TOKYO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group

recorded a net profit of 2.5 trillion yen ($16.6

billion) for the July-September quarter, it said on Tuesday.

The result compares with the 207 billion yen ($1.37 billion)

average net profit for the quarter estimated by three analysts,

according to LSEG data, and with a gain of 1.18 trillion yen

over the same period the previous year.

($1 = 150.7800 yen)