Reviewing Aftermaster (OTCMKTS:AFTM) & Sony (NYSE:SONY)

Aftermaster (OTCMKTS:AFTM) and Sony (NYSE:SONY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aftermaster and Sony”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aftermaster	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sony	$85.09 billion	1.82	$7.53 billion	$1.23	20.81

Sony has higher revenue and earnings than Aftermaster.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Aftermaster and Sony, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aftermaster	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sony	0	1	4	1	3.00

Sony has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.37%. Given Sony’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sony is more favorable than Aftermaster.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.1% of Sony shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Aftermaster shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Aftermaster has a beta of -1.17, indicating that its stock price is 217% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Aftermaster and Sony’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aftermaster	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sony	8.83%	13.76%	3.26%

Summary

Sony beats Aftermaster on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aftermaster

AfterMaster, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an audio technology company in the United States. It develops and commercializes proprietary audio and video technologies for professional and consumer use. The company offers AfterMaster audio, a mastering, remastering, and audio processing technology that makes various audio source sounds louder, fuller, deeper, and clearer; ProMaster, an online music mastering, streaming, and storage service designed for independent artists; and Aftermaster Pro, a personal audio re-mastering device. It also provides Aftermaster Studio Pro products for use in commercial audio applications; and MyStudio products. In addition, AfterMaster, Inc. operates six recording and mastering studios. The company was formerly known as Studio One Media, Inc. and changed its name to AfterMaster, Inc. in September 2015. AfterMaster, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

About Sony

Sony Group Corporation designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for the consumer, professional, and industrial markets in Japan, the United States, Europe, China, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company distributes software titles and add-on content through digital networks; network services related to game, video, and music content; and home gaming consoles, packaged and game software, and peripheral devices. It also develops, produces, markets, and distributes recorded music; publishes music; and produces and distributes animation titles, game applications, and various services for music and visual products. In addition, the company produces, acquires, and distributes live-action and animated motion pictures for theatrical release, as well as scripted and animated series, unscripted reality or light entertainment, daytime serials, game shows, television movies, and miniseries and other television programs; operation of television networks and direct-to-consumer streaming services; operates a visual effects and animation unit; and manages a studio facility. Further, it researches, develops, designs, produces, markets, distributes, sells, and services televisions, and video and sound products; interchangeable lens, as well as compact digital, and consumer and professional video cameras; projectors and medical equipment; mobile phones, accessories, and applications; and metal oxide semiconductor image sensors, charge-coupled devices, integration systems, and other semiconductors. Additionally, it offers Internet broadband network services; recording media, and storage media products; and life and non-life insurance, banking, and other services, as well as creates and distributes content for PCs and mobile phones. The company was formerly known as Sony Corporation and changed its name to Sony Group Corporation in April 2021. Sony Group Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.