SoftBank Group posts $2.87 billion net profit in Q1
The result compares with a net loss of 174.3 billion yen for the same period a year earlier and the 127.6 billion yen average profit from three analyst estimates compiled by LSEG.
($1 = 147.1100 yen)
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