Oracle (ORCL) Valuation Check After Recent Share Price Pullback

Why Oracle (ORCL) is on investors’ radar today

Oracle (ORCL) is drawing attention after recent share price moves. The stock is down about 4% over the past week and 12% over the past month, while its 1-year total return stands at 7.7%.

See our latest analysis for Oracle.

The recent 1-day share price return of -4.13% and 30-day share price return of -11.66% suggest momentum is fading in the short term, even though the 5-year total shareholder return of 200.29% points to a very strong longer run for investors who stayed in.

If Oracle’s recent pullback has you reassessing your tech exposure, it could be a good moment to scan high growth tech and AI stocks for other software and AI names on your radar.

Oracle’s recent pullback sits against annual revenue of US$61.0b, net income of US$15.4b and a mixed track record of returns. Is the current price a fresh entry point, or is the market already baking in future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 55.1% Undervalued

At a last close of $174.90 versus a narrative fair value of $389.81, Oracle’s current price sits well below what this narrative implies, according to TickerTickle.

The story of Oracle’s transformation is a narrative of strategic repositioning that has culminated in the company emerging as an indispensable infrastructure partner for the world’s most demanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads. This strategic shift, defined by massive infrastructure investment, a landmark partnership with OpenAI, and the rise of colossal superclusters, has driven an unprecedented surge in its contract backlog, fundamentally reshaping Oracle’s long-term growth trajectory and competitive landscape.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how those mega AI contracts translate into that higher fair value? The narrative leans heavily on rapid cloud buildout, richer margins, and a future earnings profile more often associated with top tier platform leaders.

Result: Fair Value of $389.81 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, that AI heavy story could be knocked off course if Oracle struggles to deliver new capacity fast enough or if high generative AI failure rates curb customer follow through.

Find out about the key risks to this Oracle narrative.

Another angle on valuation

That $389.81 fair value from the user narrative is only one lens. Our DCF model points to a fair value of $165.46 per share, which is below the current $174.90 price. On that basis Oracle screens as slightly overvalued. Which story do you think better fits the risks you care about?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

Simply Wall St performs a discounted cash flow (DCF) on every stock in the world every day (check out Oracle for example). We show the entire calculation in full. You can track the result in your watchlist or portfolio and be alerted when this changes, or use our stock screener to discover 876 undervalued stocks based on their cash flows. If you save a screener we even alert you when new companies match - so you never miss a potential opportunity.

Build Your Own Oracle Narrative

If you see the story differently or prefer to lean on your own homework, you can build a custom Oracle view in just a few minutes using Do it your way.

A great starting point for your Oracle research is our analysis highlighting 2 key rewards and 3 important warning signs that could impact your investment decision.

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