Larry Ellison is $15 billion richer after Oracle's best day on stock market since 2021

$Oracle(ORCL)$ stock price rose 11.75% on Tuesday, the largest single-day increase in more than two years, and closed at $127.54, a record high.

The company previously reported third-quarter results that exceeded expectations, with revenue from its cloud services and licensing support divisions growing 12%.

1. $Oracle(ORCL)$ Earnings Highlight:

The cloud computing giant announced third-quarter results that were better than Wall Street expectations, and said it had signed a series of large-scale cloud computing service contracts driven by artificial intelligence demand, superimposing the third-quarter results as of February.

In the financial quarter, Oracle's remaining performance obligations (RPO, a measure of Oracle's sales backlog) were US$80 billion, significantly exceeding analysts' expectations of $59 billion, indicating that the global boom in artificial intelligence technology has a far greater positive impact on Oracle than investment. cognition.

Performance data shows that $Oracle(ORCL)$'s Q3 revenue as of February was $13.3 billion, a yoy increase of 7.1%, in line with market expectations; earnings per share excluding some projects was $1.41, better than market expectations of $1.38.

In the third fiscal quarter, Oracle's closely watched cloud computing business revenue increased by 25% year-on-year to $5.1 billion, slightly higher than market expectations of $5.06 billion. Oracle executives also revealed that an "exciting joint announcement" with Nvidia will be released soon.

Riding on the trend of AI, Oracle's stock price has increased by 40% in the past year.

2. Founder's personal wealth jumped by $15 billion on Tuesday

$Oracle(ORCL)$ founder Larry Ellison's personal fortune jumped by $15 billion on Tuesday. Reaching about $146 billion, it currently ranks fifth on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, behind Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and ahead of Warren Buffett.

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His company focuses on enterprise software and is therefore a direct competitor of SAP. Ellison himself is very lively and has a reputation in the business world as an "unusual" businessman.

Mike Wilson titled his biography of Ellison The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison.

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3. Price Targets for $Oracle(ORCL)$

Based on 25 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for Oracle in the last 3 months. The average price target is $136.35 with a high forecast of $160.00 and a low forecast of $105.00. The average price target represents a 6.91% change from the last price of $127.54.

• Wedbush Securities gave Oracle a 12-month target price of $150 and maintained a "buy" rating after Oracle announced its latest results;

• Mizuho analyst Panigrahi reiterated his "buy" rating on Oracle and raised the price target from $140 to $160;

• Bernstein maintained the agency's "outperform" rating on Oracle and raised its price target to $159 from $147;

• Jefferies maintained the agency's "buy" rating on Oracle and raised its price target to $150 from $140;

• UBS maintained its "buy" rating on Oracle and raised its price target to $150 from $130.