Oracle Skyrocketed Based on Its AI Outlook. Is It Too Late to Buy the Stock?

It's not often that a stock absolutely skyrockets right after it misses analysts' expectations for both revenue and profits, but that was what Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) did following its recent fiscal 2026 first-quarter report. The market's excitement about the stock appeared to stem from the company's growing cloud computing business. The stock has now more than doubled so far in 2025.Let's take a closer look at Oracle's earnings report and prospects to see whether or not it's too late to buy the stock.Sometimes there is a last-mover's advantage, and in the cloud computing space, Oracle appears to have one. Before the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, the company's cloud computing unit was new and pretty small. However, it's now building it out quickly with all the latest technology. As a result, top AI model companies are flocking to its services, and even the big three cloud computing infrastructure providers -- Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft -- are partnering with it.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool