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Oracle Corporation ORCL

Oracle Corporation scores average on business quality (5.8 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.

Last price$141.40Oct 10, 2026
Business qualityAverage
Next earningsDec 8, 2026
Insiders, 90 daysBuying

Why it matters

  1. What Oracle Corporation does

    Oracle makes money by selling enterprise database software, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise applications to large corporations worldwide. The company is aggressively expanding its cloud capacity to capture surging demand for artificial intelligence workloads.

  2. What it does best

    Oracle dominates mission-critical enterprise databases where switching costs are practically insurmountable. Its operating margin reaches 34.1%, placing it in the top decile of its sector.

  3. The main risk

    Heavy debt binges leave the balance sheet fragile. Net debt sits at $105.3B while interest coverage is just 4.8x, leaving little margin for error if capital markets tighten.

Quality, check by check

Scored against its own industry, from company filings.

ProfitabilityFair

Operating margins sit at 34.1% while free cash flow margin is deeply negative due to massive capital expenditures. Scale drives operating margin expansion, but capex currently drains cash.

MoatFair

High switching costs lock in enterprise database customers. Operating margins rank in the top decile of its sector at 84%, protecting it from rivals.

GrowthFast

Revenue grew 17.3% to $71.8B, accelerating significantly compared to historical periods.

Financial healthWeak

Total debt is $137.2B against $31.9B in cash, producing negative free cash flow of $28.7B due to heavy capex. The balance sheet is getting softer as leverage climbs.

Insiders

Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.

1 insider bought $3.5M on the open market. 1 sold $399K outside pre-planned sales.

Our sealed record on ORCL

Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.

The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.

Questions

Is ORCL a good business?

Oracle Corporation scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.8 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth fast and financial health weak.

Are insiders buying ORCL?

In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 1 insider bought $3.5M on the open market. 1 sold $399K outside pre-planned sales.

When does ORCL report earnings?

Dec 8, 2026.

For members

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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Oracle Corporation (ORCL)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/orcl/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.