Stock Analysis
Oracle CorpORCL
P/E 19.61×· 5Y range 17.67–81.68×· bottom 3% of history
Sector: Technology · Industry: Software—Application
AnalystsStrong Buy49 analystsP/E 19.6× sits at the 3rd percentile of its 5.089664613278576-year history.
Cash covers 22% of debt · Q1 2027.
PMP Verdict
Strong business, attractive price
Strengths
- Growth90
- Profitability87
Risks
- Financial Health30
High-quality business at an attractive price.
Market context
-4.6% today· Z 1.4σ
Bull Case
- ✓ROE 28.0% — efficient capital deployment
- ✓Revenue CAGR 12.2% — durable top-line growth
- ✓P/E 19.6× at bottom 3% of 5-year history
What's happening with ORCL
Profile
Strong growth and profitability; financial health and valuation lag behind.
How is each axis scored?
- Valuation49/100 · Weak
- P/E vs own history (3th pct)25/25
- FCF yield (-7.4%)0/25
- P/S (5.4x)12/25
- EV/EBIT (22.3x)12/25
- Growth90/100 · Strong
- Revenue CAGR (12.2%)20/25
- Net income CAGR (26.3%)25/25
- EPS CAGR 5Y (24.9%)25/25
- Fwd implied growth (17.8%)20/25
- Profitability87/100 · Strong
- ROIC (9.2%)12/25
- ROE (28.0%)25/25
- Net margin (26.2%)25/25
- Operating margin (32.4%)25/25
- Financial Health30/100 · Weak
- Altman Z (1.15)3/25
- Current ratio (1.17)12/25
- Interest coverage (4.5x)10/25
- Net cash / debt (D/A 44%)5/25
- Quality65/100 · Moderate
- Piotroski F (6/9)15/25
- Beneish M (-7.32)25/25
- FCF conversion (-152%)0/25
- Margin stability (σ 4.4%)25/25
- Moat69/100 · Moderate
- ROIC >12% years (7/8 yrs)20/25
- Median gross margin (36.6%)13/25
- FCF-positive years (8/10 yrs)18/25
- Worst-year net margin (worst 9.6%)18/25
Risk Flags
- ⚠Altman Z 1.1 — distress-zone balance sheet
- ⚠Negative FCF margin (-0.4%) — burning cash
- ⚠SBC 6.7% of revenue — real dilution cost
About Oracle Corp
Oracle provides enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings through a variety of flexible IT deployment models, including on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid. Show more
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.
Headquarters: AUSTIN, TX · Employees: 141,000 · Website ↗
Price History
Weekly Candlestick Chart — up to 5Y
Key Metrics
Financial snapshot · Tap any metric for its definition and grade
TTM Snapshot
trailing twelve months · YoYValuation
49D+P/E (TTM)19.5xB
Grade B: FairPrice / TTM EPS (own statements) — vs own 5Y history: 17.7x–81.7x · 3rd pct
P/FCF46.4xD
Grade D: ExpensivePrice / Free Cash Flow per share (Finnhub). Inverse of FCF yield — negative when FCF is negative · CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
FCF Yield-7.4%D
Grade D: NegativeTTM (OCF − CapEx) / Market Cap — vs own 5Y history: -7.8%–5.1% · lowest in history · CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
P/S (TTM)5.38xC
Grade C: ExpensivePrice / TTM Revenue (own statements) — vs own 5Y history: 3.8x–16.2x · 15th pct
EV/EBIT22.3xC
Grade C: ExpensiveEnterprise value / TTM EBIT (D&A not in our data) — capital-structure neutral — vs own 5Y history: 20.0x–59.0x · 3rd pct
EV/Sales6.8xC
Grade C: ExpensiveEnterprise Value / TTM Revenue (Finnhub) — capital-structure neutral sales multiple
Forward P/E16.5xB
Grade B: FairPrice / next-year EPS estimate — shows whether the TTM multiple is rich or just front-loading growth
P/B Ratio5.75xC
Grade C: ExpensivePrice to Book Value. Neg. equity = heavy buybacks
PEG Ratio0.91A
Grade A: CheapFinnhub PEG — their P/E basis ÷ expected EPS growth. Suppressed when their P/E diverges >2× from our TTM P/E (different basis)
Dividend Yield1.51%A
Grade A: PaysTTM dividend yield (Finnhub) — annual dividends / price. None = no dividend; very high yield can signal distress
Payout Ratio31.4%A
Grade A: SafeDividends / Net Income (Finnhub) — share of earnings paid out; >90% or negative = unsustainable
CapEx exceeds OCF: CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
Profitability
87AROIC9.2%C
Grade C: AverageNOPAT (EBIT less ~21% tax) / invested capital (equity + debt − cash). Flagship quality metric — durable >15% signals a moat
ROE28.0%A
Grade A: StrongReturn on Equity. Neg. equity = heavy buybacks
ROA7.4%C
Grade C: AverageReturn on Assets (Finnhub) — Net Income / Total Assets; how efficiently assets produce profit
Net Margin26.2%A
Grade A: HighNet Income / Revenue
Operating Margin32.4%A
Grade A: HighTTM EBIT / TTM Revenue
Gross Margin38.9%C
Grade C: AverageGross Profit / Revenue
FCF Margin-40.0%D
Grade D: LowFCF / Revenue · CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
True FCF Margin-46.7%D
Grade D: LowTTM (OCF − CapEx − SBC) / TTM Revenue — SBC treated as a real cost · CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
Growth
90A+Revenue CAGR12.2%C
