Sharp Corporation operates within the Household audio and video equipment sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Sharp with three other audio-visual equipment producers in Asia: Maxell Holdings Ltd (2019 sales of 150.58 billion Japanese Yen [US$1.39 billion] of which 40% was Consumer electronics), Foster Electric Company, Limited (140.30 billion Japanese Yen [US$1.29 billion] of which 50% was Speaker Business), and Toshiba Corporation (3.69 trillion Japanese Yen [US$34.02 billion] of which 34% was Infrastructure system solution).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended March of 2019, sales at Sharp were ¥2.40 trillion (US$22.10 billion). This is a decrease of 1.1% versus 2018, when the company's sales were ¥2.43 trillion. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 8.9% decline in Advance Display System, from ¥1.05 trillion to ¥958.30 billion. There were also decreases in sales in Iot Elect Device (down 3.6% to ¥441.23 billion) and Smart Business Solution (down 1.0% to ¥319.22 billion) . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of Smart Home (up 14.5% to ¥681.33 billion) .