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SoftBank Group Corp. (SFTBY)
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| Previous Close | 39.80 |
| Open | 38.69 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 0 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 0 |
| Day's Range | 38.11 - 38.69 |
| 52 Week Range | 20.58 - 50.00 |
| Volume | 300,168 |
| Avg. Volume | 366,370 |
| Market Cap | 129.312B |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.25 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 3.45 |
| EPS (TTM) | 11.14 |
| Earnings Date | N/A |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.21 (0.52%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Sep 28, 2020 |
| 1y Target Est | N/A |
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SoftBank Vision Fund Considers Listing a $300 Million European Tech SPAC
(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp., the technology dealmaker founded by billionaire Masayoshi Son, is considering listing a special purpose acquisition company in Europe, people with knowledge of the matter said.The Japanese conglomerate’s Vision Fund is discussing plans to raise capital for a blank-check company on the Amsterdam stock exchange later this year, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. It is considering seeking about 250 million euros ($304 million) from the deal, though the target hasn’t been finalized, the people said.The SPAC would hunt for investments in the European technology industry and other high-growth areas, the people said. Deliberations are at an early stage, and details of the potential listing could change, the people said.A representative for the SoftBank Vision Fund declined to comment.Blank-check companies have completed $102 billion of U.S. initial public offerings this year, while $3.6 billion has been raised on European exchanges, data compiled by Bloomberg show. SoftBank has embraced the boom, with various arms of the Japanese conglomerate raising a combined $3.3 billion for nine U.S.-listed SPACs during the latest financial year.The pace of European listings has started rising as activity in New York slows, with British dealmaker Ian Osborne among the latest to raise funds on the continent. Dieter Wemmer, the former chief financial officer at Allianz SE, is also planning a blank-check company in Amsterdam targeting insurance deals, Bloomberg News has reported.More stories like this are available on bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
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Adani Green Said in Advanced Talks for SoftBank’s SB Energy
(Bloomberg) -- Adani Green Energy Ltd., majority-owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, is in advanced talks to acquire privately-held SB Energy Holdings Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.A deal could value SB Energy, owned by SoftBank Group Corp. and Bharti Enterprises Ltd., at more than $650 million, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Adani Green is exploring a buyout of the renewable energy company through an all-stock deal, another person said.Shares in Adani Green climbed as much as 5% on Monday, touching their highest level in more than a month. They have risen nearly 400% in the past year, giving the company a market value of about $24 billion.The advanced talks come after negotiations with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to buy SB Energy from SoftBank broke down, one of the people said.An announcement could come in coming weeks, the people said. Discussions could still be delayed or fall apart, they added. A representative for SoftBank declined to comment, while representatives for Adani Green and Bharti Enterprises didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for CPPIB said they continue to look for opportunities for new investments in India, including in the renewables sector.A deal could help Adani Green to reach its planned generation capacity of 25 gigawatts by 2025. The company’s existing renewable energy portfolio has 15.4 gigawatts from across 11 states in India, according to its website.SB Energy has 4,855 megawatts of renewable capacity in India, including operational capacity of 1,400 megawatts, as of March 2021, according to a report from Care Energy. (Updates with CPPIB negotiations in fourth paragraph and context in sixth and seventh paragraphs.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
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SoftBank Tumbles After Record Profit Fails to Impress
(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. plunged by the most since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic after the Japanese company declined to pledge a continuation of buybacks that have propped up its stock.Shares tumbled as much as 8.7% on Thursday, the most on an intraday basis since March of 2020, despite record profit in the March quarter. The company has lost more than 6 trillion yen ($55 billion) in market value in the past three days. Investors are skittish about whether SoftBank will keep buying back its own stock after completing a 2.5 trillion yen allotment for repurchases.