Cloud Surge Amid AI Boom: Oracle's latest quarterly results showcased robust cloud revenue growth exceeding 30 percent, fueled by surging demand for AI infrastructure. Remaining performance obligations hit a record $523 billion, signaling strong future bookings. Social media discussions praise the company's positioning in the AI race despite execution risks.
Capex and Debt Pressures Mount: Heavy capital spending projections near $50 billion have raised alarms over cash burn and negative free cash flow. Plans to raise up to $50 billion through debt and equity offerings intensified fears of shareholder dilution. Traders on social media highlight escalating short interest and credit default swap spreads as signs of deepening investor unease.
Stock Volatility Reflects Divide: Shares have shed significant value amid the financing overhang, with some calling into question returns on AI investments. Analysts remain split, with bulls eyeing long-term OCI scaling and bears fixated on OpenAI exposure risks. Social media sentiment captures this tension, blending optimism on growth with caution over financial strain.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
Oracle Insider Trading Activity
Oracle insiders have traded $ORCL stock on the open market 18 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 18 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ORCL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CLAYTON M. MAGOUYRK (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 81,241 shares for an estimated $20,853,842.
- MICHAEL D. SICILIA (President, Industries) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 50,168 shares for an estimated $15,988,553.
- JEFFREY BERG has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 49,365 shares for an estimated $13,971,266.
- DOUGLAS A KEHRING (EVP, Principal Financial Offcr) sold 35,000 shares for an estimated $6,821,149
- STUART LEVEY (EVP, Chief Legal Officer) sold 19,758 shares for an estimated $5,927,400
- WILLIAM G PARRETT sold 11,500 shares for an estimated $3,519,000
- MARK HURA (Pres., Global Field Operations) sold 15,000 shares for an estimated $2,953,314
- MARIA SMITH (EVP, Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $2,803,122.
- NAOMI O SELIGMAN has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 4,445 shares for an estimated $1,079,022.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
Oracle Revenue
Oracle had revenues of $16.1B in Q2 2026. This is an increase of 14.22% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track ORCL financials on Quiver Quantitative's ORCL stock page.
Oracle Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $ORCL stock 16 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 7 have been purchases and 9 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ORCL stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 5 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 01/30, 11/18, 10/17 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 12/24, 12/19.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 10/30 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 10/31, 10/30.
- SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE sold up to $50,000 on 10/07.
- REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $200,000 on 09/23, 09/18, 09/17 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $65,000 on 09/15, 09/12.
- SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN sold up to $15,000 on 09/12.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
Oracle Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,633 institutional investors add shares of Oracle stock to their portfolio, and 2,098 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 35,884,353 shares (-72.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $6,994,219,243
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 8,349,915 shares (-16.8%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,627,481,932
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 8,132,507 shares (+5.8%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,585,106,939
- CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS added 6,826,299 shares (+29.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,330,513,938
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 5,841,584 shares (+3.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,138,583,137
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 5,269,003 shares (-76.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,026,981,374
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP removed 4,650,737 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $906,475,148
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
Oracle Government Contracts
We have seen $1,103,562,755 of award payments to $ORCL over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- EHRM WAVES K, L, M (VISN 23) AND N, O (VISN 15) DEPLOYMENTS: $345,933,136
- IGF::OT::IGF TASK ORDER 36C10B18N0003 UNDER IDIQ CONTRACT 36C10B18D5000 FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES...: $217,811,814
- FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE CONTRACTORS CORPORATE NAME CHANGE FROM CERNER GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC. TO ORACLE HEA...: $130,086,982
- EHRM OPERATIONS: $112,624,045
- EHRM LICENSES AND FEES: $97,806,309
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
Oracle Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ORCL in the last several months. We have seen 20 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/03/2026
- Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 01/05/2026
- Bernstein issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/11/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 12/11/2025
- BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/11/2025
- Deutsche Bank issued a "Buy" rating on 11/26/2025
- Baird issued a "Outperform" rating on 11/18/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for Oracle, check out Quiver Quantitative's $ORCL forecast page.
Oracle Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $ORCL recently. We have seen 31 analysts offer price targets for $ORCL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $315.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Gil Luria from DA Davidson set a target price of $180.0 on 02/09/2026
- Patrick Walravens from Citizens set a target price of $285.0 on 02/05/2026
- Hannah Rudoff from Piper Sandler set a target price of $240.0 on 02/03/2026
- Patrick Colville from Scotiabank set a target price of $220.0 on 02/03/2026
- Keith Weiss from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $213.0 on 01/23/2026
- Rishi Jaluria from RBC Capital set a target price of $195.0 on 01/05/2026
- Brent Thill from Jefferies set a target price of $400.0 on 01/05/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
