Key Stats for Oracle Stock
- Current Price: $142.30
- Target Price (Mid): ~$470
- Street Target: ~$238
- Potential Total Return: ~231%
- Annualized IRR: ~29% / year
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What Happened?
Oracle Corporation (ORCL) spent part of 2026 in court over Wisconsin’s data center power-rate rules. On October 2, it committed to absorbing about $300 million in rising Point Beach nuclear plant costs. It would take on part of the plant output that We Energies is required to buy, which Oracle estimates will save more than 1 million utility customers about $300 million. The subscription still needs approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Shares closed up 3.06% at $142.30 that day, a move coverage tied to several headlines at once rather than one catalyst.
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Oracle Moved From Suing Wisconsin Regulators to Offering to Cover Ratepayer Costs
Oracle sued Wisconsin regulators in June over power-rate rules it argued could cost more than $100 million a year, then dropped the suit in August. The Point Beach offer runs the other way. It takes on costs that would otherwise reach Wisconsin customers, and Oracle also pledged to fully fund energy costs at Project Lighthouse, its Port Washington data center.
Co-CEO Clay Magouyrk framed the stakes on the September 10 earnings call: “It used to be that the constraints were GPUs and fabs, then constraints moved to power generation.” He said Oracle was not pursuing on-site generation in Wisconsin and was instead working through the grid with the Public Service Commission, ATC, and We Energies. He also said data center delivery there was on track and that neither Wisconsin nor New Mexico would affect fiscal 2027 revenue or earnings guidance.
The exposure sits further out. Magouyrk described these sites as around 1 gigawatt apiece, so the pace of Wisconsin approvals shapes how quickly that capacity earns revenue beyond fiscal 2027.
Gross Margin Is Where the Buildout Shows Up Next
Fiscal Q1 results in Oracle’s investor relations materials show the strain. Capex of $28.499 billion left free cash flow at negative $5.396 billion.
Margins come next. CFO Hilary Maxson said, “Over the next couple of years, as we finish the ramp-up, you can reasonably expect that gross margin would flatten, I would say,” while noting Oracle had not given specific guidance. Consensus has gross margin falling from 67.10% in fiscal 2026 to around 51% in fiscal 2029. Over the same stretch, EBIT margin dips from 42.9% to around 38%.
Other recent news cuts both ways:
- Insider activity: Director Stephen Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares at a weighted average of $139.352 on September 29. Insiders sold a net $115.6 million over the prior 12 months, according to GuruFocus, a figure that can include pre-planned and tax-related sales.
- Tencent lease: The Financial Times reported on September 30 that Tencent agreed to a roughly $7 billion, five-year lease of Oracle AI chips in Southeast Asia. Neither company immediately responded to Reuters’ requests for comment.
- New Mexico campus: Bloomberg reported on September 24 that Oracle sent a force majeure notice to the campus developer. Oracle said the project “remains on our planned schedule.”
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TIKR Advanced Model Analysis
- Current Price: $142.30
- Target Price (Mid): ~$470
- Potential Total Return: ~231%
- Annualized IRR: ~29% / year
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The middle case, the middle of three scenarios, is the base view here. For context, consensus estimates outline the drivers:
- Revenue: from $67.357 billion in fiscal 2026 to about $132 billion in fiscal 2028 and about $261 billion in fiscal 2031, though only five analysts project that far.
- Margins: EBIT margin recovering to around 41% by fiscal 2031 after the ramp-up dip.
- Primary risk: power approval delays push back capacity and the first positive free cash flow, which consensus does not expect until fiscal 2029.
If approvals land smoothly, the mid case looks more reachable. If they slip, the Street’s ~$238 mean target, about 67% above the current price, is the more conservative yardstick. It is backed by 28 Buys and 7 Outperforms against 7 Holds, 2 No Opinions, and 1 Sell.
Conclusion
The next checkpoints are the commission’s ruling on Point Beach, Oracle AI World from October 25 to 28, and an October Investor Day whose date Oracle has not announced. A stated gross margin floor near 51% and a first free cash flow timeline would support the thesis. Q2 results follow on December 14, according to management, and need revenue growth inside the 30% to 34% guide.
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