The Japanese company is scheduled to report results on Tuesday for the three months ended September. A year earlier, net profit was 2.502 trillion yen, boosted by billions of dollars in gains from its investment in OpenAI.

SoftBank shares are down 23% year to date, after gaining 92% in 2025, as enthusiasm for artificial-intelligence-related stocks has waned.

Investors will also assess the Vision Funds business, whose first-quarter profit fell to 5.43 billion yen from 451.39 billion yen a year earlier. Valuation losses at Symbotic, an AI-powered robotic warehouse automation company, and other investments weighed on the result.

SoftBank said in October it had invested a further $10 billion in OpenAI under a previously announced plan, bringing its total investment in the ChatGPT maker to $64.6 billion and its ownership interest to about 13%. Investors are expected to watch for updates on those investments and related initiatives. They may also look for management comment on potential deals: China has blocked SoftBank’s planned $5.4 billion acquisition of ABB’s robotics unit, announced in October 2025, while the company is in early-stage talks to buy Allied Universal from its private-equity backers, The Wall Street Journal has reported.