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Oracle’s cloud rocket keeps firing
Oracle’s latest Q1 numbers read like the company found the turbo button. GAAP EPS rose 55% to $1.56, while non-GAAP EPS climbed 30% to $1.92. Revenue also hit a record $19.3 billion, up 30% year over year in both reported and constant currency terms.
Why Wall Street cares
The headline isn’t just that Oracle grew — it’s where the growth came from. Triple-digit growth in cloud infrastructure revenues is the sort of line that makes investors sit up straighter, because it suggests Oracle is still turning its old-school enterprise rep into a modern cloud-and-AI play.
The bigger story
If you’re holding ORCL, this is the kind of quarter that can keep the “maybe this isn’t your dad’s database company anymore” narrative humming. Strong top-line growth plus the cloud story gives bulls more ammo, especially when the market is still obsessed with anything tied to AI infrastructure.
Big picture: Oracle keeps proving it can still surprise people who thought it was just the boring infrastructure auntie at the tech family reunion.