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LY Corporation

4689

ＬＩＮＥヤフー株式会社

FIGI BBG000BV9DT94689.T4689 JPCorp. no. 4010401039979

Latest half-year results

First half · fiscal year to 2026-03 · filed 2025-11-10

For the first half of the fiscal year to 2026-03: Revenue ¥995.4 billion (+7.6% YoY), Net income ¥138.3 billion (+58.5% YoY).

	This period	Year on year
Revenue	¥995.4bn	+7.6%
Net profit to owners	¥138.3bn	+58.5%

From the securities report on EDINET, which states no forecast. History via /v1/companies/4689/earnings-releases.

Financials

IFRS · consolidated · fiscal year to 2026-03-31

Revenue: ¥2.0tn
Net income: ¥193.7bn
ROE: 6.5%
Equity ratio: 26.8%
Dividend / share: ¥7.3
Employees: 29,863

Revenue · ¥tn

Net income · ¥bn

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Total assets	Net assets	ROE	EPS	Operating CF
2026-03-31	¥2.0tn	¥0.2tn	¥11.2tn	¥3.0tn	6.5%	¥27.97	¥0.7tn
2025-03-31	¥1.9tn	¥0.2tn	¥9.2tn	¥3.0tn	5.1%	¥21	¥0.5tn
2024-03-31	¥1.8tn	¥0.1tn	¥9.0tn	¥3.0tn	3.8%	¥15.1	¥0.3tn
2023-03-31	¥1.7tn	¥0.2tn	¥8.6tn	¥2.9tn	6.4%	¥23.87	¥0.1tn
2022-03-31	¥1.6tn	¥0.1tn	¥7.1tn	¥2.7tn	2.9%	¥10.2	¥0.3tn

Indicators

Computed by us from filings · fiscal year to 2026-03-31

Metric	Value	Percentile among listed companies
ROE, %	6.5	35.5
Ordinary margin	—	—
Equity ratio, %	26.8	11.7
Revenue growth	0.062	56.1
Net income growth	0.2621	61.8
Operating cash flow / assets	0.0592	46.4

Policy-uncertainty measure0.00 Share of the report's text discussing policy-related uncertainty, by policy area. Proprietary text method.

Ownership activity 0 filer(s) stated they may make proposals in 365 days; 0 new 5% holder(s) in 180 days; net stake change 0.00pt in 90 days; 0.0% held by other listed companies.

Results wording balance: +1.00. Proprietary text method; it describes the wording only and does not interpret context.

Interest example: if all ¥2.0tn of reported debt repriced by 50 basis points, a year's interest would rise by ¥9.8bn, 1.5% of operating cash flow. Our arithmetic only, not a forecast: fixed-rate debt and hedges are ignored.

Via /v1/companies/4689/indicators. Descriptive figures, not a rating and not investment advice.

From other filings

As the company states them

Bond ratings stated in filings: R&I A+ (2026-07-17, 第28回無担保社債); JCR AA- (2026-07-17, 第28回無担保社債). One bond's rating on that date, as the company stated it; it may have changed. The agencies' opinions, not ours. /v1/companies/4689/credit-ratings

Internal control, 2026-06-18: see filing 上記の評価の結果、当連結会計年度末日時点において、当社の財務報告に係る内部統制は有効であると判断しました。 Filing

Segments, votes and tender offers

Stated in EDINET filings

Segments: Media Business, Commerce, Stragegy, Other. /v1/companies/4689/segments

Latest voting result: 2026-06-19 · 取締役(監査等委員である取締役を除く。)3名選任の件 · passed. /v1/companies/4689/voting

Latest tender-offer filing: 2025-06-05 · result · LINEヤフー株式会社. /v1/companies/4689/tender-offers

Ownership changes

All companies →

2025-07-07

Decrease−2.47pt

SoftBank Corp. reduced holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 59.97% from 62.44%.

S100W885Filer profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2025-05-14

Increase+3.95pt

SoftBank Corp. raised holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 62.44% from 58.49%.

S100VP17Filer profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2024-10-04

Decrease−5.06pt

SoftBank Corp. reduced holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 58.49% from 63.55%.

S100UFWBFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2024-08-09

Decrease−0.04pt

SoftBank Corp. reduced holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 63.55% from 63.59%.

S100U60YFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2023-07-10

Amendment0.00pt

SoftBank Corp. filed a correction to a 5% report on LY Corporation (4689).

S100RCYEFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2022-11-18

Decrease−0.31pt

SoftBank Corp. reduced holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 63.59% from 63.90%.

S100PK6IFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2022-02-28

Increase+0.50pt

SoftBank Corp. raised holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 63.90% from 63.40%.

