Oracle Corporation (ORCL.NYSE) AI FORECASTS & ADVISOR ANALYSIS
Read and compare the 12 individual AI Advisor deep-dive reports, including their forecast paths, ratings, price targets, and reasoning.
Updated on 28 November 2025Deep analysis 28 November 2025
AI Advisor 1 AI
Model rating
Buy
5-Year Return Est.
+83.8%
Includes 0.95% annual net dividend contribution
1. Investment Thesis — Base Case
The most reasonable thesis projects Oracle as a successful 'Hybrid Cloud Utility.' OCI continues to grow at a healthy double-digit pace (20-30%), driven by its price-performance advantage and the stickiness of the Oracle Database. The company successfully converts a significant portion of its on-premise installed baseinstalled baseThe active set of deployed products or users already in operation with existing customers.View full glossary entry to cloud consumption models (OCI and Cloud Customer). While not overtaking AWS or Azure, Oracle solidifies a strong #4 position globally and #1 in specialized Sovereign Cloudsovereign cloudCloud infrastructure designed to keep data, operations, and legal control within specified national or jurisdictional requirements.View full glossary entry deployments. The Cerner acquisition stabilizes, becoming margin-neutral to slightly accretive. Revenue grows steadily at 10-12% annually, and aggressive share buybacks combined with operating leverageoperating leverageThe sensitivity of operating profit to changes in revenue caused by the mix of fixed and variable costs.View full glossary entry drive EPS growtheps growthThe percentage increase in earnings per share over a specified period.View full glossary entry of 15-18%. The stock compounds steadily, reflecting consistent execution rather than speculative hype.
Historical prices and published forecast
- Observed price
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| Series | Date | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Observed price | 2020-11-22 | 56.7 |
| Observed price | 2020-12-18 | 64.2 |
| Observed price | 2020-12-23 | 65.1 |
| Observed price | 2021-01-18 | 61.6 |
| Observed price | 2021-01-26 | 61.1 |
| Observed price | 2021-02-04 | 63.5 |
| Observed price | 2021-02-21 | 63.3 |
| Observed price | 2021-03-06 | 69.8 |
| Observed price | 2021-03-24 | 68.1 |
| Observed price | 2021-04-14 | 78.2 |
| Observed price | 2021-04-27 | 75.4 |
| Observed price | 2021-05-06 | 80.2 |
| Observed price | 2021-06-10 | 83.3 |
| Observed price | 2021-06-18 | 77.6 |
| Observed price | 2021-06-23 | 77.8 |
| Observed price | 2021-07-19 | 88.9 |
| Observed price | 2021-07-27 | 87.7 |
| Observed price | 2021-08-14 | 90.4 |
| Observed price | 2021-08-31 | 89.9 |
| Observed price | 2021-09-17 | 86.8 |
| Observed price | 2021-09-22 | 88.6 |
| Observed price | 2021-10-18 | 96.8 |
| Observed price | 2021-10-22 | 98.0 |
| Observed price | 2021-11-13 | 94.0 |
| Observed price | 2021-12-04 | 89.1 |
| Observed price | 2021-12-13 | 99.0 |
| Observed price | 2021-12-22 | 89.8 |
| Observed price | 2022-01-17 | 84.7 |
| Observed price | 2022-02-07 | 83.2 |
| Observed price | 2022-02-16 | 76.0 |
| Observed price | 2022-02-20 | 73.5 |
| Observed price | 2022-03-18 | 80.5 |
| Observed price | 2022-03-27 | 83.7 |
| Observed price | 2022-04-13 | 79.5 |
| Observed price | 2022-04-22 | 78.6 |
| Observed price | 2022-05-18 | 67.4 |
| Observed price | 2022-05-31 | 73.1 |
| Observed price | 2022-06-09 | 68.6 |
| Observed price | 2022-06-22 | 68.9 |
| Observed price | 2022-07-05 | 72.0 |
| Observed price | 2022-07-22 | 74.4 |
| Observed price | 2022-08-17 | 79.1 |
| Observed price | 2022-08-21 | 77.2 |
| Observed price | 2022-09-16 | 69.4 |
