Why Is Oracle Stock Trading Lower Tuesday?
Portfolio Pulse from Anusuya Lahiri
Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) stock is down in premarket trading after reporting mixed Q2 results. Revenue was $12.94 billion, missing estimates by $0.11 billion, but adjusted EPS of $1.34 beat estimates by $0.02. Cloud revenue grew significantly, with IaaS up 52% and SaaS up 15%. Despite this, analysts from Piper Sandler and UBS lowered their price targets for ORCL from $130 and $135 to $125, respectively. The stock has risen 38% YTD, but is currently trading 9.50% lower at $104.20.

December 12, 2023 | 1:59 pm
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Oracle's Q2 revenue miss and mixed financial results have led to a premarket drop in its stock price. Analysts have lowered price targets despite strong cloud revenue growth.
The stock is trading lower due to the revenue miss, which is a key metric for investors. The lowered price targets from analysts could further influence investor sentiment negatively in the short term, despite the strong performance in the cloud segment.
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