Grade C: OkCompound annual revenue growth (up to 5Y depending on data availability)
Net Income CAGR26.3%A
Grade A: HighCompound annual net income growth (up to 5Y depending on data availability)
EPS CAGR (5Y)24.9%A
Grade A: HighCompound annual EPS growth over up to 5Y of per-share earnings (own statements). Null when either endpoint EPS ≤ 0
Implied EPS Growth17.8%C
Grade C: MedAnalyst forward EPS (normalized basis) vs our GAAP TTM EPS — different bases, so extreme values usually mark cyclically depressed TTM earnings, not real growth
Dilution (5Y)+0.7%B
Grade B: FlatShare count change over 5Y
SBC / Net Income25.6%D
Grade D: HighStock-based comp/Net income. >30% = dilution risk
SBC / Revenue6.7%C
Grade C: MedTTM stock-based comp / TTM Revenue
Financial Health
30DAltman Z-Score1.15D
Grade D: DistressBankruptcy risk. >3 Safe, <1.8 Distress
Current Ratio1.17xC
Grade C: OkCurrent Assets/Liabilities
Quick Ratio1.02xA
Grade A: High(Current Assets − Inventory) / Current Liabilities (Finnhub) — stricter liquidity test, excludes inventory
Interest Coverage4.5xC
Grade C: OkEBIT/Interest. >10 Strong
Debt Repayment—
Years to repay net debt via FCF · CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
Net Debt/EBIT5.7xD
Grade D: HighLeverage. <2x Low, >4x High
Debt/Equity2.52xD
Grade D: HighDebt / Equity: <1 Conservative, >2 Risky. Not meaningful with non-positive equity; shown as unavailable rather than low debt.
Cash / Debt0.22xD
Grade D: ThinCash covers how much of total debt. >1 = could repay all debt from cash
Quality
65BPiotroski F-Score6/9C
Grade C: AverageFinancial strength 0–9. >7 Strong
Beneish M-Score-7.32A
Grade A: SafeEarnings manipulation risk. < -2.22 Safe
FCF Conversion-152.4%D
Grade D: PoorFCF / Net Income · CapEx exceeds operating cash flow (161% of OCF) — reported FCF understates normalized earning power in this investment phase
Margin Stability4.4%A
Grade A: StableEBIT margin std deviation. Lower = stable
Capex / Revenue105.4%D
Grade D: HeavyTTM CapEx / TTM Revenue — high % = capital-hungry business
Asset Turnover0.28xD
Grade D: LowRevenue / Total Assets (Finnhub) — how efficiently the asset base generates sales
Insider Transactions
SEC Form 4 · 8 recordsP/S codes are the directional signal; grants, option exercises and tax withholding carry none. Form 4 doesn't flag 10b5-1 plans — scheduled sales may appear within open-market sells.
| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RUSCKOWSKI STEPHEN H Filed | RUSCKOWSKI STEPHEN H | BuyOpen market buy | +25.0K | |
Smith Maria Filed | Smith Maria | SellOpen market sale | -2631 | |
Sicilia Michael D. Filed | Sicilia Michael D. | SellOpen market sale | -22562 | |
Smith Maria Filed | Smith Maria | Tax withholding | -2875 | |
Smith Maria Filed | Smith Maria | Tax withholding | -6230 |
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| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sicilia Michael D. Filed | Sicilia Michael D. | Tax withholding | -35495 | |
Sicilia Michael D. Filed | Sicilia Michael D. | Tax withholding | -17311 | |
Magouyrk Clayton M. Filed | Magouyrk Clayton M. | Tax withholding | -34665 |
More metrics — Moat, Per Share, Balance Sheet, MarketHide additional metrics
Moat
69BROIC >12% Years7/8 yrsA
Grade A: DurableShare of completed fiscal years with ROIC > 12% — measures multi-year capital-return durability
Gross Margin (Med.)36.6%C
Grade C: ModerateMedian annual gross margin across available fiscal years — pricing-power durability
FCF-Positive Years8/10 yrsA
Grade A: DurableShare of completed fiscal years with positive free cash flow
Net Margin Floor9.6%A
Grade A: DurableWeakest annual net margin across completed fiscal years — recession/downcycle resilience
Per Share
EPS (TTM)$6.54
Own TTM net income / shares — same earnings basis as P/E
Cash / Share$12.26
Cash & short-term investments per share (Finnhub)
Book Value / Share$22.08
Shareholders' equity per share (Finnhub). Negative = accumulated losses / heavy buybacks
Balance Sheet
Total Debt$169.14B
Total debt obligations (short + long term)
Cash & Equiv.$37.08B
Cash and short-term investments
Net Debt$132.07B
Total Debt minus Cash. Negative = Net Cash position
Total Equity$67.20B
Shareholders' equity (book value)
Asset / Liability1.28xC
Grade C: AdequateTotal Assets / Total Liabilities
Market
Market Cap$386.30B
Current Market Capitalization
Beta1.78C
Grade C: VolatilePrice sensitivity vs the market (Finnhub) — 1.0 moves with market, >1.2 amplifies swings
How grades work: each metric is graded A–D against fixed thresholds (tap a row for the meaning). Card grades map the pillar score to A+–E — a card grade is that pillar's own score, not an average of the rows shown.