“We believed that SoftBank would follow up its massive buyback with another one. But we are extremely surprised that it did not,” Atul Goyal, senior analyst at Jefferies, wrote in a research note. “Without the buyback, SoftBank stock price is likely to reflect the performance of its listed investments.”SoftBank on Wednesday reported net income of 1.93 trillion yen for the three months ended March 31, the most ever for a Japanese company, with essentially all of that coming from its investment in the newly public Coupang Inc. That’s nearly twice the 1 trillion yen tally from the next highest Japanese company, Toshiba Corp.In a presentation after results, founder Masayoshi Son argued that investors aren’t giving him credit for the value he’s creating at SoftBank. With holdings like Coupang and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the net asset value for the company is now north of 15,000 yen a share, he said, more than 70% higher than the current share price.“In simple terms, they’re undervalued,” Son said, pacing a stage in Tokyo with a black turtleneck and matching black blazer.SoftBank’s Vision Fund investment arm went from being the source of the biggest loss in SoftBank’s history a year ago to the main driver of earnings, with a 2.3 trillion yen profit in the March quarter. The rally in tech shares boosted Vision Fund profits to three consecutive records, raising the value of holdings in the likes of Uber Technologies Inc. and paving the way for public listings from startups such as Coupang and DoorDash Inc.“Our profit and revenue are both measured in trillions of yen, but just a year ago we had a record loss,” Son said at the briefing. “For SoftBank, profits and losses in trillions of yen are the new normal.”What’s really driven SoftBank shares though, has been its buybacks. Beginning in March of last year, Son announced he would sell assets and repurchase 2.5 trillion yen of his own stock.SoftBank said on Wednesday it has spent all of the money it has allocated -- and investors have been anticipating more buybacks. But Son didn’t commit to further repurchases.“Yes, we will consider buying back our own shares,” he said, stressing there are a lot of factors that go into such a decision and it can’t just be deployed to prop up the share price.Son tried to keep the attention on his startup successes. Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce leader, contributed $24.5 billion to Vision Fund’s profit in the fourth quarter. Auto1 Group SE, a German wholesale platform for used cars which went public in February, contributed $1.8 billion of the gains, while Uber posted a $200 million loss. The Japanese conglomerate doesn’t have to sell equity holdings to book income, so most of its profits are unrealized.“The discount SoftBank is trading at, around 30%, has widened again in recent months, but it’s a far cry from the gap that Son has railed against historically,” said Kirk Boodry, an analyst at Redex Research in Tokyo. “I get his points, but the last two years have shown there can be extreme volatility in returns and little agreement on future prospects.”Son has said that SoftBank could see between 10 and 20 public listings a year. Grab Holdings Inc. will go public in the U.S by July through the largest-ever merger with a blank-check company, valuing the Southeast Asian ride-hailing and delivery giant at about $40 billion. Its Chinese counterpart Didi Chuxing has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO that could value the company as highly as $70 billion to $100 billion.SoftBank has a portfolio of 224 companies across three different funds as of the end of March. But tech stocks are sliding globally as investors contend with higher U.S. bond yields and concerns about stretched valuations.“We might have seen peak Vision Fund and the markets are already looking ahead,” said Justin Tang, head of Asian research at United First Partners in Singapore. “Some of the reaction is due to the buyback running out, but the correlation to the U.S. tech swoon is particularly visible.”Son did take a victory lap in touting his returns so far. He said that limited partners in the first Vision Fund now have a blended internal rate of return of 22%, compared with negative 1% a year ago. SoftBank’s own IRR for the fund is 39%, while its IRR for the second Vision Fund is 119%.SoftBank also boosted the capital committed to its Vision Fund 2 to $30 billion, up from $20 billion.Son’s controversial program of trading options cost him during the quarter. The company posted a 33 billion yen derivatives loss in the period. While the overall profit in the asset management arm was 46 billion yen in the period, the business still posted a full-year loss of 67 billion yen.SoftBank held a total of $19.9 billion of “highly liquid” securities as of the end of quarter, including a $6.2 billion investment in Amazon.com Inc., $3.2 billion in Facebook Inc. and $1 billion in Microsoft Corp. The operation is managed by its asset management subsidiary SB Northstar, where Son personally holds a 33% stake.The investments were accompanied by derivatives that amplified exposure, a strategy that triggered a backlash from investors. The fair value of SoftBank’s futures and options positions came to $1.6 billion at the end of March, compared with little over $1 billion the previous quarter and $2.7 billion the one before. Long call options on listed stocks have dwindled to $1.6 billion from $4.69 billion half a year ago and short call options on listed stocks declined to $84 million from $1.26 billion of value.During his presentation in Tokyo, Son admitted to mistakes with startups, naming specifically WeWork, Greensill and Katerra. But he argued that SoftBank’s successes have more than made up for such missteps. He said his attitude hasn’t changed that much from a record loss a year ago to a record profit now.“I’m not overjoyed or depressed so easily, just stay calm,” he said(Updates with shares from second graph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
