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SoftBank says H1 net profits surge $18 bn

November 11, 2020
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AFP – Japan’s SoftBank Group said yesterday its first-half net profit soared 346.7 percent, sealing a strong recovery after a massive annual loss, as tech stocks rally and the firm sheds assets to shore up its finances.

Net profit for the six months to September came to $18 billion, up from about 4.2 billion yen a year earlier, the conglomerate said.

The profit surge was mainly driven by gains on its investments.

However, it said it would not offer a forecast “as it is difficult to foresee consolidated results due to numerous uncertain factors”.

SoftBank reported a nearly $9 billion net loss in the previous full fiscal year, but quickly returned to the black in the first quarter.

Masahiko Ishino, an analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Institute, said the firm had displayed “a steady performance” in line with robust gains in the global equities markets.

Founder Masayoshi Son has transformed the telecoms company into an investment and tech behemoth with stakes in some of Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups through its $100 billion Vision Fund.

He has battled opposition to his strategy of pouring money into start-ups — including troubled office-sharing firm WeWork – which some analysts say are overvalued and lack clear profit models.

Son has insisted that his strategy is sound and that SoftBank’s portfolio is broad enough to weather the storm.

The firm said its SoftBank Vision Fund saw strong results thanks to recovering stock markets and increases in portfolio firms where “exits have been decided or have new funding rounds, or [that] are benefiting from the accelerated adoption of digital services during the COVID-19 crisis”.

The results come after SoftBank launched an aggressive plan to sell up to $41 billion in assets to finance a stock buy-back and reduce its debt.

It has ended up far surpassing that goal, raising $56 billion, and said plans for the additional money made have “yet to be determined”.

“Given the current concern for future waves of Covid-19, SoftBank Group believes it needs to further enhance cash reserves,” the firm said in a statement.

In September, it announced an agreement to sell British chip designer Arm to US firm NVIDIA for up to $40 billion, potentially creating a new giant in the industry.

If approved, the deal will be one of the largest acquisitions in the world this year and propel NVIDIA to the forefront of the semiconductor sector.

But the sale faces challenges, including securing approval from regulators in Britain, Europe, the United States and China.

Still, SoftBank “has a great track-record of somehow taking its sale of assets to the finish line against all odds”, said Amir Anzarvadeh, strategist at Asymmetric Advisors, in a note.

Paired with the recent recovery in tech stocks, SoftBank’s asset sale strategy appears to be paying off, analysts said.

“Son has walked the talk” by meeting and then exceeding the asset-selling target, Ishino said.

“We are now paying attention to what action he is going to take next, at a time when SoftBank Group is turning into an investment firm,” Ishino added.

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