Financials as of Aug 2026 · Ratio snapshot Oct 17, 2026
Key Insights: Oracle Corp (ORCL)
ORCL is down 4.64% at the last close. Piotroski F-Score of 6/9 indicates mixed fundamentals for Oracle Corp. Altman Z-Score of 1.15 is below the 1.81 distress threshold — an elevated financial-risk flag. Beneish M-Score of -7.32 suggests a low likelihood of earnings manipulation.
- Free-cash-flow margin is negative (-40%) — the business currently burns cash.
- Company has negative FCF, making debt repayment from operations difficult.
- Return on equity of 28.0% is well above the market average.
See how ORCL ranks on the Capex Tracker — top 50 capital spenders compared.
Earnings
View earnings calendar →Recent Earnings Results
| Date | Time | EPS Est. | EPS Actual | Surprise | Rev Est. | Rev Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | After-Hrs | $1.78 | $1.92 | +8.1% | $19.5B | $19.3B |
Recent Market Moves
See all ORCL moves →| Date | Session | Price | Move | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14 | Regular | 130.51 | -8.86% | -3.13 |
| Oct 14 | After-hours | 128.21 | -10.47% | -3.72 |
| Oct 8 | Regular | 135.28 | -5.77% | -2.21 |
Frequently Asked Questions about ORCL
What is the current Oracle Corp (ORCL) stock price?
ORCL is trading at $128.23 at the last market close, down 4.64% on the session. PreMarketPrice tracks ORCL pre-market, intraday and after-hours prices.
Is ORCL stock a buy right now?
PreMarketPrice's quantitative model rates Oracle Corp's financial health at 30/100. This is a data-driven snapshot of fundamentals, not investment advice.
Is ORCL stock overvalued?
Oracle Corp trades at a trailing P/E of 19.5 and our valuation score rates it 49/100 (higher = cheaper vs. its own history). See the Valuation History and Key Metrics sections for forward P/E, EV/EBITDA and PEG context.
When does Oracle Corp report earnings?
No confirmed earnings date is currently scheduled for ORCL. The Earnings section lists recent reports and updates as dates are announced.
What sector does Oracle Corp operate in?
Oracle Corp operates in the Technology sector, within the Software—Application industry. The Related Stocks section lists sector peers for comparison.
What does Oracle Corp do?
Oracle provides enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings through a variety of flexible IT deployment models, including on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid.
About Oracle Corp (ORCL) Stock
Oracle Corp (ORCL) is a US-listed stock operating in the Technology sector, specifically the Software—Application industry. As of the latest update, Oracle Corp is trading at $128.23, down 4.64% on the day with a market capitalization of $386.3 billion. The financial health score for ORCL is 30/100, which indicates weak financial strength based on profitability, leverage, liquidity, and growth metrics. This page provides real-time pre-market pricing, earnings calendar, financial health analysis, and valuation metrics for ORCL stock.
ORCL Stock Analysis & Key Metrics
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- Pre-market price & movement: Real-time ORCL stock price with percentage change, updated continuously during pre-market and regular trading hours.
- Earnings calendar: Upcoming and past earnings reports for ORCL, including EPS estimates, actual results, and surprise percentages.
- Valuation & P/E history: Historical P/E, P/S, and P/B ratios for ORCL with trend analysis and normalized valuation multiples.
- Financial statements: Revenue, net income, assets, liabilities, and equity for Oracle Corp across multiple reporting periods.
- Financial health score: A composite score of 30/100 based on Altman Z-Score, Piotroski F-Score, profitability, and leverage metrics for ORCL.
- Sector peers: Compare ORCL against 6 other technology stocks on key financial metrics.
Is ORCL a Good Stock to Buy?
This page provides data-driven analysis to help you evaluate Oracle Corp (ORCL) as an investment. The financial health score of 30/100 suggests weak financial fundamentals. Valuation metrics show whether the stock is trading above or below its historical average. Earnings data reveals whether the company is meeting or beating analyst expectations.However, this is not financial advice — always do your own research before investing.
Data on this page is sourced from real-time market feeds, Polygon.io, and Finnhub.Oracle Corp (ORCL) trades on NYSE/NASDAQ. Pre-market trading occurs 4:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET. Regular market hours are 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET.