Oracle Stock Plunges 10% on CapEx Panic: Why $523 Billion Backlog Justifies $731 Target

Oracle Stock Plunges 10% on CapEx Panic: Why 3 Billion Backlog Justifies 1 Target

By Wiltone Asuncion
Publication Date: 2026-02-24 14:00:00

Khey statistics for Oracle stock

  • Result reaction: -10.83%
  • Current price: $148.08
  • Goal of the evaluation model: $731.60

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What happened?

Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Shares fell 10.83% following the latest earnings release, closing at $148.08.

The sharp selloff came after the software and cloud infrastructure giant posted a mixed second-quarter earnings report.

Oracle posted revenue of $16.06 billion, narrowly missing the Wall Street consensus estimate of $16.19 billion.

However, the company reported a huge adjusted earnings per share of $2.26, beating estimates of $1.64 thanks to a pretax gain of $2.7 billion from the sale of its stake in Ampere.

Despite the profit, the bottom line is Investors aggressively dumped the stock due to a shocking increase in capital spending.

Oracle’s free cash flow fell to negative $10 billion as the company spent $12…