{"id":1741,"date":"2026-08-06T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:15:26","slug":"softbank-profits-drop-18-stock-falls-4-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=1741","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank profits drop 18%, stock falls 4% in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26218317623084-e1786024046364.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. reported Thursday an 18% drop in fiscal first quarter profit, as higher costs offset its investment gains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SoftBank Group, which invests aggressively in\u00a0artificial intelligence, energy and\u00a0robotics, recorded a 347.3 billion yen ($2.2 billion) profit for the April-June period, down from 421.8 billion yen a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quarterly sales rose nearly 11% to 2 trillion yen ($12.7 billion).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto told reporters that its business with Arm, a British semiconductor and software design company, was doing well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tokyo-based SoftBank has invested an additional $20 billion in\u00a0OpenAI\u00a0and plans more investments in the current fiscal year, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SoftBank\u2019s results tend to go up and down because it invests in an array of companies through its Vision Fund, which banks heavily on fledgling technology. Such bets tend to produce big wins, as well as carry risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the companies SoftBank has invested in are\u00a0ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok; U.S. chip maker\u00a0Intel Corp.; PayPay, a Japanese mobile payment and digital wallet service; and\u00a0Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company, founded in 1981 by\u00a0Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, began by investing in internet- and computer-related businesses. It\u2019s since added a variety of futuristic projects under its wing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One area Son is focused on lately is autonomous driving. Another in the works is ABB Robotics, which focuses on automation, robotic arms and mobility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SoftBank Group does not give annual forecasts. SoftBank Group shares finished 4% lower in Tokyo trading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col layout-gap-md\">\n<div class=\"not-prose empty:contents [:has(*[data-empty=true])]:hidden clear-both\">\n<div class=\"typography-level-4 mt-4 font-graphik-compact [&amp;_*_a]:hover:underline [&amp;_*_a]:text-accent\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\"><span class=\"description-parser contents\" data-cy=\"description\"><em><strong>Fortune Daily<\/strong><\/em> breaks the traditional barrier between audience and newsroom. The show transforms <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s trusted reporting into actionable, conversational, and entertaining insights for an emerging class of business leaders. <strong>Watch here.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>#SoftBank #profits #drop #stock #falls #Tokyo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology investor SoftBank G&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2450,755,3437,757,3408,91,3469],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-drop","tag-earnings","tag-falls","tag-profits","tag-softbank","tag-stock","tag-tokyo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SoftBank profits drop 18%, stock falls 4% in Tokyo - 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