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Oracle’s (ORCL - Free Report) AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term revenue realization and reinforcing confidence in sustained top-line momentum.
Cloud remains the main growth driver. Quarterly cloud revenues jumped 34% year over year to $8 billion, making up about half of the total revenues. This shift shows Oracle’s successful move toward recurring, AI-based revenue streams. Cloud Infrastructure led the way, boosted by higher GPU demand and quick growth in multi-cloud database use. These trends suggest that AI investments are now turning into real revenue growth instead of just long-term potential.
Management expects $4 billion in incremental revenues in fiscal 2027 tied directly to the recently signed AI contracts, alongside an unchanged fiscal 2026 revenue forecast of $67 billion, reinforcing forward visibility and contractual demand strength.
Oracle is aligning capital expenditure closely with contracted demand, prioritizing revenue-generating infrastructure and defined return thresholds. This disciplined allocation strategy helps mitigate overbuild risks while supporting scalable AI expansion.
With AI embedded across its infrastructure, database and applications stack, Oracle appears well-positioned to convert rising enterprise AI demand into durable, multi-year growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate projects year-over-year total revenue growth of 16.6% in fiscal 2026 and 27.6% in fiscal 2027, supporting the case for sustained growth.
How Oracle’s AI Backlog Stacks Up Against Rivals
Despite Oracle’s ambitious push into AI infrastructure, hyperscalers like Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) and Salesforce (CRM - Free Report) present formidable competitive headwinds.
Amazon creates strong competition for Oracle in AI infrastructure. AMZN’s AWS has grown to a $142-billion annual revenue run rate, supported by a solid AI-driven backlog and rising enterprise demand. AMZN’s custom chips, such as Trainium and Graviton, improve cost efficiency and AI performance. While Oracle benefits from loyal database customers and growing RPO, AMZN’s larger scale and heavy AI investments highlight competitive pressure.
Salesforce competes with Oracle mainly in AI-driven applications, not infrastructure. CRM reported $72 billion in RPO, showing strong backlog visibility. CRM’s Agentforce platform is growing fast, with rising enterprise adoption and large government deals. While Oracle focuses more on AI infrastructure, CRM embeds AI into its core apps to drive workflow automation. CRM’s expanding AI backlog highlights how Oracle’s AI backlog stacks up against major software rivals.
ORCL’s Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Shares of Oracle have declined 33.4% in the past six months, underperforming the Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s growth of 7.6% and the Zacks Computer - Software industry’s fall of 24.6%.
ORCL’s 6-Month Price Performance
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From a valuation standpoint, the ORCL stock is currently trading at a forward 12-month P/E ratio of 18.81X, which is lower than the industry average of 21.79X. Oracle has a Value Score of D.
ORCL’s Valuation
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ORCL’s fiscal 2026 earnings is pegged at $7.45 per share, down 1 cent over the past 30 days. The earnings estimate suggests 23.55% growth over the figure reported in fiscal 2025.
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Oracle's AI Backlog Strengthens: Is Sustained Growth Ahead?
Key Takeaways
Oracle’s (ORCL - Free Report) AI-driven backlog expansion is strengthening its growth outlook and improving forward revenue visibility. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) climbed sharply year over year, reflecting robust AI-related demand from large enterprise customers. RPO, expected to convert within the next 12 months, increased 40%, highlighting strong near-term revenue realization and reinforcing confidence in sustained top-line momentum.
Cloud remains the main growth driver. Quarterly cloud revenues jumped 34% year over year to $8 billion, making up about half of the total revenues. This shift shows Oracle’s successful move toward recurring, AI-based revenue streams. Cloud Infrastructure led the way, boosted by higher GPU demand and quick growth in multi-cloud database use. These trends suggest that AI investments are now turning into real revenue growth instead of just long-term potential.
Management expects $4 billion in incremental revenues in fiscal 2027 tied directly to the recently signed AI contracts, alongside an unchanged fiscal 2026 revenue forecast of $67 billion, reinforcing forward visibility and contractual demand strength.
Oracle is aligning capital expenditure closely with contracted demand, prioritizing revenue-generating infrastructure and defined return thresholds. This disciplined allocation strategy helps mitigate overbuild risks while supporting scalable AI expansion.
With AI embedded across its infrastructure, database and applications stack, Oracle appears well-positioned to convert rising enterprise AI demand into durable, multi-year growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate projects year-over-year total revenue growth of 16.6% in fiscal 2026 and 27.6% in fiscal 2027, supporting the case for sustained growth.
How Oracle’s AI Backlog Stacks Up Against Rivals
Despite Oracle’s ambitious push into AI infrastructure, hyperscalers like Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) and Salesforce (CRM - Free Report) present formidable competitive headwinds.
Amazon creates strong competition for Oracle in AI infrastructure. AMZN’s AWS has grown to a $142-billion annual revenue run rate, supported by a solid AI-driven backlog and rising enterprise demand. AMZN’s custom chips, such as Trainium and Graviton, improve cost efficiency and AI performance. While Oracle benefits from loyal database customers and growing RPO, AMZN’s larger scale and heavy AI investments highlight competitive pressure.
Salesforce competes with Oracle mainly in AI-driven applications, not infrastructure. CRM reported $72 billion in RPO, showing strong backlog visibility. CRM’s Agentforce platform is growing fast, with rising enterprise adoption and large government deals. While Oracle focuses more on AI infrastructure, CRM embeds AI into its core apps to drive workflow automation. CRM’s expanding AI backlog highlights how Oracle’s AI backlog stacks up against major software rivals.
ORCL’s Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Shares of Oracle have declined 33.4% in the past six months, underperforming the Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s growth of 7.6% and the Zacks Computer - Software industry’s fall of 24.6%.
ORCL’s 6-Month Price Performance
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From a valuation standpoint, the ORCL stock is currently trading at a forward 12-month P/E ratio of 18.81X, which is lower than the industry average of 21.79X. Oracle has a Value Score of D.
ORCL’s Valuation
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ORCL’s fiscal 2026 earnings is pegged at $7.45 per share, down 1 cent over the past 30 days. The earnings estimate suggests 23.55% growth over the figure reported in fiscal 2025.
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ORCL currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.