Oracle CorporationOracle's Q1 backlog surged $209B to $664B with revenue +30% and profit +60%, and Ellison canceled a $7.5B share sale, a bullish capital/earnings event.

Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison has scrapped a plan to sell $7.5 billion worth of shares, a move CNBC host Jim Cramer said would squeeze short sellers. The reversal came after Oracle reported fiscal first quarter results in which its backlog surged by $209 billion to $664 billion, with more than $30 billion of the new orders coming from new AI cloud contracts. Revenue grew 30% and profit rose 60% in the quarter, and the company guided fiscal second quarter growth of 30% to 34%. The company exited the quarter with $127 billion in debt against $33 billion in cash and equivalents, and capital expenditure came in at negative $5.4 billion, while it laid off 21,000 employees in fiscal year 2026. Hedge fund sentiment was little changed, with 119 funds tracked by Insider Monkey holding the stock versus 115 in the prior quarter, including new stakes of $184 million from Tudor Investment Corp and $126 million from Tontine Asset Management.
Oracle CorporationOracle's Q1 backlog surged $209B to $664B with revenue +30% and profit +60%, and Ellison canceled a $7.5B share sale, a bullish capital/earnings event.
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