Skip to main content
Smart Investors Daily
Oracle Corporation logo

NYSE · ORCL

Oracle Corporation

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

$141.40

Down-$4.22 (-2.98%)

Updated Oct 12, 2026, 6:30 PM

SID Score

6.0/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

36/100

Bearish

Market cap
560.97B
P/E ratio
36.64
Dividend yield
1.34%
52-week range
$114.50 – $250.25
Volume
25.53M
Avg. volume
28.5M

Price performance · ORCL

ORCL price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 9, 2026

ORCL closed at $141.40 after 20 trading sessions, down 2.34% for the selected period.

Last close
$141.40
Period change
-2.34%
Period low
$132.60
Period high
$150.59
Daily close
View OHLC price history
ORCL OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 9, 2026$136.70$142.90$136.49$141.4025.53M
Oct 8, 2026$142.19$142.775$134.66$135.6942.41M
Oct 7, 2026$142.54$144.70$141.37$143.5615.74M
Oct 6, 2026$143.93$146.94$143.86$144.7720.04M
Oct 5, 2026$142.53$146.66$142.37$142.4818.07M
Oct 2, 2026$142.09$144.86$140.26$142.3035.41M
Oct 1, 2026$139.60$140.25$135.33$138.0725.46M
Sep 30, 2026$136.54$138.50$134.75$137.3022.32M
Sep 29, 2026$132.79$143.6699$132.53$137.7945.71M
Sep 28, 2026$132.725$135.69$131.58$132.6036.06M
Sep 25, 2026$138.57$140.8776$136.92$137.1023.67M
Sep 24, 2026$137.32$140.34$133.48$139.5456.63M
Sep 23, 2026$148.30$148.662$144.23$144.5622.68M
Sep 22, 2026$151.25$153.60$148.60$149.2031.26M
Sep 21, 2026$148.93$149.98$146.16$148.5622.42M
Sep 18, 2026$150.47$150.90$144.40$147.6139.32M
Sep 17, 2026$146.75$152.00$146.15$150.5927.74M
Sep 16, 2026$140.03$146.52$139.00$143.1634.37M
Sep 15, 2026$143.46$144.88$140.02$140.3531.55M
Sep 14, 2026$141.42$145.33$141.01$144.7942.16M

Latest ORCL news

The latest Smart Investors Daily articles mentioning ORCL.

ORCL research

Overview

Company profile and research snapshot.

Company profile

Oracle provides enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings through a variety of flexible IT deployment models, including on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system, which is commonly used by the world's largest companies for high-volume online transaction processing workloads. Besides databases, Oracle also sells enterprise resource planning platforms and cloud infrastructure that play an increasingly important role in large language model training and inferencing.

Visit company website

Analyst outlook

Consensus and target data currently published for this company.

Consensus
Buy
Average target
$319.08
Implied upside
—
Analysts
32
ORCL recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Oct 2, 2026CitizensMarket Outperform—
Sep 14, 2026Argus ResearchBuy—
Sep 14, 2026Freedom BrokerBuy—
Sep 11, 2026UBSBuy—
Sep 11, 2026Stephens & Co.Equal-Weight—
Open full forecast

News briefing

Generated Oct 12, 2026, 5:20 PM

Why Is ORCL Down 2.85% Today?

Oracle shares fell 2.85% today amid growing concerns about AI infrastructure costs and capital allocation priorities. The sell-off reflects investor anxiety over the company's massive $664B capital commitments and warnings about AI-related balance sheet risks, even as the broader market questions whether the company can deliver adequate returns on such aggressive spending.

    Bottom line: Oracle's 2.85% decline reflects legitimate concerns about massive capital commitments, AI infrastructure scarcity, and whether the company can generate adequate returns on its $664B spending plan. While the company's valuation may offer value, investors should monitor AI power availability constraints and competitive positioning against Nvidia before adding positions—this is a stock best suited for patient, long-term investors comfortable with infrastructure spending cycles.

    Yahoo · Oct 12, 2026

    Oracle (ORCL) Faces AI Balance Sheet Risk Warning

    Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) was called out by venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky as financially exposed to an AI downturn in early October 2026. Kedrosky highlighted Oracle’s shrinking legacy database operations alongside heavier borrowing to fund its push into AI-focused cloud infrastructure. Recent credit market moves, including debt downgrades and higher Oracle bond yields, have reinforced questions about its balance sheet resilience. Kedrosky’s warning about Oracle’s AI infrastructure borrowing...

