Oracle (ORCL)
Forward P/E is 15.27x against a peer median of 35.77x, a ratio of 0.43x, with a trailing P/E of 20.39x. The peer median is pulled up by two extreme names (PLTR 104.88x and DDOG 105.73x), so the stronger evidence is growth and PEG: latest-quarter revenue growth was +29.6% year over year (PRIMARY/EDGAR), roughly double the cluster median of +14.9%, and the PEG ratio of 0.51 is the second-lowest in this batch. Even against the cheapest large peer in the set, CRM at 16.52x, Oracle is no more expensive while growing much faster on the brief's figures. Delivered demand check: the cluster's median revenue growth was +14.9% year over year — demand rising.
What would change this label: Move to FAIRLY PRICED if the forward P/E rises above about 32.2x (0.90x the current peer median of 35.77x) without growth accelerating, or if revenue growth falls below +10% year over year at the current multiple. The UNDERVALUED label strengthens if revenue growth holds at or above +25% year over year while the forward P/E stays at or below 15.27x.
Oracle sells the database and cloud software that large companies run on, and its sales grew about 30% over the past year — roughly twice the pace of its software group. Yet its shares cost only about 15 times expected profits, similar to much slower-growing software companies. Growing that fast at that price makes the shares look undervalued on these numbers.
Both lines start at 100 on 2020-09-01. Over the full window Oracle returned +126.38% and the S&P 500 +118.28% (price returns; dividends not reinvested). Worst peak-to-trough fall for Oracle: -65.0% (2025-09-10 to 2026-07-24). Source: Nasdaq official daily history.
What the label rests on
Forward P/E is 15.27x against a peer median of 35.77x, a ratio of 0.43x, with a trailing P/E of 20.39x. The peer median is pulled up by two extreme names (PLTR 104.88x and DDOG 105.73x), so the stronger evidence is growth and PEG: latest-quarter revenue growth was +29.6% year over year (PRIMARY/EDGAR), roughly double the cluster median of +14.9%, and the PEG ratio of 0.51 is the second-lowest in this batch. Even against the cheapest large peer in the set, CRM at 16.52x, Oracle is no more expensive while growing much faster on the brief's figures. Delivered demand check: the cluster's median revenue growth was +14.9% year over year — demand rising. The company’s forward P/E is 15.3× against a peer median of 35.8×. Its own history: UNVERIFIED — no sourced range available. Sector demand read: Delivered demand check: the Application software group's median latest-quarter revenue growth was +14.9% year over year (SEC filings) — demand rising. Latest-quarter sales growth was +29.6% versus a year earlier (SEC filings).
| Company | Price (Oct 28, 2026) | Forward P/E | Trailing P/E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle (ORCL) | $130.04 | 15.3× | 20.4× |
| PLTR | $198.73 | 104.9× | 170.0× |
| CRM | $242.13 | 16.5× | 22.4× |
| DDOG | $280.37 | 105.7× | 571.6× |
| ADBE | $248.09 | 9.2× | 13.8× |
| CDNS | $336.92 | 35.8× | 67.0× |
| Peer median | 35.8× |
Multiples: stockanalysis.com (SECONDARY, S&P Global data), fetched Oct 28, 2026. Peer set chosen by sector; the median is the middle value of the set. The label and its numbers were recorded in the programme’s label registry on Oct 28, 2026 and will be scored at 6 and 12 months.
Sales, profit and cash
This company does not report a gross-profit line in its SEC facts (normal for banks, payment networks and some health insurers), so profit is shown as net income instead — gross margin is marked UNVERIFIED-absent rather than estimated.
Free cash flow = cash from operations minus spending on plant and equipment, both from the company’s SEC cash-flow statement. Gaps are quarters where that spending line is not separately tagged in the filings — shown as gaps, never estimated.
