{"id":1302434,"date":"2025-11-12T09:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1302434"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:33:10","slug":"softbank-sells-entire-stake-in-nvidia-for-5-8-billion-experts-are-baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/softbank-sells-entire-stake-in-nvidia-for-5-8-billion-experts-are-baffled\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank Sells Entire Stake In Nvidia For $5.8 Billion; Experts Are Baffled!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In order to build his own sphere of influence supporting artificial intelligence, SoftBank Group Corp. sold its entire stake in Nvidia Corp., pocketing $5.8 billion ahead of a rash of planned investments by founder Masayoshi Son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Did This Happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has affected the share holding pattern as now the Tokyo-based company had raised its stake in Nvidia to about $3 billion by the end of March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears that this stake and a windfall at the Vision Fund startup investment unit helped SoftBank report a surprise net income of \u00a52.5 trillion ($16.2 billion) in its fiscal second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is quite a hike as it is far outrunning the average of analyst estimates of \u00a5418.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime,  SoftBank<\/a> announced a 4-for-1 stock split that will take place January 1 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this disinvestment, Son\u2019s company now boasts a portfolio that includes some of the world\u2019s most sought-after names in AI including OpenAI and Oracle Corp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems that those stakes boosted SoftBank\u2019s paper gains and helped drive a 78% surge in its share price over the three months ending in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note here that this is so far its best such performance since the December quarter of 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking To Capitalize On Booming Investment in AI and Chips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this regard, the Citigroup analyst Keiichi Yoneshima wrote that \u201cthey have raised their forecasts as the number of bets from which SoftBank is successfully recouping its investment has increased,\u201d in a note ahead of the earnings release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving ahead, the analyst set his target price for SoftBank\u2019s stock at \u00a527,100, linking his calculations with OpenAI\u2019s valuation and assuming a future valuation range of $500 billion to $1 trillion for the ChatGPT operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this move, Son is aggressively looking to capitalize on booming investment in AI and chips, even as he scales back other investments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears that the SoftBank founder\u2019s ambition has fueled initiatives considering the Stargate data center rollout and a planned $30 billion investment in OpenAI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides this, they are also courting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and others about taking part in a $1 trillion AI manufacturing hub in Arizona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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