if this works, obviously, but its good to see the company doing something at least. 

Mashable

Mashable

  • Words 127
  • Estimated Read 1 min
Read Article

Money-losing Sony will spin off its video-and-sound business into a separate company and shrink its headquarters as part of a three-year turnaround plan to speed up decision-making and become profitable again. The company is targeting an operating profit of 500 billion yen ($4.2 billion) and a 10 percent return on equity for the fiscal year through March 2018, but it won’t target sales, highlighting its new approach of valuing profitability and not going after size. “The Sony spirit is about doing what others didn’t dare to do” Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said Wednesday in outlining the company’s strategy. Sony must not be afraid to change if it hoped “to grow in a Sony-like way,” Hirai told reporters at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company’s Tokyo head office.

Source

NOTE: TECHi Two-Takes are the stories we have chosen from the web along with a little bit of our opinion in a paragraph. Please check the original story in the Source Button below.

Balanced Perspective

TECHi weighs both sides before reaching a conclusion.

TECHi’s editorial take above outlines the reasoning that supports this position.

More Two Takes from Mashable

Can video games help autistic children improve their social skills?
Can video games help autistic children improve their social skills?

It's still hard to believe that we now live in a world where playing video games is a viable career,…

Snapchat users watch ten billion videos every day
Snapchat users watch ten billion videos every day

Facebook isn't the only emerging video-sharing behemoth that YouTube needs to be wary of, according to a report from Bloomberg…

Opera will soon come with a free and unlimited VPN
Opera will soon come with a free and unlimited VPN

There was a time when Opera was at the forefront of web browser innovation, and some of the features that…

Facebook Messenger is now open to third party chat bots
Facebook Messenger is now open to third party chat bots

Bots are the next big thing for messaging apps, and Facebook wants to make sure that it's one of the…