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Oracle

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ORCL · Last close · October 26, 2026
$126.06
Value Oracle yourself

Oracle's revenue rose 17.4% to $67.4 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 30.6%, down from 30.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was −$23.7 billion. It paid out $5.9 billion in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count rose 1.7%.

Oracle Corporation Latest fiscal year ended May 31, 2026 10-K filed June 22, 2026 · 0001193125-26-277521 Updated
Revenue
$67.4B
17.4%
Operating margin
30.6%
0.2 pts
Net income
$17.1B
37.3%
Free cash flow
−$23.7B
 
Return on capital
14.2%
2.1 pts
Market cap
$378.2B
Oct 26 close
P/E
19.8x
On $6.38 EPS, 4 qtrs

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

What Oracle does

Oracle sells software, cloud computing services and hardware that businesses, governments and schools use to run their operations. Its best-known products are its database software and Java, along with business applications for finance, human resources, supply chains and sales, plus NetSuite for smaller companies and Oracle Health for hospitals and doctors. Customers can rent these as cloud services, run them in their own data centers, or mix the two.

Oracle reports three businesses: cloud and software, hardware, and services. Cloud and software is the largest. It covers cloud subscriptions, software licenses and the support contracts that nearly all license buyers add. Cloud revenue made up 51% of Oracle's total revenue in fiscal 2026, and its cloud infrastructure arm, which rents out computing power, storage and networking, including for training AI models, brought in 53% of cloud revenue. Oracle names Adobe, Alphabet, Amazon, Cisco, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP and Workday among its competitors.

Oracle spent $10.3 billion on research and development in fiscal 2026. It sells directly through its own sales force and through partners. At the end of May 2026 it had about 141,000 full-time employees, roughly 49,000 of them in the United States.

Its biggest risks, as it describes them

  • Failing to secure enough data center capacity at affordable rates, or misjudging how much capacity it will need.
  • Not carrying out its cloud strategy successfully, which could cut its revenue and profits.
  • Its AI products not working as expected, hurting its reputation and results.
  • Intense competition from some of the largest technology companies, and new rivals that keep emerging.
  • Risks tied to the money it has borrowed and may borrow in the future.
From Oracle's annual report on Form 10-K, filed June 22, 2026, in our words; the 10-K has the full description and every risk factor. Updated with each new 10-K.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Margins
Percent of revenue
GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share grew 11.2% a year and net income 6.8% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 31%.

Net income
US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.
Diluted earnings per share
US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity
Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.
Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks
US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year
DividendsShare buybacks
Diluted share count
Weighted-average diluted shares, billions

Valuation

Two ways to value Oracle yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

What Oracle says to expect

  • Second quarter fiscal 2027: total revenuesTotal revenues are expected to grow between 30% and 34% in constant currency and USD.
  • Fiscal year 2027For fiscal year 2027, we now expect total revenue to be at least $90 billion, and non-GAAP EPS to be at $8.10.
The company's own words, from its earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99), filed September 10, 2026. They are its expectations, not ours, and not a forecast or price target from The Filing Desk. Replaced when the next release is out.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Oracle's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Oracle's cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2026 (free cash flow before spending to grow: capital spending was 6.0 times depreciation, which holds its free cash flow down) of $22.7B, net cash of −$105.3B at May 31, 2026 and 2,914 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Oracle: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 10.5% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Application Software); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings
Cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2026: a rough guide to cash flow before spending to grow, for a company building heavily.
Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at May 31, 2026. Negative means net debt.
Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2026.
Your assumptions
Start from
Fitted to Oracle's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 5% then 3.5% a year, 2% after year 10, a 10% discount rate. Base: growth of 10.5% then 6.5% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 9% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 15.5% then 9% a year, 3% after year 10, a 8% discount rate.
Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.
Value per share on these assumptions
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$126.06
Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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Everything after year 10, valued today
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Plus net cash
—
Share of value from after year 10
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Projected free cash flow
US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.
Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.
How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Oracle's earnings per share of $6.38 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 20.6×, the middle of Oracle's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to August 31, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.
P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: Salesforce, Adobe, Intuit.
Starts at Oracle's revenue growth over the last 3 years, 10.5% a year, as the base scenario does.
Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$
Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.
Apply the multiple to earnings
A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.
The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.
Value per share today at this multiple
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Last close, October 26, 2026
$126.06
Value at this multiple, against the last close
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Oracle's P/E at the last close
19.8×
CompanyLast closeEarnings per shareP/E today
SalesforceCRM$247.61$10.9722.6×
IntuitINTU$339.89$16.4620.6×
OracleORCL$126.06$6.3819.8×
AdobeADBE$258.62$17.9114.4×
How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year endFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash and short-term investments21.910.210.711.231.9
Debt incl. finance leases0.090.586.995.5137.2
Net debt (negative means net cash)−21.980.376.284.3105.3
Net debt to EBITDA−1.6x4.2x3.5x3.5x3.5x
Debt to equity——10.0x4.7x3.2x
Interest coverage4.0x3.7x4.4x4.9x4.5x
Current ratio1.6x0.9x0.7x0.8x1.1x
Quick ratio1.6x0.9x0.7x0.7x1.1x
US$ billions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $3.5 million of Oracle shares on the open market, and 9 insiders sold $99.3 million, $78.1 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 29, 2026Stephen H RusckowskiDirectorBought25,000$139.35$3.5 millionForm 4
Sep 22, 2026Michael D. SiciliaChief Executive OfficerSold plan22,562$151.59$3.4 millionForm 4
Sep 22, 2026Maria SmithEVP, Chief Accounting OfficerSold2,631$151.70$399,123Form 4
Sep 16, 2026Michael D. SiciliaChief Executive OfficerSold plan10,882$139.94$1.5 millionForm 4
Jun 24, 2026Jeffrey HenleyVice Chairman, DirectorSold plan400,000$159.16$63.7 millionForm 4
Apr 16, 2026Stuart LeveyEVP, Chief Legal OfficerSold plan15,000$176.19$2.6 millionForm 4
Feb 9, 2026Clayton M. MagouyrkChief Executive OfficerSold10,000$155.23$1.6 millionForm 4
Jan 15, 2026Douglas A KehringEVP, Principal Financial OffcrSold plan35,000$194.89$6.8 millionForm 4
Dec 24, 2025Mark HuraPres., Global Field OperationsSold15,000$196.89$3.0 millionForm 4
Dec 23, 2025Naomi O SeligmanDirectorSold2,223$196.61$437,064Form 4
Dec 19, 2025Clayton M. MagouyrkChief Executive OfficerSold10,000$192.52$1.9 millionForm 4
Oct 28, 2025Jeffrey BergDirectorSold49,365$283.02$14.0 millionForm 4
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

