Oracle shares fall almost 5% after losing revenue in the third quarter

  • Oracle’s total revenue increased 18% year over year in the last quarter to $12.40 billion.
  • Operating income was $3.3 billion during the quarter, down 18% from last year’s $2.3 billion during the third quarter.

Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle and then one of Oracle’s two co-CEOs, smiles at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2016.

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Shares of Oracle fell nearly 5% after the enterprise tech giant reported its financial results for the fiscal third quarter of 2023.

Here’s how the company did it:

  • merits: $1.22 per share, adjusted, versus $1.20 per share as analysts expect, according to Refinitiv.
  • Gain: $12.40 billion versus $12.42 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

Oracle’s total revenue increased 18% year-over-year during the last quarter.

For the third quarter ended Feb. 28, net income fell to $1.90 billion, or 68 cents per share, from $2.32 billion, or 84 cents per share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, Oracle earned $1.22 per share, better than analyst estimates of $1.20 per share.

Operating income was $3.3 billion during the quarter, down 18% from last year’s $2.3 billion during the third quarter.

Oracle’s total operating expenses increased 37% year over year to $9.2 billion.

“Oracle’s non-GAAP earnings per share growth reached the high end of our expectation — up 13% in constant currency to $1.22,” Oracle CEO Safra Catz said in a statement. “Our strong quarterly earnings growth was driven by 48% constant currency growth for total revenue from our two cloud businesses, infrastructure and applications.”

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