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SoftBank Group FY 2026 earnings breakdown - conversational walkthrough with a price-aware verdict and Wall Street consensus comparison. THE CALL: BUY (3/5 conviction, MODERATE) - CURRENT @ $17.26 - BUY - BUY below $15.00 with $12.00 stop - AVOID above $22.00 TRIGGER: ARM holds above $150B stake value AND Vision Fund Q1 FY27 positive WINDOW: Through Q1 FY27 earnings (August 2026) TRACKER: charged-alpha.com/calls/SFTBY WALL STREET CONSENSUS - Ratings: 4 Strong Buy / 10 Buy / 5 Hold / 1 Sell / 0 Strong Sell - BUY - Median 12-month price target: $23.00 (range $14 - $32) - Charged Alpha vs consensus: ALIGNED THESIS SoftBank Group is the most concentrated public-market vehicle for ARM exposure plus AI infrastructure investments (Stargate, OpenAI, NVIDIA stake) - record annual net income with ARM stake at $165B. Bull lever: ARM continues to compound as AI demand persists. Vision Fund mark-to-market stabilizes. Buyback at $6.5B reduces share count and supports per-share value. Key risk: ARM valuation compresses with broader semis pullback. Vision Fund private marks taken down further. Net debt $122.9B becomes a constraint if asset values decline. QUALITY CHECK - Management quality grade: B+ (Masayoshi Son has delivered the largest annual net income in SoftBank history this year via the ARM stake compounding. But the Vision Fund track record is mixed and Q4 operating loss highlights ongoing volatility. Aggressive capital allocation into AI infrastructure (Stargate, OpenAI) is high-conviction but high-risk.) - Earnings quality grade: C+ (Net income is mark-to-market accounting - driven by ARM stake revaluation and Vision Fund portfolio marks. Cash conversion is low; FCF is negative. Adjustments don't fully capture the bookkeeping nature of holding-company earnings.) CHAPTERS 0:00 Hook 0:35 The Print 1:32 The Trend 2:30 The Segments 3:24 The FCF Bridge 4:19 Guidance & The Narrative Diff 5:22 Peer Dot-Plot 6:15 Management & Earnings Quality 7:33 The Call - Verdict (price-aware + consensus) 8:26 The Call - Supporting Evidence KEY METRICS - FY 2026 - Revenue: $13.15B (+9.1% YoY, beat estimate by 4.9%) - Adjusted EPS: $1.02 (vs $0.16 est, beat by 552.0%) - Operating margin: -20.4% - Free cash flow: $-4.01B (-30.5% margin) GUIDANCE SoftBank does NOT provide formal financial guidance. Management commentary indicated: ongoing 6.5 billion dollar buyback program announced. ARM continues to be the focus of strategic investment. Vision Fund will moderate deployment pace. AI infrastructure investments - including Stargate joint venture with OpenAI and Oracle - are the multi-year theme. NARRATIVE DIFF - what changed in management tone - Prior call (2026-02-12 (Q3 FY26 call)): "We are positioning SoftBank to be the principal investor in the AI revolution." - Current call (2026-05-13 (FY26 annual call)): "Full year net income of 5.3 trillion yen is a record. We have deployed capital decisively into AI infrastructure including Stargate and ARM. The fourth quarter operating performance reflects mark-to-market timing on Vision Fund holdings - long-term AI thesis is intact." - Sentiment shift: neutral DATA SOURCES - FMP (financialmodelingprep.com) - SoftBank Group FY 2026 Press Release (2026-05-13) - FY 2026 Earnings Call commentary DISCLAIMER This is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Not financial advice. Charged Alpha does not have a position in SFTBY. Do your own research before any investment decision. #SFTBY #SoftBankGroup #earnings #investing #stocks #ChargedAlpha