TestFY24FY25FY26
Net income is positivePassPassPass
Cash from operations is positivePassPassPass
Return on assets rosePassPassPass
Cash from operations exceeds net incomePassPassPass
Debt fell relative to assetsPassPassFail
Current ratio roseFailPassPass
Share count didn't riseFailFailFail
Gross margin rose———
Revenue rose relative to assetsFailPassFail
F-score5 of 87 of 85 of 8
Accruals ratio−6.0%−5.4%−6.9%
The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

Put Oracle side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.

Similar companies

CompanyYearRevenue growthOperating marginFree cash flow marginReturn on capitalNet debt to EBITDAF-scoreCompare
OracleFY2617.4%30.6%−35.2%14.2%3.5x5
SalesforceFY269.6%20.1%34.7%10.8%0.6x7Compare
SAP SEFY257.7%26.1%22.9%15.5%−0.2x7Compare
AdobeFY2510.5%36.6%41.5%65.8%−0.0x7Compare
IntuitFY2613.9%27.4%40.4%22.0%0.1x6Compare
Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal yearFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Income statement
Revenue37.839.439.539.140.542.450.053.057.467.4
Revenue growth2.0%4.2%0.3%−1.1%3.6%4.8%17.7%6.0%8.4%17.4%
Gross profit23.024.3————————
Research and development6.26.16.06.16.57.28.68.99.910.3
Operating income12.913.313.513.915.210.913.115.417.720.6
Net income9.53.611.110.113.76.78.510.512.417.1
Diluted EPS (US$)2.240.852.973.084.552.413.073.714.345.83
Diluted shares (millions)4,2174,2383,7323,2943,0222,7862,7662,8232,8662,914
Cash flow
Cash from operations14.115.414.613.115.99.517.218.720.832.0
Capital expenditure2.01.71.71.62.14.58.76.921.255.7
Free cash flow12.113.712.911.613.85.08.511.8−0.4−23.7
Dividends paid2.63.12.93.13.13.53.74.44.75.8
Share buybacks3.611.336.119.220.916.21.31.20.60.1
Acquisitions11.21.70.40.10.00.127.70.10.00.0
Stock-based compensation1.41.61.71.61.82.63.54.04.74.8
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments21.867.337.843.146.621.910.210.711.231.9
Debt incl. finance leases48.156.156.271.684.20.090.586.995.5137.2
Total assets135.0137.9108.7115.4131.1109.3134.4141.0168.4261.8
Total liabilities79.991.086.3102.7125.2115.1132.8131.7147.4218.7
Shareholders' equity53.946.421.812.15.2−6.21.18.720.542.5
Margins and ratios
Gross margin60.9%61.7%————————
Operating margin34.2%33.7%34.3%35.6%37.6%25.7%26.2%29.0%30.8%30.6%
Net margin25.0%9.1%28.1%25.9%34.0%15.8%17.0%19.8%21.7%25.4%
Free cash flow margin32.0%34.7%32.6%29.6%34.0%11.8%17.0%22.3%−0.7%−35.2%
Return on capital14.0%11.3%32.0%28.5%35.8%—45.0%16.4%16.3%14.2%
Return on equity18.7%7.2%32.5%59.9%158.8%———85.4%54.3%
Return on assets7.7%2.6%9.0%9.0%11.2%5.6%7.0%7.6%8.0%8.0%
Net debt to EBITDA1.7x−0.7x1.1x1.7x2.1x−1.6x4.2x3.5x3.5x3.5x
US$ billions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)
Source: Oracle's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Oracle.