SFTBY SoftBank Corp.

$SFTBY $QQQ SoftBank nearly collapsed in 2001 (dot-com) and 2020 (WeWork + Vision Fund). Looks like Masa Son is trying to do a 3-peat. Third time’s a charm?

$SFTBY $ARM SoftBank is not really a mysterious Japanese conglomerate. At today's valuations it is essentially: ~¥44T ARM ~¥17–18T OpenAI ~¥1.6T Intel ~¥4T SoftBank Corp. ~¥15T everything else ~¥82T less debt. Lets use 14T as a End Sep estimate ~¥68T And the shares are currently worth only about ¥36T in Tokyo (6,310 × ~5.7B shares) (approx $40. SFTBY = 1/2 a share). The October 2 close was ¥6,310. Yahoo Finance So yes — the NAV discount is real and very large, but the market is also being asked to trust two enormous marks: ARM at ~$328B and OpenAI at ~$852B. 68T assts for 36T seems a very good discount to get exposure to openAI

$SFTBY $SFTBF: SoftBank Group is considering acquiring Allied Universal in a deal that could value the U.S. security company at about $18B, Reuters reports, citing Bloomberg. Allied provides security services for businesses, major events and data centers. The potential acquisition would support SoftBank’s growing AI and robotics ambitions, with plans reportedly to eventually replace some security workers with robots. Talks remain preliminary. No final decision or price has been agreed, and SoftBank declined to comment. For investors, this signals SoftBank’s push to expand AI beyond software and chips into real-world automation. But the deal is NOT confirmed, and execution, financing and integration risks remain. (Source: Reuters)

SoftBank’s five-year credit default swaps (CDS) climbed to 432 basis points, their highest level since November 2022, as concerns mount over debt-funded AI investments and a potential acquisition of security-services provider Allied Universal. Spreads have widened by more than 30 basis points since exceeding 400 a week earlier, reflecting rising financing costs and growing risks across the AI infrastructure sector. Financial difficulties at U.S. cloud provider CoreWeave have intensified scrutiny of the industry’s mounting debt. SoftBank’s CDS spreads are now the highest among major Japanese companies, exceeding Nissan’s by more than 130 basis points. Comparable levels in 2022 coincided with heavy Vision Fund losses and a defensive shift in SoftBank’s investment strategy. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sharon Chen estimates SoftBank will face at least $6 billion in cash outflows during the fiscal year ending March 2027. $SFTBY $CRWV

$SFTBY $ARM Why does Softbank not monetize 20% of its ARM and Intel positions through systematic options strategies and use all net premium proceeds for share repurchases? Seems so obvious.

PickAlpha Morning Report - Company News: 2026.09.24 News - 1/7: SoftBank sells ~$11.1B of bonds ($10B USD senior notes + €1B notes) to fund final $10B OpenAI tranche expected to close Oct. 1; cumulative OpenAI stake ~13% $SFTBY $MSFT $NVDA $QQQ $IGV PickAlpha View: Base case: AI-linked positioning stays supported as capital formation and hardware roadmaps keep attention on platform winners and their ecosystems.

$SFTBY $OPEAZZX.P SoftBank seeks to issue EUR 11B in junk bonds for OpenAI deal, Bloomberg says SoftBank is looking to issue $10B of securities and EUR 1B in debt to fund its OpenAI investment, in what would be one of the biggest junk bond sales yet, Bloomberg's Janice Huang and Harry Suhartono report. SoftBank and its lead banks are sounding out investors on potential pricing for the proposed junk bond offering, with yields that would be records for SoftBank in those specific currencies and tenors if priced at those levels, according to the report. The deal may price on Thursday, sources say.

SoftBank has delayed the planned IPO of SB Energy, its renewable-energy subsidiary, according to The New York Times. SB Energy had been preparing to go public this month and was seeking a valuation of $50 billion or more, but bankers reportedly struggled to secure enough investors at the price range targeted by the company and its advisers. The postponement comes as investor and community concerns grow around the rapid expansion of energy-intensive data centers. SB Energy has proposed developing a massive data-center project in Ohio, positioning the company to benefit from rising electricity demand tied to artificial intelligence. However, growing resistance to large data-center developments, particularly because of their power consumption and impact on local communities, has added uncertainty to the sector. $SFTBY