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SFTBF SoftBank Group Corp. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates

Other OTC· Semi-Annual dividend· Common Stock · Communication Services / Telecommunications Services

$28.97 ▼ $-1.59(-5.20%) as of Oct 30, 2026 06:20 UTC
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SoftBank Group Corp., an expansive Japanese conglomerate founded in Tokyo in 1981, boasts a globally diversified business portfolio. Historically, its core operations have revolved around providing telecommunication services, both within Japan and on an international scale, covering mobile, broadband, and fixed-line communications, as well as the retail of mobile devices. The company's vast range of activities is organized into five key segments: Investment Business of Holding Companies, SoftBank Vision Funds, SoftBank, Arm, and Latin America Funds. Beyond its foundational telecom offerings, SoftBank has ventured into numerous other sectors. These encompass digital services such as internet advertising, online ad distribution, e-book services, and the development and management of fashion e-commerce platforms, including ZOZOTOWN. The group is also involved in designing mobile robots and operating a mail-order stationery business. Through its subsidiary Arm, SoftBank is a major player in designing microprocessor intellectual property and related technologies, alongside selling specialized software tools. In the energy sector, it focuses on generating, supplying, and selling electricity from renewable sources, complemented by associated services. Financially, the company manages alternative investments and various funds, offers smartphone payment and banking services, facilitates PC software downloads, and provides solutions for online businesses. Furthermore, SoftBank distributes a wide array of video, voice, and data content, manufactures and distributes IT products, and delivers comprehensive IT-related services. Uniquely, the group also owns and operates a professional baseball team, manages sports facilities including a stadium, and runs ITmedia, an IT information website. The company transitioned from its previous name, SoftBank Corp., to SoftBank Group Corp. in July 2015.

Dividend Snapshot

StatusRecently Increased
Last Dividend$0.0350
Forward Annual$0.07From the $0.0350 dividend declared May 13, 2026
FrequencySemi-Annual
Last Ex-DateSep 30, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
1-Yr Growth-1.2%Annual totals, 2024–2025
10-Yr Growth5.9%Annual totals, 2015–2025

Research Scores

Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.

Dividend Safety Score

32/100

Weak indicators

Complete data

Dividend Growth Score

45/100

Moderate growth record

Most data available

Dividend Value Score

Not Rated

only 40% of the inputs available (60% needed)

DividendRank

41/100

Middle of the scale

Partial data

How the Dividend Safety Score is built for SFTBF
InputValuePointsWeight
Earnings payout ratioEarnings payout ratio 1% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 100 20%
FCF payout ratioFree cash flow negative (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 0 25%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / EBITDA 41.6x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 0 15%
Interest coverageInterest coverage -0.5x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 0 10%
Dividend record31 years of uninterrupted regular payments; last cut Sep 29, 2022 (-22.6%), within 10 years: capped at 50 50 20%
Earnings stabilityNet income positive in 2 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2022–FY2026) 15 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

How the Dividend Growth Score is built for SFTBF
InputValuePointsWeight
5-year dividend growth5-year dividend CAGR -6.4% (2020–2025) 0 25%
Consecutive annual increases0 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) 10 20%
Payout headroomHeadroom from the earnings payout ratio 1% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) 100 20%
Earnings per share growth (3 years)N/A (not used) N/A 15%
Revenue growth (3 years)Revenue CAGR 6.1% (FY2023–FY2026) 88 10%
10-year dividend growth10-year dividend CAGR 5.9% (2015–2025) 77 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

Key Metrics

Current Yield

0.24%

At the Oct 30, 2026 price

The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.

Annualized Dividend

$0.0696

Declared May 13, 2026

The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.

Frequency

S Semi-Annual

How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.

RSI (14)

37

As of Oct 30, 2026

Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.

52-Week Range

$21.55 – $57.67

Closes through Oct 23, 2026

The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.

Payout Ratio (TTM)

1.27%

12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q1 FY2027)

The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.

Years Paying

32

How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.

Price / Book (TTM)

1.34

Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value

Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.

