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This pretty interesting article by NotEnoughShaders.com, gives us an insight of the past 10 years of Sony and just how bad are the company's finances.

This one compares the market cap and liabilities of some of the biggest companies with Sony. It looks like Sony has more liabilities than EA, Microsoft, Apple and Google combined!

Here are some highlights from it:

Below is a chart of Sony’s market cap value between September 2002 through September 7th, 2012.
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Sony’s Market Cap Value on September 2000: $100 billion (Source: Bloomberg)

- Sony’s Market Cap Value on December 2007: $54 billion (Source: ycharts.com)

- Sony’s Market Cap Value on December 12, 2011: $18 billion (Source: Bloomberg)

Now lets skip to the most recent day that the stock market opened on.

- Sony’s Market Cap Value on September 7th, 2012: $11.69 billion (Marketwatch/Wall Street Journal)

- Nintendo’s Market Cap Value on September 7th, 2012: $15.9 billion (Marketwatch/Wall Street Journal)

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How bad are Sony’s Total Liabilities and Debt?

- Total Liabilities as of June 2012:

Total liabilities are the total amount of all financial obligations (short term and long term) of a company. This includes all creditor claims on company assets.

Electronic Arts Total Liabilities: $2.27 Billion
Google’s Total Liabilities: $21.33 Billion
Apple’s Total Liabilities: $51.15 Billion
Microsoft’s Total Liabilities: $54.91 Billion
Sony’s Total Liabilities: $135.61 Billion

Sony has more total liabilities than Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Electronic Arts combined.

- Total Assets as of June 2012:

Total assets include cash in the bank, property, accounts receivable (money owed to the company), equipment, and inventory.

Google’s Total Assets: $86.05 Billion
Apple’s Total Assets: $162.90 Billion
Microsoft’s Total Assets: $121.27 Billion
Sony’s Total Assets: $166.22 Billion

Compare Apple’s total assets ($162.90 billion) to Apple’s total liabilities ($51.15 billion).

Compare Microsoft’s total assets ($121.27 billion) to Microsoft’s total liabilities ($54.91 billion).

Now compare Sony’s total assets ($166.22 billion) to Sony’s total liabilities ($135.61 billion).

Since total assets include everything that Sony owns (cash, buildings, divisions, intellectual property, etc.)… Sony would have to sell over 80 percent of their total assets (Total Assets = Every single thing Sony owns including cash) just to pay off their total liabilities.

If you combined the June 2012 total liabilities of Microsoft ($54.91 billion), Apple ($51.15B), Google ($21.33 billion), and Electronic Arts ($2.27 Billion), that would equal to $129.66 billion in liabilities. Sony would STILL have $5.95 billion more in total liabilities than Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Electronic Arts combined. It really paints a picture of just how out of control Sony’s total liabilities have become.
Not looking good for Sony right now, don't you agree? You can check out the full article on the link below!

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