Stocks · Technology · Consumer Electronics
Sonos, Inc. SONO
$17.70 -0.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.09B
High quality
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 4.4% from -6.1% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.49B, up 5.6% from a year earlier, accelerating from -0.2% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $156.7M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 18%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 19%
- Gross marginBottom 44%
- Operating marginBottom 49%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 26%
- Interest coverTop 5%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 19%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 46%
- 6-month returnTop 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 47%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.2% | 5.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 43.1% | 46.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -6.1% | 4.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.0% | 8.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.6% | -0.2% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 43.1% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | -6.1% | ↑ | Bottom 49% |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -5.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.4% | 4.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.8% | — | Top 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -6.3% | — | Bottom 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -21.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +18.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.31×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 143.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.58%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.58%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.00
- Target vs current price
- +7.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 44%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +575.0% | +4.3% | -2.3% | -9.0% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | -33.3% | +0.2% | +1.5% | +9.0% | +18.1% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +21.9% | -1.4% | +15.0% | -0.6% | -1.1% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -121.4% | +1.4% | +2.9% | +16.1% | -9.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +73.2% | +1.7% | +18.0% | +29.6% | +54.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | -31.1% | -2.4% | +22.3% | +10.6% | +12.7% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +143.6% | +5.2% | -8.0% | -9.1% | -33.7% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -10.0% | +0.1% | -8.3% | +3.6% | -5.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.04 | +575.0% | $375.3M |
| May 4, 2026 | -$0.24 | -$0.18 | -33.3% | $281.5M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $0.78 | $0.64 | +21.9% | $545.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.31 | -$0.14 | -121.4% | $287.9M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.11 | +73.2% | $344.8M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.58 | -$0.44 | -31.1% | $259.8M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.17 | +143.6% | $550.9M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -$0.44 | -$0.40 | -10.0% | $255.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 27.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.2× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.30× | — | — | Top 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.98% | — | — | Top 29% |
| Earnings yield | -1.75% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.9× – 164.3× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 15
- Days above the 200-day average
- 15
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +10.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.9%
- RSI (14)
- 62.9
- Relative volume
- 1.17×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 67.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 90th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.56
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -7.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2021 | Apr 16, 2025 | -82.5% | 1006 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | -15.1% | 8 days | 11 days (Apr 14, 2021) |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Oct 9, 2020 | -13.7% | 6 days | 12 days (Oct 27, 2020) |
| Mar 1, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -12.9% | 5 days | 3 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.09B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.31
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.49B
- 52-week range
- $12.44 – $19.82
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.72B | $1.75B | $1.66B | $1.52B | $1.44B |
| Gross profit | $810.0M | $796.4M | $716.5M | $689.4M | $630.5M |
| Operating income | $155.0M | $89.5M | -$20.5M | -$48.0M | -$50.5M |
| Net income | $158.6M | $67.4M | -$10.3M | -$38.1M | -$61.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.13 | $0.49 | -$0.08 | -$0.31 | -$0.51 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $255.4M | $550.9M | $259.8M | $344.8M | $287.9M | $545.7M | $281.5M | $375.3M |
| Net income | -$53.1M | $50.2M | -$70.1M | -$3.4M | -$37.9M | $93.8M | -$28.9M | -$64.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.44 | $0.40 | -$0.58 | -$0.03 | -$0.31 | $0.75 | -$0.24 | -$0.51 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $253.2M | -$28.3M | $100.4M | $189.9M | $136.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$45.5M | -$46.2M | -$50.3M | -$55.2M | -$28.7M |
| Free cash flow | $207.7M | -$74.5M | $50.1M | $134.7M | $108.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$97.9M | -$189.8M | -$129.9M | -$154.4M | -$76.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $261.0M
- Total assets
- $882.1M
- Total liabilities
- $478.6M
- Total debt
- $50.2M
- Net debt
- -$156.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $403.5M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,308,963
- Days to cover
- 5.38
- Change vs previous report
- -17.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.