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Japanese mobile network carrier (distinct from parent SoftBank Group), also offering broadband, PayPay digital payments and enterprise IT/AI services.
Japanese mobile network carrier (distinct from parent SoftBank Group), also offering broadband, PayPay digital payments and enterprise IT/AI services.
Earns monthly fees from mobile and broadband subscribers, sold under several price brands, with payments through PayPay and enterprise IT as the additions. It is a separately listed subsidiary of SoftBank Group, which remains the largest shareholder, and is the steady cash earner of the group.
In one line: A Japanese Verizon/T-Mobile with a PayPal-like payments arm.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, installed base, network effects). Licensed spectrum and network infrastructure plus PayPay's dominant mobile-payment user base in Japan.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1986 · Employees: 58,432
Size Softbank (9434.T) is a Japan Communication Services company (Wireless Telecommunications) with a market value of $71.3B, the 19th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥235 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.1%, against -4.6% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 13 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.0%); the operating margin is 14.2% (peer median 21.7%).
Valuation It trades at 18.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.1× (4th most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.9 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Credit Softbank has 3 bonds outstanding ($1.84B), rated BBB by the agencies and trading like BBB- at a weighted spread of 144 bp.
Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥7.19T | ¥7.04T | ¥6.54T | ¥6.08T | ¥5.91T |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +8% | +3% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥3.45T | ¥3.38T | ¥3.16T | ¥2.93T | ¥2.72T |
| EBITDA | ¥1.82T | ¥1.79T | ¥1.71T | ¥1.60T | ¥1.52T |
| Net income | ¥546B | ¥541B | ¥520B | ¥489B | ¥531B |
| Free cash flow | ¥780B | ¥896B | ¥621B | ¥686B | ¥547B |
| Capital expenditure | ¥590B | ¥570B | ¥747B | ¥554B | ¥609B |
| Total debt | ¥7.42T | ¥6.48T | ¥5.96T | ¥6.32T | ¥6.13T |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Softbank 9434.T | $71.3B | +6% | +8% | 14% | 18.5× | 3.4% |
| Ntt 9432.T | $86.6B | +5% | +8% | 12% | 12.7× | n/a |
| Kddi 9433.T | $66.4B | +10% | +4% | 18% | 14.2× | -1.4% |
| Rakuten 4755.T | $8.59B | -18% | +11% | 6% | n/a | -2.0% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 9434.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.8% | +1.8% | 5th lowest of 13 |
| 6-month return | +6.1% | -4.6% | 4th highest of 13 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -6.9% | -11.7% | 3rd highest of 13 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.9% | +8.0% | 7th lowest of 14 |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 21.7% | 4th lowest of 14 |
| Forward P/E | 18.5× | 12.1× | 4th most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.4% | -1.4% | 6th most demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.2% | +4.7% | 4th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -2.8 pp | -4.1 pp | 7th most demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.9 pp | +1.5 pp | 5th lowest of 14 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5× | 7.3× | 3rd most expensive of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2× | 2.4× | 6th most indebted of 13 |
| Bond spread | 144 bp | 106 bp | widest of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Softbank 9434.T | Japan | $71.3B | +6% | +8% | 14% | 18.5× | 3.4% | +6.2% |
| Kddi 9433.T | Japan | $66.4B | +10% | +4% | 18% | 14.2× | -1.4% | +2.7% |
| America Movil SAB de CV Sponsored ADR AMX | United States | $78.5B | -5% | +16% | 22% | 13.5× | -7.3% | +4.7% |
| China Telecom 601728.SS | China | $88.5B | +15% | -4% | 6% | 21.8× | -16.6% | +5.9% |
| Orange ORA.PA | France | $45.0B | -19% | +3% | 12% | 9.9× | 4.9% | -0.9% |
| Telstra TLS.AX | Australia | $39.0B | -4% | -1% | 16% | 24.2× | 5.6% | +1.2% |
| Jio Platforms JPL.NS | India | $137B | n/a | +15% | 32% | n/a | 28.0% | +14.6% |
| Bharti Airtel BHARTIARTL.NS | India | $139B | +15% | +20% | 32% | 33.3× | 20.4% | +16.0% |
| Vodafone Group Public VOD.L | United Kingdom | $36.3B | +4% | +11% | 10% | 12.1× | 4.2% | -2.2% |
| AT&T T | United States | $146B | -14% | +4% | 22% | 8.5× | -4.8% | -6.1% |
| T-Mobile US TMUS | United States | $172B | -16% | +9% | 22% | 12.0× | -3.0% | +5.2% |
| Verizon VZ | United States | $189B | -3% | +1% | 24% | 8.8× | -7.2% | +1.5% |
| Rogers Communications RCI-B.TO | Canada | $18.3B | -6% | +8% | 23% | 10.7× | 1.1% | +9.3% |
| Telefonica Brasil SA Sponsored ADR VIV | United States | $18.2B | -27% | +16% | 16% | 10.7× | -3.6% | +5.0% |
Softbank has 3 bonds outstanding with $1.84B face value. The agencies rate it BBB; its bonds trade like BBB-. Weighted yield 4.99%, a spread of 144 bp over government bonds.