By Catie Hogan
Publication Date: 2026-01-06 15:00:00
In the battle of the tech giants, Oracle looks to have more execution risk than Microsoft.
Software giants Microsoft (MSFT 0.20%) and Oracle (ORCL +0.38%) are also major players in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Both companies are aggressively building toward an AI-native future and showing great success in their efforts, but which stock will reward its investors more?
Today’s Change
(-0.20%) $-0.95
Current Price
$471.90
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$3.5T
Day’s Range
$469.75 – $474.25
52wk Range
$344.79 – $555.45
Volume
4.1M
Avg Vol
23M
Gross Margin
68.76%
Dividend Yield
0.72%
Oracle is making investors nervous
Oracle stumbled at the end of 2025 as investors began to question its ability to open more server farms for its partner, OpenAI, and reported less-than-impressive quarterly revenue and free cash flow. Oracle’s debt load is growing, and the company has been slow in converting its large backlog.
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