Oracle Corporation ORCL
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Oracle Corporation is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Infrastructure), with a market value of $431.4B, based in the USA.
It employs about 141,000 people and has been listed since Mar 12, 1986.
Oracle Corporation offers products and services that build, run and support enterprise information technology frameworks worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering includes various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning ERP, Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management EPM, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management SCM, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management HCM, and NetSuite applications suite, Oracle Health applications, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing. The company also offers cloud-based industry solutions for various industries; Oracle cloud license and on-premise license; and Oracle license support services.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 22.3 versus 24.5 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 30% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 17.8 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 237.97, 67% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 14% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- • Net debt is 1.8× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.7) — big daily moves both ways.
- • The stock is 55% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 25 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (35 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 30% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.4% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 3.8% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
This week's news
- Oracle’s Nuclear Power Deal Signals That Energy Is the New Compute Bottleneck finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- Is Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Still a Buy After Its 180% Plus Rally? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-04
- Snowflake (SNOW) Is Up 50%—Is the Stock Still a Buy? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Insider trades: Oracle, Alibaba among notable names seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-03
- Larry Ellison Risk Exposed by Paramount and Oracle Debt Binges finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Why Is NetApp (NTAP) Stock Rocketing Higher Today finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.