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Oracle Corp. shares soared as much as 15% on Wednesday after the software and cloud services company reported strong sales and issued an outlook that suggests little letup in demand for AI computing.
Oracle's backlog was the centerpiece of the results. CEO Safra Catz revealed that the company's remaining performance obligation (RPO) -- a backlog of future sales -- rose to $553 billion, surging 325% year over year. Driving the increase was several "large-scale AI contracts" signed during the quarter.
Oracle CEO Clayton Magouyrk said on an earnings call the company's model of having customers provide data chips for new data center builds is working.
While Oracle has traditionally been viewed as a legacy database provider, its aggressive pivot toward Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has sparked a
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is one of the most promising cloud stocks according to analysts. Morgan Stanley, in an update issued on January 23, lowered its target price on Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) from $320 to $213.
Shares of Oracle leapt more than 10% after demand from companies building AI models boosted its cloud-computing revenue. Oracle also forecast robust revenue growth continuing through 2027, alleviating concerns that it was overspending on AI infrastructure.
In the high-stakes world of cloud computing, Amazon.com AMZN and Oracle ORCL represent contrasting approaches to capturing the explosive growth in artificial intelligence and enterprise computing. Amazon, with its dominant Amazon Web Services (“AWS ...
Oracle reports $4.9 billion infrastructure revenue, beats expectations, and forecasts about $90 billion in revenue for the fiscal year starting in June.