Oracle slides as OpenAI growth worries trigger broader AI-infrastructure pullback

Oracle Corporation (ORCL) is down 3.8% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: ORCL appears to be falling mainly on renewed concerns about OpenAI’s growth and spending capacity, which can ripple into expectations for AI data-center demand tied to Oracle’s cloud infrastructure. The move also fits a broader risk-off tape for AI-linked stocks alongside higher oil prices and market volatility.

Details:

A report raised internal concerns at OpenAI after it missed targets for new users and revenue, prompting investor scrutiny of whether it can sustain massive data-center spending.

Oracle has been treated by traders as an “OpenAI-adjacent” infrastructure beneficiary, so any perceived slowing at OpenAI can pressure ORCL even without new Oracle-specific disclosures.

AI-related equities broadly weakened in the same session, amplifying the downside move in large-cap tech and infrastructure names.

Rising oil prices and macro headlines added to the risk-off tone, potentially worsening selling in higher-beta AI stocks.

Sources:

Associated Press, Reuters, Forbes

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$ORCL Insider Trading Activity

$ORCL insiders have traded $ORCL stock on the open market 10 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 10 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ORCL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

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
CLAYTON M. MAGOUYRK (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 20,000 shares for an estimated $3,477,470.
MARK HURA (Pres., Global Field Operations) sold 15,000 shares for an estimated $2,953,314
STUART LEVEY (EVP, Chief Legal Officer) sold 15,000 shares for an estimated $2,642,850
NAOMI O SELIGMAN sold 2,223 shares for an estimated $437,064

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$ORCL Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 1,613 institutional investors add shares of $ORCL stock to their portfolio, and 2,034 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

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$ORCL Government Contracts

We have seen $1,312,411,373 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: $499,519,521
IGF::OT::IGF TASK ORDER 36C10B18N0003 UNDER IDIQ CONTRACT 36C10B18D5000 FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES...: $217,811,814
EHRM OPERATIONS: $162,871,094
FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE CONTRACTORS CORPORATE NAME CHANGE FROM CERNER GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC. TO ORACLE HEA...: $104,556,887
EHRM LICENSES AND FEES: $97,806,309

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$ORCL Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $ORCL stock 8 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 5 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 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 01/30, 11/18 and 3 sales worth up to $45,000 on 02/24, 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.

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$ORCL Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ORCL in the last several months. We have seen 7 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 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
Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 12/11/2025
Bernstein issued a "Outperform" 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 $ORCL, check out Quiver Quantitative's $ORCL forecast page.

$ORCL Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $ORCL recently. We have seen 28 analysts offer price targets for $ORCL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $227.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Daniel Ives from Wedbush set a target price of $225.0 on 04/24/2026
Keith Weiss from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $207.0 on 04/23/2026
Brett Huff from Stephens & Co. set a target price of $254.0 on 04/07/2026
Brad Sills from B of A Securities set a target price of $200.0 on 03/24/2026
Siti Panigrahi from Mizuho set a target price of $320.0 on 03/16/2026
John Difucci from Guggenheim set a target price of $400.0 on 03/13/2026
Tyler Radke from Citigroup set a target price of $320.0 on 03/12/2026

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