Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Announces FY 2030 Earnings Guidance

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) updated its FY 2030 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided EPS guidance of 21.000- for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $225.0 billion. Oracle also updated its FY 2027 guidance to 8.100-8.100 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on ORCL shares. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, September 14th. Scotiabank reaffirmed a “sector outperform” rating and set a $205.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday. Freedom Broker cut their price target on Oracle from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 14th. Yorkville Ives started coverage on Oracle in a report on Wednesday, October 7th. They issued an “in-line” rating and a $155.00 price target for the company. Finally, Melius Research set a $170.00 price objective on Oracle in a research note on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $248.41.

Oracle Stock Down 6.5%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $130.50 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The firm has a market cap of $394.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.45, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.78. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $114.50 and a fifty-two week high of $265.81. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $141.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $157.19.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.18. Oracle had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 26.36%. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.13 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Oracle will post 6.72 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, October 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 31.35%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, Director Stephen H. Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael D. Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total transaction of $3,420,173.58. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 182,929 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,730,207.11. The trade was a 10.98% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. Corporate insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s investor-day outlook remains the main bullish catalyst. Management is targeting at least $225 billion in fiscal 2030 revenue, approximately $21 in fiscal 2030 EPS, and $30 billion in free cash flow by fiscal 2029. The company also reported exceptionally strong AI bookings and cloud backlog growth, suggesting demand for its AI infrastructure remains robust. Oracle Stock Forecast – Analysts React to Strong FY30 Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle pledged to limit additional capital-market funding to approximately $20 billion through fiscal 2030, addressing concerns that its data-center expansion could require unrestrained borrowing and share issuance. Analysts including Bank of America, TD Cowen, and Piper Sandler have maintained bullish ratings and substantial price targets. Oracle Analyst Day Eases Funding Concerns
• Neutral Sentiment: Fiscal 2027 guidance calls for $8.10 EPS, ahead of the $7.86 consensus, but the $90 billion revenue forecast is slightly below the $90.4 billion analyst estimate. This leaves investors focused on whether AI bookings convert into reported revenue and cash flow over the next two quarters. Oracle Just Told Investors What Many Already Knew
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle’s AI expansion has produced deeply negative free cash flow and required roughly $48 billion of debt and equity funding in fiscal 2026. Investors remain skeptical that the projected cash-flow turnaround will arrive quickly enough, particularly given Oracle’s debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. Oracle Caps New Capital Raising
• Negative Sentiment: Broader technology weakness and concerns about lower-than-expected big-tech capital spending have pressured AI infrastructure stocks. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s criticism of businesses dependent on leasing AI capacity to a small number of customers also raised questions about Oracle’s customer concentration and infrastructure economics. Satya Nadella Criticizes AI Capacity Rental Models

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud infrastructure and database technologies. Its products help organizations store, manage, analyze and secure data, while supporting business operations across industries and geographies.

The company’s offerings include Oracle Database, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud-based applications. These applications serve functions such as enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.