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Oracle’s still got the receipt printer humming
Oracle turned in a better-than-expected quarter, with adjusted EPS of $1.79 versus the Street’s $1.71 and revenue of $17.19 billion, up 21.7% from a year ago. That’s the kind of print that says the company’s cloud and enterprise software machine is still pulling weight, even if it doesn’t always wear a flashy consumer-tech cape.
The forward-looking part is where the market leans in
The bigger tease for investors is Oracle’s Q4 guidance: EPS of $1.96 to $2.00. When a company beats and then points to another solid quarter, you tend to get the classic “okay, but can it keep doing this?” reaction from Wall Street. In Oracle’s case, the AI and data-center narrative is still the main character.
But the vibe isn’t all confetti
There’s also some noise in the background: headlines about roughly 30,000 layoffs, a shareholder probe, and a CEO share sale are enough to make governance hawks squint a little harder. None of that erases the earnings beat, but it does mean investors are watching execution like a hawk with a spreadsheet.
The bottom line
Oracle is still looking like a mature software giant that found a second wind in cloud and AI infrastructure. If the company keeps pairing decent beats with upbeat guidance, the stock gets a nice tailwind. Big picture: the business is proving it can still grow like it has somewhere to be.