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Oracle Corp.: Q3 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 10 March 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 1 raised, 2 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue grew 22% in USD: Total revenues were $17.2 billion against $14.1 billion a year earlier, up 22% in USD and 18% in constant currency. Currency movements added 4 percentage points to total revenue growth. Source
  • Non-GAAP EPS rose 21%: Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.79, against $1.47 a year earlier, up 21% in USD and 16% in constant currency. GAAP diluted EPS was $1.27, up 24% in USD. Source
  • Cloud revenue rose 44%: Cloud revenue was $8.9 billion, against $6.2 billion a year earlier, up 44% in USD and 41% in constant currency. Cloud is infrastructure (IaaS) plus applications (SaaS). Source
  • RPO reached $553 billion: RPO rose $29 billion from last quarter and 325% from a year earlier. Most of the increase related to large scale AI contracts. Source
  • Large AI contracts funded upfront: Customer prepayments fund the GPU purchases, or customers buy GPUs and supply them to Oracle, according to management. Source
  • Trailing free cash flow negative $24.7 billion: Trailing four-quarter free cash flow was negative $24.7 billion, against $5.8 billion a year earlier. Trailing capital expenditures were $48.3 billion and trailing operating cash flow $23.5 billion. Source
  • $30 billion raised in debt and preferred: Management said the offering was substantially oversubscribed on a record order book. Management said it does not expect to issue additional bonds beyond this amount in calendar 2026. Source

“Q3 fiscal 2026 was an exceptional quarter with financial results that exceeded expectations.”

Oracle Corp., press release

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Total revenue SourceQ4 fiscal 202618% to 20% growth in constant currency
Total revenue SourceQ4 fiscal 202619% to 21% growth in USD
Total Cloud revenue SourceQ4 fiscal 202644% to 48% growth in constant currency
Total Cloud revenue SourceQ4 fiscal 202646% to 50% growth in USD
Non-GAAP earnings per share SourceQ4 fiscal 202615% to 17% growth; $1.92 to $1.96 in constant currency
Non-GAAP earnings per share SourceQ4 fiscal 202615% to 17% growth; $1.96 to $2.00 in USD
Revenue SourceFiscal 2026$67 billionKept
Capital expenditures SourceFiscal 2026$50 billionKept
Total revenue SourceFiscal 2027$90 billionRaised

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Fiscal 2027 total revenue guidance raised to $90 billion. Source
  • Guidance kept: Fiscal 2026 revenue and capital expenditure guidance unchanged from the most recent previous guidance. Source
  • New: Announced intent to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity financing in February. Source
  • New: Product development teams restructured into smaller, more agile groups, using AI code generation. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue grew 22% in USD: Total revenues were $17.2 billion against $14.1 billion a year earlier, up 22% in USD and 18% in constant currency. Currency movements added 4 percentage points to total revenue growth. Source
  • Non-GAAP EPS rose 21%: Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.79, against $1.47 a year earlier, up 21% in USD and 16% in constant currency. GAAP diluted EPS was $1.27, up 24% in USD. Source
  • First 20% growth in 15 years: Management said this was the first quarter in over 15 years in which organic total revenue and non-GAAP EPS both grew at 20% or more in USD. Source
  • Cloud revenue rose 44%: Cloud revenue was $8.9 billion, against $6.2 billion a year earlier, up 44% in USD and 41% in constant currency. Cloud is infrastructure (IaaS) plus applications (SaaS). Source
  • Non-GAAP operating income up 19%: GAAP operating income was $5.5 billion. Non-GAAP operating income was $7.4 billion, against $6.2 billion, and GAAP net income was $3.7 billion. Source

Segments and regions

  • Software revenue edged up: Software license revenue was $1,150 million against $1,129 million. Software support revenue was $4,969 million against $4,797 million. Source
  • Americas drove regional growth: Americas revenue was $11,361 million against $9,000 million a year earlier. Europe/Middle East/Africa was $3,964 million and Asia Pacific was $1,865 million. Source
  • Hardware and services revenue grew: Hardware revenue was $714 million, up 2% in USD. Services revenue was $1,443 million, up 12% in USD and 8% in constant currency. Source

“This new AI Code Generation technology is enabling us to build more software in less time with fewer people.”