S.A.F.E. Dividend Read

S.A.F.E. is a set of four checks on a dividend's record and the company's data, the same test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: a Dividend Safety Score of 70+ and a yield of 2%+. Accelerating: at least three consecutive completed calendar years of higher total regular dividends. Flawless: since 1990, no calendar year whose total regular dividend fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension. Enduring: at least 20 years between the first and latest dividend in our records. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Below the Solid check (Dividend Safety Score 70+ and yield 2%+): Dividend Safety Score 32/100, yield 0.24%.
A Accelerating
Dividend growth has stalled — 0 consecutive annual increase(s), under the 3 this check looks for.
F Flawless
A calendar year's regular dividend total fell more than 20% below the year before.
E Enduring
32 years of dividend payments on record.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeOther OTCThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume2,400Oct 23, 2026 sessionHow many shares changed hands in the trading session dated beside this figure, a rough read on trading activity. Daily bars are refreshed on a slower cycle than the quoted price, so this session can be older than the price above.
Open$27.00Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe price at the start of the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Day Range$27.00 – $27.94Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe lowest and highest price during the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Prev Close$26.90Close of Oct 22, 2026The closing price from the session before the one dated beside these figures.
Market Cap$165.10BAs of Oct 30, 2026The company's total market value (share price times shares outstanding) on the date shown.
Shares Out5.70BImplied by market cap, Oct 30, 2026Shares outstanding implied by the market cap and share price on the date shown.
EPS (TTM)JPY 863.8712 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q1 FY2027); reported in JPYEarnings per share over the trailing twelve months (TTM), labeled with the end date of the latest reported quarter and shown in the company's reporting currency. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/E (TTM)5.0Price as of Oct 25, 2026; earnings to Jun 30, 2026Price-to-earnings ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by trailing-twelve-month earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Last Ex-DateSep 30, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
Next Ex-DateN/ANone declared yetThe ex-dividend date of the next payment the company has declared, or that is scheduled when no declaration is on file. Future dates our data provider only projects are not shown.

Dividend Growth

3-Yr Growth (CAGR)-3.9%Annual totals, 2022–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
5-Yr Growth (CAGR)-6.4%Annual totals, 2020–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
Consecutive Increases0 yrsAnnual totals through 2025The number of consecutive years the dividend has increased.

How often a record like this ends in a cut

Years the payout rose12Since Mar 1995
Rank among payers932of 2,430 with a record
Years it fell over 20%1in 28 comparable years
Of peers with 10 to 24 up years75%also cut at some point

SFTBF has raised its annual dividend in 12 separate years since March 1995, which ranks 932 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. In 1 year the annual total fell by more than a fifth.

Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 277 of 1078 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.

Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.

Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)

SFTBF's dividend yield rose from 0.21% to 0.24% over the past ~90 days (+0.03 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.03 pp from the share price ($33.00 on Aug 03, 2026 → $28.97 on Oct 30, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current0.24%
1-Yr Average0.21%
Low / High0.10% – 0.33%
Percentile73%

Across 271 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), SFTBF's current yield is higher than approximately 73% of them. Our stored price history for SFTBF covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.

