Oracle Corporation reported increased revenue of 21% year-over-year (YOY) for its fiscal fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough to please stockholders.
Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL, XETRA:ORC) shares fell around 12% on Thursday after quarterly results drew investor scrutiny over the company's aggressive capital spending plans, even as a record backlog and strong cloud infrastructure growth pointed to durable demand for its AI buildout. The stock dropped despite beats on revenue and earnings.
While Oracle's cloud-infrastructure business is growing rapidly, a massive $95 billion spending plan and a physical bottleneck in data-center deliveries are giving investors pause.
Earlier this month, Oracle's shares were at 2026 highs. But they've dropped more recently as tech shares have retreated—and the company's latest results aren't helping.
Wall Street may be turning on AI, as Oracle ( NYSE :ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction ) has lost a fifth of its value in just the past five days.
Oracle's stock headed for its worst day since January 2025 despite an earnings and revenue beat. The company said it plans to raise $40 billion through debt and equity financing, including a $20 billion share sale it announced earlier.
Oracle shares tumbled 12% on Thursday as surging spending and a ballooning debt load fanned investor concerns about the cash burn in the company's push to build out AI infrastructure.
ORCL's fiscal Q4 beat is powered by surging cloud demand, with AI-driven infrastructure growth accelerating and pushing revenues up 21% year over year.
Oracle Corporation reported Q4 results and outlook after the bell on Wednesday, surprising markets by overspending in CapEx for FY26 and guiding for more in FY27. Management maintained a $90B FY27 revenue outlook and raised adjusted EPS guidance, but forecast $90B in CapEx for FY27, while Wall Street was looking for $61.7B. ORCL shares are trading down as much as 10% in pre-market as investor uneasiness around higher potential spend in FY27 mounts, and RPO remains uncomfortably reliant on OpenAI.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction) just turned in the quarter that finally validates the AI infrastructure thesis.
ORCL leans into AI with $67B in infrastructure contracts and guides for a 34% y/y revenue jump in FY27.
Shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction) are down 10% to $182.25 in early trading Thursday, following the company's Q4 FY2026 earnings report released after the bell Wednesday.