Oracle Corp., press release

Products and customers

  • Cloud infrastructure grew 84%: Cloud infrastructure revenue was $4.9 billion. Cloud applications revenue was $4.0 billion, up 13% in USD. Source
  • Multicloud database revenue up 531%: Oracle Cloud Database (IaaS) revenue rose 35% in the quarter. Multicloud Database revenue rose 531% in USD. Source
  • Fusion and NetSuite ERP grew: Fusion Cloud ERP (SaaS) revenue was $1.1 billion, up 17% in USD. NetSuite Cloud ERP (SaaS) revenue was $1.1 billion, up 14% in USD. Source

Costs and margins

  • Cloud and software costs rose 66%: Cloud and software expense was $4,776 million against $2,882 million, up 66% in USD. It was 28% of revenue, against 20% a year earlier. Source
  • Restructuring charges more than doubled: Restructuring expense was $153 million against $63 million a year earlier. Nine-month restructuring expense was $961 million against $220 million. Source
  • GAAP and non-GAAP margins diverged: GAAP operating margin was 32%, against 31%. Non-GAAP operating margin was 43%, against 44%, a decline of 92 basis points. Source
  • Interest expense climbed 32%: Interest expense was $1,180 million against $892 million, up 32% in USD and in constant currency. Source

Demand and the order book

  • RPO reached $553 billion: RPO rose $29 billion from last quarter and 325% from a year earlier. Most of the increase related to large scale AI contracts. Source
  • Large AI contracts funded upfront: Customer prepayments fund the GPU purchases, or customers buy GPUs and supply them to Oracle, according to management. Source
  • AI demand exceeds supply: Management said some of the largest buyers of AI cloud capacity have recently strengthened their financial positions substantially. Source

Capital, cash and shareholder returns

  • Trailing free cash flow negative $24.7 billion: Trailing four-quarter free cash flow was negative $24.7 billion, against $5.8 billion a year earlier. Trailing capital expenditures were $48.3 billion and trailing operating cash flow $23.5 billion. Source
  • Nine-month capex reached $39.2 billion: Nine-month capital expenditures were $39.2 billion, against $12.1 billion a year earlier. Net cash provided by operating activities was $17.4 billion, against $14.7 billion. Source
  • $30 billion raised in debt and preferred: Management said the offering was substantially oversubscribed on a record order book. Management said it does not expect to issue additional bonds beyond this amount in calendar 2026. Source
  • Dividend declared at $0.50: The board declared a $0.50 quarterly cash dividend, the same rate as in the prior quarter's release. Source
  • Small share repurchases in nine months: Nine-month payments for repurchases of common stock were $95 million, against $450 million a year earlier. Nine-month dividends paid were $4,285 million, against $3,340 million. Source

Strategy and AI investment

  • SaaS applications built more cheaply: Management said Oracle is building SaaS applications for more industries, with AI code generation lowering the cost of building them. Source
  • AI code generation lifts suite competitiveness: Management attributes the competitiveness and profitability of its SaaS application suites to the code generation technology. Source
  • Demand supports fiscal 2027 growth view: Management cited demand for AI cloud capacity and the financial strength of its largest consumers as the basis for expecting to meet or exceed its growth forecast. Source

Coming up, as management said on 10 March 2026

  • Dividend record and payment dates: The dividend is payable April 24, 2026 to holders of record on April 9, 2026. Source
  • Equity financing portion not yet started: Management said the at-the-market equity portion of the financing program has not yet been initiated. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Remaining performance obligations Source$553 billion, up 325% in USD
Cloud revenue (IaaS plus SaaS) Source$8.9 billion, up 44% in USD
Cloud infrastructure (IaaS) revenue Source$4.9 billion, up 84% in USD

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Met: Management said cloud revenue was at the high end of its guidance, and total revenue at the high end of constant currency guidance and above USD guidance. Source
  • Ahead: Management said non-GAAP EPS was above guidance in both USD and constant currency. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.