SOFTBANK GROUP 3 months profit of 1 trillion yen and record high August 7 19:10
As for SoftBank Group's financial results from April to June, the final profit exceeded 1 trillion yen for the first time. This means that the biggest profit for a major company in Japan for three months is the largest ever.
According to the announcement made by the SOFTBANK Group for three months from April to June, sales were 2,336.3 billion yen, 2.8% higher than last year, and the final profit was the same as last year. It was 1,121.7 billion yen, 3.5 times more.
This is the first time that the final profit for 3 months exceeds 1 trillion yen.
According to Nomura Securities, 400 major Japanese companies have disclosed the largest three-month profits disclosed since 2004.
The main reason for the large increase in profits was the recording of a large profit from the sale of a portion of the shares of the largest online shopping company in China, Alibaba Group.
The SOFTBANK Group has been entrusted to the investment business in the AI = artificial intelligence and robot fields by entrusting the mobile phone business to its subsidiary SoftBank and recently establishing a 10 trillion yen fund.
SOFTBANK Group President Masayoshi Son said at the press conference, “It ’s a memorable achievement. There is uncertainty about what the economy will be like, but we ’re just moving forward.”