{"id":13802,"date":"2026-03-11T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/?p=13802"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:14:22","slug":"oracle-rallies-as-ceo-rules-out-new-2026-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/?p=13802","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Rallies as CEO Rules Out New 2026 Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oracle<\/strong> shares climbed about 9%<\/strong> Wednesday after the software and cloud provider delivered a strong fiscal third-quarter update and told analysts it does not plan to raise additional debt in 2026<\/strong> beyond what it has already outlined. The reassurance addressed a central concern weighing on the stock: whether Oracle\u2019s aggressive buildout of AI data centers would require a new wave of borrowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debt Concerns Ease After Earnings Call<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oracle has faced investor skepticism over how it is financing its AI infrastructure expansion, particularly as hyperscalers race to add computing capacity. Last month, Oracle said it intends to raise up to $50 billion<\/strong> in 2026 through a mix of debt and equity<\/strong>, and it signaled it did not expect to issue additional bonds beyond that plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday\u2019s earnings call, CEO Clayton Magouyrk<\/strong> framed the investment cycle as expensive but manageable, arguing Oracle\u2019s operating model can sustain growth while protecting profitability. He also pointed to contract structure as a key reason Oracle believes it can scale without creating new cash flow pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contracts and Prepayments Drive Expansion Model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Magouyrk said Oracle has signed more than $29 billion<\/strong> in contracts since introducing an approach that relies on bring-your-own-hardware<\/strong> arrangements and up-front customer payments<\/strong>. The company says that combination allows it to expand capacity without generating negative cash flow tied to the new buildout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said Oracle delivered 90%<\/strong> of its 400-megawatt<\/strong> data centers on time or ahead of schedule in the third quarter, positioning execution speed as another differentiator as customers seek near-term compute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sector Pressure Remains, but Analysts Turn More Bullish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oracle\u2019s update landed in a market that has been uneasy about the risk of an AI spending bubble. Those fears have weighed on software names broadly and helped drive Oracle down more than 50%<\/strong> from its September peak and about 15%<\/strong> year to date. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV)<\/strong> is down 18%<\/strong> so far in 2026, underscoring the broader pressure on the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against that backdrop, Oracle also reported cloud revenue of $8.9 billion<\/strong> in the quarter, up 44%<\/strong> year over year, including infrastructure and software as a service. Analysts said the mix of growth and backlog visibility helped reset sentiment around the company\u2019s AI narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wedbush<\/strong> analyst Dan Ives<\/strong> said Oracle\u2019s AI and cloud metrics and backlog point to a robust demand environment and suggested the update could be read as a relief signal for the wider tech and software complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oracle shares climbed about 9% Wednesday after the software and cloud provider delivered a strong fiscal third-quarter update and told analysts it does not plan to raise additional debt in 2026 beyond what it has already outlined. The reassurance addressed a central concern weighing on the stock: whether Oracle\u2019s aggressive buildout of AI data centers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10772,"featured_media":13803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[708,3758,1416,3753,2356,3757,1407,3756,3755,3754],"class_list":{"0":"post-13802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-ai-infrastructure","9":"tag-backlog","10":"tag-cloud-revenue","11":"tag-customer-prepayments","12":"tag-data-centers","13":"tag-debt-plan","14":"tag-earnings","15":"tag-hyperscalers","16":"tag-oracle","17":"tag-software-stocks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13804,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions\/13804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalgazette.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}