| Observed price | 2022-09-21 | 66.7 |
| Observed price | 2022-09-29 | 63.1 |
| Observed price | 2022-10-21 | 69.7 |
| Observed price | 2022-11-16 | 79.1 |
| Observed price | 2022-11-29 | 82.8 |
| Observed price | 2022-12-08 | 79.6 |
| Observed price | 2022-12-25 | 80.4 |
| Observed price | 2023-01-16 | 88.6 |
| Observed price | 2023-01-24 | 89.6 |
| Observed price | 2023-02-11 | 87.4 |
| Observed price | 2023-03-04 | 89.0 |
| Observed price | 2023-03-13 | 84.8 |
| Observed price | 2023-03-22 | 88.0 |
| Observed price | 2023-04-17 | 96.3 |
| Observed price | 2023-04-25 | 93.8 |
| Observed price | 2023-05-17 | 100.0 |
| Observed price | 2023-05-21 | 102 |
| Observed price | 2023-06-16 | 125 |
| Observed price | 2023-06-21 | 121 |
| Observed price | 2023-07-08 | 115 |
| Observed price | 2023-07-21 | 118 |
| Observed price | 2023-08-07 | 113 |
| Observed price | 2023-09-07 | 126 |
| Observed price | 2023-09-15 | 112 |
| Observed price | 2023-09-20 | 110 |
| Observed price | 2023-09-28 | 106 |
| Observed price | 2023-10-24 | 101 |
| Observed price | 2023-11-15 | 114 |
| Observed price | 2023-11-19 | 117 |
| Observed price | 2023-12-11 | 102 |
| Observed price | 2024-01-06 | 103 |
| Observed price | 2024-01-15 | 108 |
| Observed price | 2024-01-19 | 110 |
| Observed price | 2024-02-05 | 116 |
| Observed price | 2024-02-23 | 111 |
| Observed price | 2024-03-15 | 127 |
| Observed price | 2024-03-20 | 129 |
| Observed price | 2024-04-15 | 120 |
| Observed price | 2024-04-23 | 116 |
| Observed price | 2024-05-15 | 122 |
| Observed price | 2024-06-01 | 119 |
| Observed price | 2024-06-14 | 142 |
| Observed price | 2024-06-23 | 140 |
| Observed price | 2024-07-06 | 145 |
| Observed price | 2024-07-23 | 139 |
| Observed price | 2024-08-05 | 129 |
| Observed price | 2024-08-18 | 138 |
| Observed price | 2024-09-13 | 162 |
| Observed price | 2024-09-18 | 165 |
| Observed price | 2024-10-14 | 176 |
| Observed price | 2024-10-31 | 173 |
| Observed price | 2024-11-09 | 188 |
| Observed price | 2024-11-22 | 190 |
| Observed price | 2024-12-13 | 173 |
| Observed price | 2024-12-26 | 171 |
| Observed price | 2025-01-13 | 157 |
| Observed price | 2025-01-30 | 164 |
| Observed price | 2025-02-12 | 176 |
| Observed price | 2025-02-16 | 175 |
| Observed price | 2025-03-14 | 148 |
| Observed price | 2025-03-19 | 150 |
| Observed price | 2025-04-14 | 131 |
| Observed price | 2025-04-18 | 129 |
| Observed price | 2025-05-14 | 161 |
| Observed price | 2025-05-18 | 159 |
| Observed price | 2025-06-13 | 203 |
| Observed price | 2025-06-22 | 207 |
| Observed price | 2025-07-09 | 235 |
| Observed price | 2025-07-22 | 242 |
| Observed price | 2025-08-04 | 256 |
| Observed price | 2025-09-04 | 223 |
| Observed price | 2025-09-12 | 293 |
| Observed price | 2025-09-21 | 325 |
| Observed price | 2025-09-30 | 281 |
| Observed price | 2025-10-17 | 303 |
| Observed price | 2025-11-12 | 230 |
| Observed price | 2025-11-16 | 224 |
| Observed price | 2025-12-12 | 195 |
| Observed price | 2025-12-17 | 190 |
| Observed price | 2026-01-12 | 201 |
| Observed price | 2026-01-16 | 190 |
| Observed price | 2026-02-02 | 151 |
| Observed price | 2026-02-24 | 145 |
| Observed price | 2026-03-09 | 160 |
| Observed price | 2026-04-08 | 140 |
| Observed price | 2026-04-13 | 157 |
| Observed price | 2026-04-26 | 170 |
| Observed price | 2026-05-13 | 195 |
| Observed price | 2026-05-17 | 185 |
| Observed price | 2026-05-30 | 226 |
| Observed price | 2026-06-17 | 187 |
| Observed price | 2026-07-12 | 132 |
| Observed price | 2026-07-25 | 118 |
| Observed price | 2026-08-12 | 154 |
| Observed price | 2026-09-07 | 162 |
