Why Oracle Stock Popped Today

MrDecoder · 2026-03-12T02:57:42+00:00

Oracle's shares rose over 9% following a strong earnings report, with a 22% revenue increase to $17.2 billion. Cloud infrastructure revenue surged 84%, led by a 243% rise in AI infrastructure. The company projects continued growth in earnings and revenue.

MrDecoder

2026-03-12 02:57:42

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Shares of** Oracle **(ORCL +9.18%) rallied on Wednesday, as investors applauded the tech titan’s strong quarterly earnings report.

By the close of trading, Oracle’s stock price was up more than 9%.

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AI-driven cloud growth

Oracle’s revenue jumped 22% year over year to $17.2 billion in its fiscal 2026 third quarter, which ended on Feb. 28.

The gains were fueled by an 84% surge in the software giant’s cloud infrastructure revenue to $4.9 billion. Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure revenue soared 243%.

“Demand for AI infrastructure, both GPU and CPU, continues to exceed supply,” CEO Clay Magouyrk said during a conference call with analysts.

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NYSE: ORCL

Oracle

Today’s Change

(9.18%) $13.72

Current Price

$163.12

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$429B

Day’s Range

$160.58 - $171.76

52wk Range

$118.86 - $345.72

Volume

83M

Avg Vol

29M

Gross Margin

65.40%

Dividend Yield

1.34%

Moreover, Oracle’s profitability metrics helped to assuage investors’ concerns that its rapid data center build-out would dent near-term earnings. The company’s adjusted operating income increased 19% to $7.4 billion.

All told, Oracle’s adjusted earnings leaped 21% to $1.79. That exceeded Wall Street’s estimates, which had called for per-share profits of $1.69.

Plenty of room for expansion

Oracle projects revenue and adjusted earnings-per-share growth of 19% to 21% and 15% to 17%, respectively, in the fourth quarter.

Looking further ahead, management sees revenue rising to $90 billion in fiscal 2027, up from $67 billion in fiscal 2026.

“We are confident that the investments we make now in data centers, compute capacity, and customer relationships will only grow more valuable with time,” Magouyrk said.

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