S100NJUTFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2022-02-14

Decrease−1.34pt

SoftBank Corp. reduced holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 63.40% from 64.74%.

S100N9C7Filer profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)
2021-12-16

Decrease−0.01pt

SoftBank Corp. reduced holdings in LY Corporation (4689) to 64.74% from 64.75%.

S100N0RDFiler profile Original filing (PDF, Japanese)

Trades by 5% holders

From the 60-day trade tables in 5% reports

Bought SoldHover a dot for the trade

Holder	Period	Net shares	Net % of shares	Avg. filed price	Range
Aホールディングス株式会社	2022-02-04 – 2025-06-30	-665,074,870	−8.86pt	¥468.84	¥388–663
ソフトバンク株式会社	2022-02-18 – 2023-07-03	0	0.00pt	—	—

Net shares and the average are our calculations. Prices are filed prices as stated by the filer, mostly for off-market trades; they are not market prices. Stock lending, custody transfers and option exercises are excluded from net shares. Every row via /v1/companies/4689/trades.

5% filings

Large shareholding reports on 4689

Filed	Filer	Stake	Change	Stated purpose
2025-07-07	SoftBank Corp.	59.97%	−2.47pt	collateral strategic holding
2025-06-11	SoftBank Corp.	62.44%	0.00pt	collateral strategic holding
2025-05-14	SoftBank Corp.	62.44%	+3.95pt	collateral strategic holding
2024-10-04	SoftBank Corp.	58.49%	−5.06pt	collateral strategic holding
2024-09-09	SoftBank Corp.	63.55%	0.00pt	collateral strategic holding
2024-08-09	SoftBank Corp.	63.55%	−0.04pt	collateral strategic holding
2023-07-10	SoftBank Corp.	63.59%	0.00pt	collateral strategic holding
2023-07-07	SoftBank Corp.	63.59%	0.00pt	collateral strategic holding
2023-04-07	SoftBank Corp.	63.59%	0.00pt	collateral strategic holding
2022-11-18	SoftBank Corp.	63.59%	−0.31pt	collateral strategic holding

Cross-shareholdings

From the annual report's status of shareholdings

Listed strategic holdings: 4 issues
Book value: ¥2.9bn
Sold in the year: ¥499m 1 issues
Bought in the year: — — issues
Mutual, both reports: 0
Held by listed cos.: 1

Holds	Book value	Shares vs. prior year	Mutual
creo co.,ltd. 9698	¥1,321m	0.0%	no
Fabrica Holdings Co., Ltd. 4193	¥1,289m	-28.3%	no
BroadBand Tower, Inc. 3776	¥263m	0.0%	no
Retty Inc. 7356	¥61m	0.0%	no

Held by: SMN Corporation 6185

Purposes, all holdings and mutual flags via /v1/companies/4689/cross-holdings. Share changes include stock splits.

Major shareholders

As of fiscal year end 2026-03-31

Shareholder	Shares	Ratio
Aホールディングス㈱	4,291,576,205	62.40%
日本マスタートラスト信託銀行㈱(信託口)	448,151,300	6.50%
㈱日本カストディ銀行(信託口)	147,740,500	2.10%
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. LONDONSECS LENDING OMNIBUS ACCOUNT	89,386,072	1.30%
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001	72,593,924	1.10%
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505103	66,322,623	1.00%
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223	51,786,772	0.80%
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. LONDON	40,554,256	0.60%
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781	38,082,587	0.60%
JPモルガン証券㈱	32,196,886	0.50%

U.S. funds holding 4689

SEC Form N-PORT, reports to 2026-07-31

268 U.S. funds held 452,279,064 shares worth $1.23bn.

Fund	Shares	Value	% of fund	As of
MFS International Equity Fund MFS Series Trust XVII	79,107,300	$211.6m	0.733%	2026-06-30
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEX FUND VANGUARD STAR FUNDS	37,621,387	$104.8m	0.016%	2026-07-31
MFS International Growth Fund MFS SERIES TRUST X	33,394,100	$87.5m	0.379%	2026-05-31
VANGUARD DEVELOPED MARKETS INDEX FUND VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDS	25,073,610	$66.7m	0.021%	2026-06-30
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF iShares Trust	18,853,400	$52.5m	0.028%	2026-07-31

Up to 25 funds per stock via the API.

Get this as JSON

GET /v1/companies/4689
GET /v1/companies/4689/financials
GET /v1/companies/4689/details
GET /v1/companies/4689/segments
GET /v1/companies/4689/voting
GET /v1/companies/4689/tender-offers
GET /v1/companies/4689/indicators
GET /v1/companies/4689/earnings-releases
GET /v1/events?ticker=4689
GET /v1/companies/4689/trades         
GET /v1/companies/4689/cross-holdings 
GET /v1/companies/4689/brief

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