SOBKY (SoftBank) Short Interest

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SOBKY SoftBank Corp SOBKY
73 GF Score
Price $14.35
GF Value $14.18
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 8 Warning Signs
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What is SoftBank Short Interest?

Short Interest can be expressed as a percentage by dividing the number of shares sold short by the total number of outstanding shares.

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SOBKY vs VZ, TMUS, T: Short Interest Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, SoftBank's Short Interest, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Interest data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

SoftBank Short Interest vs Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, SoftBank's Short Interest distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SoftBank's Short Interest falls into.


SOBKY
73GF Score
SoftBank Corp SOBKY
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Is SoftBank (SOBKY) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, SoftBank stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $14.35 is trading 1.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of $14.18. GuruFocus considers SoftBank to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for SOBKY:

  • Short Interest:
  • GF Value™: $14.18 vs. price of $14.35 (1.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 73/100 with 8 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the SOBKY stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

SoftBank Business Description

Address 1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-7529
SoftBank is an established, telecommunications services provider in Japan owning a mobile network with around 50 million mobile customers and 24% market share. It also provides some fixed line services, which are mostly resold so are low margin. The company also owns 32.4% of LY Corp, and SoftBank and LY Corp each own 32% of PayPay so SoftBank consolidates PayPay. SoftBank Group sold 33.5% of SoftBank Corp in an IPO in 2018 and has since sold down further to a 40% holding.
73GF Score

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$14.35
Price
$14.18
GF Value