    Yahoo · Oct 12, 2026

    Oracle (ORCL) Has $664B Lined Up. The Market Wants Cash First

    Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) is sitting on a pile of signed business most companies can only dream about: $664 billion in remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognized) at the end of fiscal Q1 2027. Yet the market keeps treating the stock like a question mark, attracting retail attention similar to the favorites found on our […]

    AI research layers

    Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.

    Oracle Corporation Stock Performance

    Oracle Corporation shares closed at $141.53, reflecting a daily decline of approximately 0.38%, per SID market data. Over the trailing one-month period, ORCL has declined 7.55%, while the three-month return stands at a positive 7.50%, indicating a recent reversal from a mid-term uptrend. On a one-year basis, the stock has fallen 28.4%, significantly underperforming the broader technology sector. Technically, ORCL trades below both its 50-day moving average of $145.75 and its 200-day moving average of $156.96, confirming a bearish posture according to Massive/Polygon trend data. The 14-day relative strength index reads 42.1, placing the stock in neutral-to-weak momentum territory but not yet in oversold conditions. Average daily volume stands at approximately 28.5 million shares. The stock carries a beta of 1.659, indicating meaningfully higher volatility relative to the broader market, which has amplified its recent drawdown.

    Oracle Corporation Valuation Analysis

    Oracle Corporation currently commands a market capitalization of approximately $561 billion, per SID market data. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.64, a notable premium relative to the broader technology sector, reflecting the market's pricing of Oracle's cloud infrastructure growth trajectory. The PEG ratio stands at 1.59, according to SID market data, suggesting the stock is moderately valued when adjusting for expected earnings growth but not at a discount. Oracle's price-to-book ratio of 18.56 remains elevated, consistent with asset-light software business models that carry significant intangible value not captured on the balance sheet. The company maintains a dividend yield of approximately 0.96%, per SEC filings, providing a modest income component uncommon among high-growth technology peers. At current levels, Oracle's valuation metrics indicate the market continues to embed forward growth expectations despite the stock's meaningful year-over-year price correction of 28.4%.

    Smart Money Activity for ORCL

    Oracle Corporation registers a composite smart money score of 36 out of 100, generating a bearish signal per SID market data. The institutional component scores a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating robust institutional ownership and accumulation, while the dark pool activity score of 9.3 out of 25 suggests below-average off-exchange buying interest. Congressional trading activity is minimal at 0.8 out of 25. The insider activity component scores just 1.3 out of 25, reflecting a notably negative insider sentiment profile. According to SEC Form 4 filings, Oracle insiders executed 20 transactions over the past 90 days, comprising 4 purchases and 16 sales, resulting in a four-to-one sell-to-buy ratio. This insider selling pattern weighs heavily on the overall smart money composite. While institutional holders per 13F filings maintain strong positions, the divergence between institutional support and insider disposition activity creates a mixed directional signal, with the aggregate score tilting decidedly bearish at current price levels.

    Oracle Corporation Earnings Outlook

    Oracle Corporation delivered a notable earnings beat in its most recently reported quarter, posting actual earnings per share of $1.92 against a consensus analyst estimate of $1.67, representing a positive surprise of $0.25 or approximately 15.0%, according to company earnings reports. This outperformance underscores Oracle's continued operational execution, particularly within its cloud infrastructure and database segments. Looking ahead, analyst estimates compiled across the next three reporting periods are uniformly set at $1.67 per share, per consensus data. The consistency of these forward estimates suggests analysts have yet to meaningfully revise projections upward following the recent beat. The next scheduled earnings report is anticipated in September 2026. Investors will be monitoring whether Oracle can sustain the above-consensus performance trajectory or if the $1.67 estimate reflects a normalization of growth expectations amid a more challenging macroeconomic environment for enterprise technology spending.

    Wall Street Analyst Ratings for ORCL

    Wall Street analyst sentiment toward Oracle Corporation remains predominantly constructive, per SID consensus data. Among the most recent ratings actions, UBS reiterated a Buy rating on September 11, while Argus Research and Freedom Broker both maintained Buy ratings on September 14, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Citizens reiterated a Market Outperform rating on October 2, further reinforcing the bullish consensus. Stephens & Co. maintained a more neutral Equal-Weight stance on September 11, representing the sole non-bullish view among recent coverage updates. Notably, none of the five most recent analyst actions involved downgrades or target price reductions, and all represented reiterations of prior ratings rather than initiations or changes in direction. This pattern of sustained positive coverage persists despite ORCL's 28.4% year-over-year decline, suggesting analysts view current levels as a potential entry point supported by Oracle's long-term cloud transition fundamentals and the recent 15% earnings surprise.