| Quarter | Sales | Gross margin | Net income | EPS (GAAP, diluted) | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q/E Aug 2026 2026-08-31 | $19.3B | — | $4.8B | 1.56 | $-5.4B |
| Q/E May 2026 2026-05-31 | $19.2B | — | $4.3B | — | $-1.9B |
| Q/E Feb 2026 2026-02-28 | $17.2B | — | $3.7B | 1.27 | $-11.5B |
| Q/E Nov 2025 2025-11-30 | $16.1B | — | $6.1B | 2.10 | $-10.0B |
| Q/E Aug 2025 2025-08-31 | $14.9B | — | $2.9B | 1.01 | $-362M |
| Q/E May 2025 2025-05-31 | $15.9B | — | $3.4B | — | $-2.9B |
| Q/E Feb 2025 2025-02-28 | $14.1B | — | $2.9B | 1.02 | $71M |
| Q/E Nov 2024 2024-11-30 | $14.1B | — | $3.2B | 1.10 | $-2.7B |
| Q/E Aug 2024 2024-08-31 | $13.3B | — | $2.9B | 1.03 | $5.1B |
| Q/E May 2024 2024-05-31 | $14.3B | — | $3.1B | — | $3.3B |
| Q/E Feb 2024 2024-02-29 | $13.3B | — | $2.4B | 0.85 | $3.8B |
| Q/E Nov 2023 2023-11-30 | $12.9B | — | $2.5B | 0.89 | $-937M |
The last twelve reported quarters. Full 24-quarter history sits in the data pack behind this page. A dash means the figure is not tagged as a standalone quarter in the company’s SEC facts (the usual case is the fourth quarter, which many companies only report inside the full-year filing) — it is missing, not zero.
Earnings: getting better or worse?
Each box is one quarter’s earnings per share (EPS). Green means EPS was higher than the same quarter a year earlier; red means lower; a dash means the figure is not tagged in the filings.
Basis: GAAP diluted EPS from SEC company facts, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
Key facts
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Company (legal name in filings) | ORACLE CORP |
| Chief executive | Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia (co-CEOs) (source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/oracle-appoints-clay-magouyrk-and-mike-sicilia-as-co-ceos/) |
| Sector | Technology — Application Software — sells enterprise database, cloud infrastructure and business application software |
| Share price (Oct 28, 2026) | $130.04 |
| Market value (market cap) | $394.7B — share price times shares outstanding of 3,023,736,000 (SEC filings; SEC EDGAR dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (latest)) |
| Sales, last twelve months | $71.8B |
| Net income, last twelve months | $18.9B |
| Free cash flow, last twelve months | $-28.7B |
| Latest reported quarter | Q/E Aug 2026 (of 24 quarters in the data pack) |
| Six-year price return vs S&P 500 | +126.38% vs +118.28% |
| Worst peak-to-trough fall | -65.0% (2025-09-10 to 2026-07-24) |
What we could not verify
- Gross profit / gross margin: not tagged as a standalone line in this company's EDGAR company facts (common for banks, payment networks and some healthcare payers) — shown as UNVERIFIED-absent; the page charts revenue and net income instead.
- TTM GAAP diluted EPS could not be summed from company facts because at least one of the last four quarters (typically Q4) has no standalone tagged EPS; trailing P/E is therefore taken from the labelled secondary source in valuation_label.md.
- Own-history P/E range not yet compiled for this company in the Phase 1 batch run; the label rests on peer-median, growth and PEG evidence.
- Leadership change from the brief's fetch notes: Oracle has co-CEOs, Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia, appointed Sep 22, 2025, replacing Safra Catz, who became executive vice chair.
- Peer median of 35.77x is pulled up by two peers priced above 100x forward earnings (PLTR 104.88x, DDOG 105.73x); the label therefore also rests on Oracle's own growth (+29.6% year over year) and PEG (0.51), not on the peer gap alone.
- Guidance record (each quarter scored against the guidance the company gave the quarter before) is not yet compiled for this company — it is a Phase 2 layer. The earnings strip below therefore uses reported EPS versus a year earlier, which is fully sourced from filings.
The IT factor — the most exciting thing the market is overlooking — is not assessed on an X-Ray page. It belongs to the Deep Dive (Phase 2), where it gets the evidence standard it needs. Leadership-era scoring (the six years split by chief executive) is likewise a Phase 2 layer; this page names the current chief executive only, from a sourced profile.
Sources
- SEC EDGAR submissions — Filing index; company legal name.
https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001341439.json - SEC EDGAR company facts — Quarterly financial spine: revenue, gross profit, net income, GAAP diluted EPS, operating cash flow, PP&E capex, buybacks, dividends, diluted shares.
https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001341439.json - Nasdaq official daily history — Daily closes for the company; SPY (assetclass=etf) saved as raw/nasdaq_spy_raw.json over identical dates.
https://api.nasdaq.com/api/quote/ORCL/historical?assetclass=stocks - Valuation multiples and peer figures — stockanalysis.com (SECONDARY, S&P Global data), fetched Oct 28, 2026; see valuation_label.md in the data pack.
Conventions: earliest-filed value per period, as first reported; cash-flow years-to-date differenced quarter by quarter; EPS never differenced; free cash flow = operating cash flow minus plant-and-equipment spending. This page is a dated snapshot — updates are new versions, never silent edits.