Oracle Backlog Hits $664B — Can Cloud Stocks Stage a Comeback?
Oracle fell 5.38% into the print, then turned after hours, +4.38% to $159.64. Q1 FY27 revenue was $19.35bn, +30%, just under the $19.53bn consensus, but cloud infrastructure hit $7.4bn, +121%, and RPO reached $664bn against the $638bn carried into the day. Over $30bn of AI cloud contracts signed, 300,000+ GPUs delivered, near triple the prior quarter; guidance went to adj EPS $8.10 and at least $90bn. Nebius −5.09%, CoreWeave about −5%: names that live on capital markets take rates hardest. Faster conversion means more cash out first. Hold Oracle, Nebius, or CoreWeave into higher rates?