--- title: "Weekly Recap | Oracle -5.35%, most brokers rate it buy" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298793891.md" description: "Oracle (ORCL) fell 5.35% for the week to close at $150.28, trailing the S&P 500, which lost 0.8%, by roughly 4.55 percentage points. The move played out as a fade from the opening gap: Tuesday (Sep 8) opened at $167.60 and printed a high of $170.70, then slid through the next two sessions. Friday (Sep 11) saw an intraday low of $149.84 before a partial recovery. The weekly range stood at 12.45%, and average daily volume of about 50.6m shares ran roughly 60% above the 60-day median." datetime: "2026-09-12T06:34:45.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298793891.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298793891.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298793891.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Oracle -5.35%, most brokers rate it buy ## The Week Oracle (ORCL) fell 5.35% for the week to close at $150.28, trailing the S&P 500, which lost 0.8%, by roughly 4.55 percentage points. The move played out as a fade from the opening gap: Tuesday (Sep 8) opened at $167.60 and printed a high of $170.70, then slid through the next two sessions. Friday (Sep 11) saw an intraday low of $149.84 before a partial recovery. The weekly range stood at 12.45%, and average daily volume of about 50.6m shares ran roughly 60% above the 60-day median. ## Key Events The focal point was Oracle’s fiscal Q1 2027 earnings release. Concerns about AI spending were partly addressed as cloud infrastructure revenue grew 121%, and AI-driven backlog growth helped ease worries about the payoff from data-centre buildouts. After the release, the stock jumped nearly 7% after hours, but Friday trading was choppy: shares initially rose 6%, then pulled back to about 3% by the close, leaving the stock down for the week. Two other items sat alongside the earnings window. Oracle disclosed an additional $700m in restructuring costs tied to layoffs, bringing expected job-cut spending to $2.8bn, while founder Larry Ellison adopted a trading plan to sell up to $7.5bn worth of stock. Both landed as secondary layers of pressure during the week. ## Analyst Ratings Coverage on Oracle stands at 46 firms: 27 rate buy, 8 rate over, 7 rate hold, 1 rate sell, and 3 have no opinion. The consensus recommendation is buy, with a consensus target of $239.10, roughly 59.1% above the $150.28 close. The spread between the $400 high target and $110 low target points to genuine disagreement about the timing of AI returns. Oracle ranks 5th among 47 names in the system software group. ## The Week Ahead Three threads matter next week. First is how the stock digests its post-earnings fade: the turn lower into Friday’s close sets up Monday (Sep 15) as a test of how investors weigh 121% cloud infrastructure growth against layoff costs and Ellison’s share sale plan. Second, the macro calendar brings the Empire State manufacturing index on Tuesday (Sep 15) and a cluster of retail sales prints on Wednesday (Sep 16), with weak consumption data potentially pressuring the AI-cycle narrative. Third, Oracle’s $300bn OpenAI partnership was a recurring theme in this week’s coverage, and any fresh order flow or capacity updates would add a company-specific catalyst. ## In Short The tension this week is clear: a consensus target 59.1% above spot, most brokers rating it buy, and 121% cloud infrastructure growth all point upward, yet the stock fell 5.35% and trailed the S&P 500 by 4.55 percentage points, with layoff charges and a sizeable founder sale adding pressure. Valuation is not cheap at about 23.1x earnings and 6.44x book, and the latest session shows large-lot money as a net seller. The question ahead is whether AI backlog growth can convert into steadier share-price performance, and how macro data after Sep 15 reshapes the risk backdrop. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [ORCL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ORCL.US.md) - [ORCX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ORCX.US.md) - [ORCU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ORCU.US.md) - [ORCS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ORCS.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Why Oracle stock fell quickly today](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298945450.md) - [Oracle celebrates banner quarter with another round of layoffs](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298961372.md) - [Last Minute Thought: Buy or Sell Oracle Stock as Earnings Loom? Here’s What Scotiabank Thinks](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298627363.md) - [How To Earn $500 A Month From Oracle Stock Ahead Of Q1 Earnings](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298587135.md) - [‘Beware the Trap,’ Says Investor About Oracle Stock](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298937750.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**