The facts
SoftBank Group’s net income attributable to owners was a loss of ¥1.115 trillion for the three months ended 30 September 2026, compared with a ¥2.502 trillion profit in the same period of 2025. [1][2]
SoftBank Group’s six-month financial report records a ¥663.8 billion other loss, including ¥597.2 billion arising from the realignment of procurement plans for power-generation equipment for U.S. AI-data-center projects and related factors. [1]
Reuters reported that advance payments supporting U.S. data-center construction weighed on the July–September result; the company’s report describes the procurement realignment loss over the six-month period, not as a quarter-only amount. [1][2]
SoftBank said it completed follow-on OpenAI investments totaling $30 billion in October 2026, after the reported quarter. [1]
Still unconfirmed
- The report does not assign the full ¥1.115 trillion quarterly net loss to the U.S. equipment procurement realignment; the ¥597.2 billion figure is for the six-month period.
- The quarterly result is volatile and includes investment valuation changes; it should not be treated as a measure of operating cash flow.
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 10 Nov 2026, 07:52 UTC.
The company’s report establishes the exact parent-attributable three-month loss and same-period comparison. Its separate six-month disclosure reports the U.S. power-generation equipment procurement-realignment loss; the article does not claim that amount caused the full quarterly loss. Reuters independently reports the quarter and describes advance payments to support U.S. data-center construction.
- Consolidated financial report for the six-month period ended September 30, 2026
SoftBank Group Corp. · Primary source · 10 Nov 2026
Opened the company’s financial report. The statement gives the exact three-month net loss and prior-year comparison; its six-month disclosures identify the procurement-realignment loss and report October OpenAI investment completion.
- SoftBank books $7 billion quarterly loss on US data centre hit
Reuters · Reporting · 10 Nov 2026
Opened Reuters report by Anton Bridge, republished by SoCast. It describes the July–September result, U.S. data-center advance payments and the prior-year OpenAI valuation gain.