Oracle Corporation has likely bottomed, with Q3 FY26 earnings beating expectations and forward growth estimates being revised higher. Plus, hyperscaler earnings last week validated the AI capex story. ORCL addressed key investor concerns about the funding feasibility of the AI buildout by successfully raising $30B and securing $29B in customer-prepaid contracts, de-risking free cash flows. Record RPO of $553B, accelerating cloud infrastructure growth, and diversified hyperscaler partnerships bolster ORCL's revenue visibility and market positioning.
Oracle's key partner, OpenAI, had some reassuring words for the technology company today. Oracle will burn significant cash before generating cash flow again, according to Wall Street expectations.
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Oracle Corporation is upgraded to strong buy, driven by its transformation into a foundational AI infrastructure utility with a $553B backlog. ORCL's CapEx-heavy strategy is misunderstood; the BYOH model and off-grid power projects enable high-margin, partner-funded growth and rapid multicloud expansion. Key risks include $300B OpenAI backlog concentration, credit market stress, SMCI supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical threats to major data centers.
Oracle (ORCL) reached $163.83 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -1.28% change compared to its last close.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction) shares are trading at $162.90 while the Wall Street consensus price target sits at $243.23, leaving an implied upside of roughly 49% between current levels and analyst expectations.
Oracle's NYSE: ORCL market is disconnected from reality, but starting to catch on. The stock was punished like an emergent tech start-up with no revenue or hope for profits because of its debt, but this isn't a cash-burning research story.
April 28 brought the revelation that OpenAI has failed to meet its own internal targets in terms of accumulating new users and increasing its revenue. Furthermore, the same Wall Street Journal article that broke the news revealed that the firm's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is not certain that the company will be able to afford future contracts.
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Oracle is rated a buy, down from strong buy, reflecting high CapEx needs and updated scoring model adjustments. Q3 revenues grew 22% to $17.2B, with cloud sales up 44% and AI infrastructure revenues surging 243%, but at lower gross margins. ORCL's capital expenditures are flexible; while free cash flow is negative now, CapEx can be adjusted if demand softens.
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OpenAI spokesperson Steve Sharpe called the Journal's report “clickbait” in a statement to Forbes. Sharpe said OpenAI's business is “firing on all cylinders,” adding its consumer strength is starting to show up in revenue and its enterprise business is “in the best place it has ever been.