v3.25.2
Financial income and expense (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Text Block1 [Abstract]  
Summary of financial income
Financial income
 
    
Yen in millions
 
    
Fiscal year ended March 31
 
    
2023
    
2024
    
2025
 
Interest income
        
Financial assets measured at AC
     22,399        37,580        50,925  
Dividends
        
Financial assets measured at FVOCI
     3,488        1,138        1,390  
Gain on revaluation of equity instruments
        
Financial assets measured at FVPL
*2
     -        71,385        77,755  
Other
     5,171        15,494        8,954  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
     31,058        125,597        139,024  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Summary of financial expenses
Financial expenses
 
    
Yen in millions
 
    
Fiscal year ended March 31
 
    
2023
    
2024
    
2025
 
Interest expense
        
Financial liabilities measured at AC
     16,016        28,163        25,476  
Other
     10,382        12,833        15,400  
Foreign exchange loss, net
*1
     14,489        6,989        1,902  
Loss on revaluation of equity instruments
        
Financial assets measured at FVPL
*2
     4,623        -        -  
Other
     13,441        17,781        29,683  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
     58,951         65,766        72,461  
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
*1
Foreign exchange loss, net includes gains or losses from foreign exchange contracts.
*2
Shares of Spotify Technology S.A. (“Spotify”) held by Sony are classified as equity securities required to be measured at fair value through profit or loss. The revaluation of the Spotify shares, which
reflects
costs to be paid to Sony’s artists and distributed labels as well as the changes in the fair value of derivatives utilized to hedge exposure to market fluctuation risk, owned as of March 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025 resulted in an unrealized loss of 7,787 million yen (58 million U.S. dollars), an unrealized gain of 64,764 million yen (440 million U.S. dollars) and 69,019 million yen (443 million U.S. dollars), respectively.