Adjusted Price History

Dividend History

Dividend Payment History

Ex-dividend calendar →
Amount Type Declared Ex-Date Record Pay
$0.0350 S Regular May 13, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 N/A
$0.0346 S Regular N/A Sep 29, 2026 Sep 30, 2026 Sep 29, 2026
$0.0346 S Regular May 13, 2025 Mar 31, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Jun 25, 2026
$0.1487 S Regular May 13, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Dec 02, 2025
$0.1468 S Regular May 13, 2024 Mar 31, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Jun 30, 2025
$0.1536 S Regular May 13, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Dec 03, 2024
$0.1454 S Regular May 11, 2023 Mar 28, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Jun 24, 2024
$0.1472 S Regular May 11, 2023 Sep 28, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Dec 08, 2023
$0.1658 S Regular May 12, 2022 Mar 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Jun 22, 2023
$0.1523 S Regular May 12, 2022 Sep 29, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Dec 09, 2022
$0.1804 S Regular May 12, 2021 Mar 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Jun 27, 2022
$0.1967 S Regular May 12, 2021 Sep 29, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Dec 08, 2021
$0.1997 S Regular May 18, 2020 Mar 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Jun 24, 2021
$0.2082 S Regular May 18, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Dec 14, 2020
$0.2036 S Regular May 09, 2019 Mar 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Jun 26, 2020
$0.2036 S Regular May 09, 2019 Sep 27, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Dec 09, 2019
$0.1993 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Jun 20, 2019
$0.1948 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Dec 10, 2018
$0.2070 S Regular N/A Mar 28, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Jun 21, 2018
$0.1951 S Regular N/A Sep 27, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Dec 11, 2017
$0.1981 S Regular N/A Mar 29, 2017 Mar 31, 2017 Jun 22, 2017
$0.2187 S Regular N/A Sep 28, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 Dec 12, 2016
$0.1853 S Regular N/A Mar 29, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 Jun 23, 2016
$0.1669 S Regular N/A Sep 28, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Dec 14, 2015
$0.1678 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2015 Mar 31, 2015 Jun 22, 2015
$0.1830 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2014 Sep 30, 2014 Dec 15, 2014
$0.1958 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2014 Mar 31, 2014 Jun 23, 2014
$0.2021 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2013 Sep 30, 2013 Dec 16, 2013
$0.2119 S Regular N/A Mar 27, 2013 Mar 31, 2013 Jun 24, 2013
$0.2571 S Regular N/A Sep 26, 2012 Sep 30, 2012 Dec 14, 2012
$0.4834 A Special N/A Mar 28, 2012 Mar 31, 2012 Jun 25, 2012
$0.0607 A Regular N/A Mar 29, 2011 Mar 31, 2011 Jun 27, 2011
$0.0540 A Regular N/A Mar 29, 2010 Mar 31, 2010 Jun 28, 2010
$0.0253 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 2009 Mar 31, 2009 Jun 25, 2009
$0.0253 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 2008 Mar 31, 2008 Jun 26, 2008
$0.0212 A Regular N/A Mar 27, 2007 Mar 31, 2007 Jun 25, 2007
$0.0214 A Regular N/A Mar 28, 2006 Mar 31, 2006 Jun 26, 2006
$0.0654 A Regular N/A Mar 28, 2005 Mar 31, 2005 Jun 23, 2005
$0.0659 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 2004 Mar 31, 2004 Jun 25, 2004
$0.0583 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 2003 Mar 31, 2003 Jun 25, 2003
$0.0525 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 2002 Mar 31, 2002 Jun 24, 2002
$0.0570 A Regular N/A Mar 27, 2001 Mar 31, 2001 Jun 22, 2001
$0.1874 A Regular N/A Mar 28, 2000 Mar 31, 2000 Jun 23, 2000
$20.0000 A Special N/A Mar 26, 1999 Mar 31, 1999 Jun 23, 1999
$40.0000 A Special N/A Mar 26, 1998 Mar 31, 1998 Jun 22, 1998
$20.0000 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 1997 Mar 31, 1997 Jun 25, 1997
$15.0000 A Regular N/A Mar 26, 1996 Mar 31, 1996 Jun 27, 1996
$15.0000 A Regular N/A Mar 28, 1995 Mar 31, 1995 Jun 30, 1995

1 future payment listed by our data provider without a declaration is a projection, so it is not listed here or shown as a last or next dividend.

Peer Comparison

Selected Telecommunications Services dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
CMCSA Comcast Corporation 5.93% 7.6% 16 yrs 92
TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. 3.18% N/A 1 yr 77
ATNI ATN International, Inc. 4.48% 9.4% 4 yrs 77
KDDIF KDDI Corporation 2.67% 6.5% 1 yr 74

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SFTBF dividend — frequently asked questions

Does SoftBank Group Corp. pay a dividend?

Yes. SoftBank Group Corp. (SFTBF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.07 per share, a yield of approximately 0.24%.

What is SoftBank Group Corp.'s dividend yield?

SoftBank Group Corp.'s dividend yield is approximately 0.24%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does SoftBank Group Corp. pay dividends?

SoftBank Group Corp. pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.

How long has SoftBank Group Corp. paid dividends?

SoftBank Group Corp. has 32 years of dividend payments on record.

Data updated Oct 30, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.