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OracleORCL

Application Software · Austin, Texas · In the S&P 500

Solid businessCheaper than peers

$130.67−6.37%After hours: $130.98 (+0.24%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed

▼ 52.5% over 1 year

Oracle over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026

Source: Nasdaq daily closes

Market value$396B

Price to earnings20.5x

Forward P/E15.4x

Dividend yield1.53%

Year to date−33.0%

One year−52.5%

Next earningsNot scheduled

SectorInformation Technology

52-week range (closes)

$114.99$262.61

Quality and valuation

How Oracle compares with other information technology stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

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Oracle and 6 application software peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among information technology companies, priced below most of them.

Oracle trades at 15.4 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 22.2x for the 99 information technology stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +21.6% vs +20.6%
More profitable (operating margin): 32.1% vs 17.0%
Turns less of its sales into cash: −40.0% vs 21.7%

ORCL trades at 15.4x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Application Software peers

Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

At 20.5x earnings, ORCL is cheaper than its average since Sep 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS

P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)

Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Oracle's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 29.6% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q1 ’27

Source: SEC filings

Growth sped up to +29.6% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %

Source: SEC filings

Operating margin was 34.8% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %

Source: SEC filings

Free cash flow was −$28.7 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn

Source: SEC filings

Last 12 months	ORCL	Sector median
Revenue growth	+21.6%	+20.6%
Operating margin	32.1%	17.0%
Free cash flow margin	−40.0%	21.7%
Price to earnings	20.5x	33.1x

Stories on Oracle

Thursday, 29 October

Big movers9:00 a.m. ET

Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Yesterday: F5, Vertiv, Oracle, Alphabet and Sandisk

F5 plunged 20.4% on its forecast, Vertiv soared 16.5% and Oracle 10.7% on Wednesday, and Alphabet plunged 10.8% after hours, as of 5:53 p.m. ET, after its search revenue missed.

FFIV▼ 0.6%9:00 a.m. ET

Wednesday, 28 October

Why it moved4:15 p.m. ET

Oracle (ORCL) Shares Soar After It Sets a $225 Billion Revenue Target

Oracle soared 10.7% on Wednesday after its investor day targeted $225 billion or more in fiscal 2030 revenue and capped new outside funding at $20 billion.

ORCL▲ 10.7%4:15 p.m. ET

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