| Observed price | 2026-09-14 | 145 |
| Observed price | 2026-09-15 | 140 |
| Observed price | 2026-09-17 | 151 |
| Observed price | 2026-09-18 | 148 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2025-11-26 | 205 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2026-05-27 | 224 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2026-11-27 | 238 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2027-05-27 | 255 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2027-11-27 | 272 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2028-05-27 | 290 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2028-11-27 | 308 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2029-05-27 | 322 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2029-11-27 | 334 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2030-05-27 | 348 |
| Published advisor forecast | 2030-11-27 | 359 |
2. Scenarios & Signals
Bull case
In this scenario, Oracle successfully cements itself as the primary infrastructure alternative to the 'Big Three' (AWS, Azure, GCP) specifically for high-performance AI workloads. The partnership with NVIDIA deepens, making OCI the preferred destination for training massive LLMs due to superior RDMA networking and cost-efficiency. The 'Database@Azure' and multi-cloud strategy eliminates friction, causing a mass migration of legacy on-premise Oracle workloads to OCI without losing customers to competitors. The Cerner acquisition transforms into a high-margin data platform for healthcare, driving unexpected earnings growth. Operating marginsoperating marginsOperating profit as a percentage of revenue after operating expenses, before interest and taxes.View full glossary entry expand to over 45% as cloud economies of scaleeconomies of scaleCost advantages gained by increasing production volume and optimizing manufacturing processes.View full glossary entry kick in. By 2030, Oracle trades at a premium multiple (30x+) on doubled earnings, driven by its indispensability in the sovereign cloudCloud infrastructure designed to keep data, operations, and legal control within specified national or jurisdictional requirements. and AI inferenceai inferenceThe process of using a trained AI model to generate a prediction, classification, or other output from new input.View full glossary entry markets.
Bear case
In this scenario, the AI infrastructureai infrastructureThe compute, networking, storage, power, cooling, software, and facilities used to develop and operate AI systems.View full glossary entry boom proves to be a temporary bubble that bursts by 2026-2027, leaving Oracle with massive overcapacity and high CapExcapital expenditureCapital expenditure (CAPEX) is spending on long-lived assets or major improvements expected to support operations over multiple periods.View full glossary entry debt. While OCI grows, it fails to achieve the critical market share needed to compete with the entrenched ecosystems of AWS and Microsoft. The Cerner integration remains messy, dragging down consolidated margins and distracting management. Furthermore, the decline of high-margin legacy on-premise license support revenues accelerates faster than cloud revenues can compensate, leading to revenue stagnation. Macroeconomic headwindsmacroeconomic headwindsBroad economic forces that can slow activity, weaken demand, or pressure financial performance.View full glossary entry compress valuation multiples back to historical levels of 15x-18x. Investors lose confidence in the 'growth' narrative, re-rating the stock as a low-growth legacy incumbent.
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