SoftBank Group Corp.

WBAG:SFT Stock Report

Market Cap: €88.0b

SoftBank Group Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

SoftBank Group's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -13.5%, while the Wireless Telecom industry saw earnings growing at 1.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 1.4% per year. SoftBank Group's return on equity is 19.9%, and it has net margins of 30.9%.

Key information

-13.5%

Earnings growth rate

-12.8%

EPS growth rate

Wireless Telecom Industry Growth-4.1%
Revenue growth rate1.4%
Return on equity19.9%
Net Margin30.9%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How SoftBank Group makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

WBAG:SFT Revenue, expenses and earnings (JPY Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 246,999,3622,163,5463,061,3810
30 Jun 246,900,74057,0243,053,9890
31 Mar 246,756,500-250,4952,982,3830
31 Dec 236,696,567-561,7292,897,8040
30 Sep 236,615,022-2,295,1482,795,0600
30 Jun 236,555,9161,669,5652,716,8950
31 Mar 236,570,439-1,006,2572,695,3280
31 Dec 226,516,467-3,045,8682,623,4520
30 Sep 226,420,507-2,233,4052,619,3900
30 Jun 226,314,430-5,664,9472,584,8050
31 Mar 226,221,534-1,708,0292,551,7220
31 Dec 216,070,9692,295,3972,544,6380
30 Sep 215,981,1403,437,3152,445,8300
30 Jun 215,827,3284,486,8492,359,3150
31 Mar 215,628,1674,246,7682,271,4970
31 Dec 206,421,831860,8872,153,6520
30 Sep 206,275,905-258,8052,120,0420
30 Jun 206,217,806-1,576,1932,083,6820
31 Mar 206,185,093-953,9692,024,1670
31 Dec 196,335,084362,6372,240,9800
30 Sep 197,488,1021,009,6562,413,9030
30 Jun 198,576,7132,201,8662,603,7480
31 Mar 199,602,2361,379,1922,786,6740
31 Dec 189,515,9431,547,2522,716,9960
30 Sep 189,401,4831,754,5442,653,0830
30 Jun 189,245,4891,318,2882,591,2880
31 Mar 189,158,7651,017,0632,552,6640
31 Dec 179,130,8121,567,8192,509,9630
30 Sep 179,040,305760,0342,445,4410
30 Jun 178,960,542682,9322,358,7710
31 Mar 178,901,004871,5092,277,2510
31 Dec 168,924,809349,3262,255,8280
30 Sep 169,001,581255,1532,311,0250
30 Jun 169,141,012454,8882,397,9660
31 Mar 169,153,549481,1402,447,5980
31 Dec 159,049,260524,8552,427,5360
30 Sep 158,989,659541,3022,431,4570
30 Jun 158,817,063811,1372,383,4420
31 Mar 158,670,221668,3612,332,6260
31 Dec 148,536,115612,1352,270,2550
30 Sep 148,172,403686,7142,164,1000
30 Jun 147,777,798360,2322,097,6720
31 Mar 146,666,651520,2501,813,7990
31 Dec 135,335,914586,3331,391,2930

Quality Earnings: SFT has a large one-off gain of ¥2,827.0B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: SFT became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: SFT's earnings have declined by 13.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: SFT has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: SFT has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Wireless Telecom industry (2.7%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: SFT's Return on Equity (19.9%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 14:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

SoftBank Group Corp. is covered by 44 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Tetsuro TsusakaBarclays
Alen LinBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Yoshitaka NagaoBofA Global Research