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TOKYO. – SoftBank Group reported a net loss attributable to owners of 1.115 trillion yen for July through September, reversing a 2.502 trillion yen profit a year earlier, according to its November 10 financial report.
Net sales for the three-month quarter rose to 2.215 trillion yen from 1.917 trillion yen. The group posted a pre-tax loss of 1.028 trillion yen. These figures cover the quarter ended September 30, 2026, not the six-month reporting period.
Total investment results swung to a loss of 133.586 billion yen from a gain of 3.440 trillion yen a year earlier. The Vision Funds still recorded an investment gain of 245.556 billion yen, down from 2.755 trillion yen. That distinction matters: the group’s overall investment loss was not a Vision Funds loss.
Separately, in the half-year report, SoftBank disclosed a 597.248 billion yen loss, approximately $3.73 billion by the company’s figures, related to revised procurement plans for power-generation equipment for U.S. AI data-center projects.
SoftBank said subsidiary Silver Bands 7 changed its equipment procurement strategy as project requirements evolved. The charge comprised 457.030 billion yen in nonrefundable advances and 140.218 billion yen related to contract modifications and settlements. This is the company’s explanation of the charge; the disclosure does not say the projects were cancelled.
The report also said SoftBank completed another $10 billion investment in OpenAI in October, after the quarter ended. That brought its cumulative investment to $64.6 billion and its ownership interest to approximately 13%, on the basis described in the report.
The results show how a sharp reduction in investment gains can outweigh higher sales, while equipment commitments add costs to the group’s AI infrastructure push. The quarterly data sheet separately identifies the July-September figures. JBizNews’s earlier Asian-market report is separate coverage published before these results.
JBizNews Desk | Tokyo
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