Oracle Corp. reported strong growth in cloud services, with adjusted operating margin and aEBITDA margin expanding to 44% and 55%, respectively. Oracle executing exceptionally well in building out their large, modular, and scalable AI factories as they attempt to keep pace with customer demand. Oracle disclosed a deal with OpenAI to build 4 new data centers to cater to training neural networks. I believe that these will likely use Nvidia's new Blackwell GPUs.
With OpenAI and other AI deals providing a boost to future growth, the market looks largely willing to overlook the fact Oracle's earnings actually missed expectations.
Against a dim backdrop for software stocks this year, Oracle Corp. has beaten the pack, and many analysts say the company's latest results show why that trend could persist.
Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped in premarket trading Wednesday after the enterprise software giant announced cloud infrastructure deals with Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) and Chat GPT owner Open AI that outweighed quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Oracle shares jumped nearly 9% on Wednesday as investors cheered a boom in demand for the company's relatively low-cost cloud infrastructure services from artificial intelligence applications.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said the company was using Nvidia chips in a deal to provide additional AI training capacity for ChatGPT-developer OpenAl.
With U.S. stock futures trading higher this morning on Wednesday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:
After Oracle (ORCL) reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed estimates and announced large cloud infrastructure deals with Microsoft (MSFT), OpenAI, and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google Cloud, company executives joined the company's earnings call Tuesday to discuss the new partnerships, how artificial intelligence (AI) could drive growth for Oracle, and more.
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call June 11, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Ken Bond - SVP, IR Larry Ellison - Chairman and CTO Safra Catz - CEO Conference Call Participants Raimo Lenschow - Barclays Brad Zelnick - Deutsche Bank Siti Panigrahi - Mizuho Securities Alex Zukin - Wolfe Research Kirk Materne - Evercore ISI John DiFucci - Guggenheim Securities Operator Thank you. Good day, everyone, and welcome to Oracle's Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Call.
The headline numbers for Oracle (ORCL) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended May 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Oracle (ORCL) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.63 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.64 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.67 per share a year ago.
Oracle (ORCL) reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed analysts' estimates, but announced large cloud infrastructure deals with Microsoft (MSFT), OpenAI, and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google Cloud for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, sending Oracle shares up over 9% in extended trading Tuesday.