Oracle (ORCL)
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Where we will discuss Oracle
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Added to Technology
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Oracle stands out as a compelling investment due to its robust financial position, strategic focus on high-growth sectors, and ability to capitalise on emerging trends. One key factor is its staggering $130 billion USD in back-order contracts, a figure reported in early 2025 that reflects future revenue already secured. This massive backlog, which excludes potential gains from the $500 billion USD Stargate AI project with partners like OpenAI and Nvidia, underscores Oracle’s capacity to lock in large-scale, long-term deals. These contracts, primarily driven by demand for its cloud infrastructure, signal a clear path to sustained revenue growth, with CEO Safra Catz projecting at least 15% growth for fiscal 2026.
Another pillar of Oracle’s investment appeal is its enterprise resource planning (ERP) customer base, which drives sticky, recurring revenue. Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and NetSuite have become essential solutions for businesses worldwide, from financial giants like Citadel to government entities like Comunidad de Madrid. These customers depend on Oracle’s integrated, cloud-based platforms for critical operations, ensuring a steady stream of subscription income. In Q2 FY2025, Fusion Cloud ERP revenue grew 18% to $900 million USD, while NetSuite rose 20%, highlighting the resilience of this revenue stream even amidst economic uncertainty.
Oracle’s aggressive push into artificial intelligence further bolsters its allure. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is tailored for AI workloads, attracting major players like Meta and xAI. With $3 billion USD in GPU contracts signed in Q1 FY2025 alone, Oracle is positioning itself as a leader in the AI infrastructure race. This focus not only taps into a booming market but also enhances its ERP offerings with AI-driven insights, creating a powerful ecosystem. Combining a massive contract backlog, dependable ERP revenue, and AI innovation, Oracle offers investors a blend of stability and growth potential that’s difficult to rival.
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Tik-Tok-their US business might be sold by tomorrow. I wonder if Oracle could scoop them up. They already run their servers.
Msft/Amzn/Blackstone, mrbeast (really?) and only fans founder are bidding.
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Stargate-1. The fit out begins!
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Medpace
I did mention it here and an email will go out, probably next week
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Oracle Q4 2025 Earnings Summary and FY26 Outlook. Beat & Raise
Strong Year-End Finish and Upgraded Outlook
Oracle ended fiscal 2025 with a strong fourth quarter. CEO Safra Catz reported that both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) exceeded previous guidance. For FY26, Oracle now expects revenue to surpass $67 billion, reflecting 16% year-over-year growth in constant currency.Cloud Momentum and AI Focus
Catz described the company reaching a pivotal stage in its transition to the cloud, with broad-based double-digit growth. She projected accelerated growth in cloud applications revenue, driven by the launch of over 100 AI agents and high renewal rates for key SaaS offerings.The cloud infrastructure business (OCI) is poised for exceptional expansion, with Oracle forecasting over 70% growth in OCI revenue this year—up from 51% in FY25—supported by long-term, non-cancellable contracts within its $138 billion backlog of remaining performance obligations (RPO).
Capital Spending to Support Demand
To address record demand, Oracle plans to increase capital expenditure (CapEx) to over $25 billion in FY26, up from $21.2 billion in FY25. Catz said this increase is critical as “supply is not meeting demand,” indicating continued pressure on data centre capacity and equipment deployment.Technology Leadership and AI Integration
CTO Larry Ellison doubled down on Oracle’s ambitions to lead in cloud infrastructure, applications, and databases. He introduced Oracle 23 AI, a new vector-based AI database that allows enterprises to integrate their private data with popular large language models, all while maintaining strict data privacy.Q4 FY25 Financial Highlights
Total revenue: $15.9 billion (up 11%)
Non-GAAP EPS: $1.70
GAAP EPS: $1.19
Cloud revenue (SaaS + IaaS): $6.7 billion (up 27%)
IaaS revenue: $3 billion (up 52%)
OCI consumption revenue: up 62%
Autonomous Database revenue: up 47%
Operating income: up 7%
Operating cash flow: $6.2 billion
CapEx (Q4): $9.1 billion
Remaining Performance Obligations: $138 billion (up 41%)
FY26 GuidanceTotal revenue: ≥ $67 billion
Cloud revenue growth: > 40%
Cloud infrastructure revenue growth: > 70%
Q1 revenue growth: 11%–13%
Q1 cloud revenue growth: 26%–30%
Q1 non-GAAP EPS: $1.44–$1.48
RPO expected to grow more than 100%
Long-term confidence reiterated for FY27 and FY29 targetsOracle delivered a record-setting FY25 and enters FY26 with momentum. Its assertive guidance, growing AI portfolio, and $138 billion backlog underline strong confidence in its strategic direction. Significant investment in infrastructure and AI capabilities is key to meeting rising global demand and positioning Oracle as a leader in enterprise cloud and artificial intelligence.
Stocks is up materially AH
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Even if you don't care about ORCL, tech or AI, do yourself a favour and listen to Larry Ellison, who's run ORCL since the 1970's.
A few choice quotes:
"We actually currently are still waving off customers ... This is a situation that we have not seen in our history and the numbers themselves are so enormous."
"We recently got an order that said we'll take all the capacity you have wherever it is. This could be in Europe, it could be in Asia, we'll just take everything ... The demand is astronomical."
"I mean, I don't know how to describe it. I've never seen anything remotely like this."
Clearly @OpenAI is a part of this. And Stargate will be a part going forward. But that demand is also broad.
- Let me add one little thing. If Stargate turns out to be everything is advertised, then we've understated our RPO growth.
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The PHT movement today(last nights prices incl FX) was not what I would expect. It was reported as ever so slightly positive when it should have been > 100bps. I have pin pointed that the Oracle price was not updated which is rare-we take the price(valuation)from the custodian who in turn source it from Winterflood. The material ORCL price change yesterday highlighted the issue
Today ORCL is up again. I hope this gets resolved today. It should add approx 100bps to the technology carrying value. Real time the portfolio is flat so when the correction is made you will see +1%(100bps). I will update when this takes place.
Update-we may get a manual price override but either way it will be permanently fixed on Monday.
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I did wonder why it hadn’t ticked up …
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Morning All,
the price has been corrected and the valuations look correct. Yesterday was approx (35 bps), we expected +105bps from the correction and I can see +78bps.
Have a good weekend