SoftBank Stock: Q1 Profit Beats Estimates on Intel Windfall
TLDR
- SoftBank Q1 net income fell 17.7% to 347.33 billion yen ($2.20B), nearly double Bloomberg estimates of 165.83 billion yen
- Total investment gains jumped nearly 300% to 1.86 trillion yen, driven by a 1.33 trillion yen gain on its Intel stake
- Intel stock is up nearly 400% in 2026, after rising over 200% in the June quarter alone
- SoftBank’s OpenAI investment stood at $44.6 billion as of June 30, with a fair value of $89.6 billion
- SoftBank secured a new $10 billion margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake, signed with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and others
SoftBank reported fiscal first-quarter net income of 347.33 billion yen ($2.20 billion), down 17.7% year-over-year but nearly twice what analysts had expected. Bloomberg consensus had pegged the figure at 165.83 billion yen.
SOFTBANK’S $2B INTEL BET DELIVERS ¥1.33T QUARTERLY GAIN
SoftBank’s April-June net profit fell 18% YoY to ¥347.3B, but still beat the ¥148.4B consensus.
Total investment gains reached ¥1.85T, including a ¥1.33T gain on Intel after its shares more than tripled during the quarter.… pic.twitter.com/GNPHKX352O
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