Oracle’s market value skyrocketed in almost US$ 300 billion, propelled by a 41% spike in the stock price following the release of its fiscal Q1 2026 results. The massive jump came after Oracle disclosed an unprecedented US$ 455 billion in future revenues from bookings in their cloud service, more than triple the prior quarter’s level.
At the centre of the surge is Larry Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder and chairman, whose 41% stake in the company now exceeds US$ 390 billion—momentarily elevating him above Elon Musk to become the world’s richest individual. His company, now, is much closer to the trillionaire giants, like Amazon, Apple or Nvidia, in market cap.
The context also played in Ellison’s favor: while his own fortune soared, Tesla’s market value—Musk’s flagship company—declined, exacerbated by criticism of Musk’s public stance and his closeness to the Trump administration, which negatively affected investors.
The leap in bookings stems from Oracle signing four multibillion-dollar contracts across three customers in the three months that precede August, amid surging demand for AI-dedicated infrastructure. CEO Safra Catz described it as an “astonishing quarter”. Notably, partnerships include OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, AMD and the strategic Stargate project with OpenAI and SoftBank, also an AI-infrastructure venture.
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Oracle raised its cloud revenue projection dramatically: infrastructure revenue is expected to increase from US$ 18 billion this year to US$ 144 billion within the next four years, a figure nearly 60% above Wall Street’s prior forecast. The company also boosted its capital expenditure estimate to US$ 35 billion to meet this demand.
Despite slightly missing Wall Street’s revenue estimate of US$ 14.9 billion versus the US$ 15 billion expected and adjusted net income nearing forecasts, Oracle’s stock rallied on investor excitement over future contracts. Analysts caution that the company must quickly scale its data center footprint to meet such surging demand amid capacity constraints and chip industry supply chain issues.
