Oracle Shares Fall 47% as It Becomes Managing Investor in TikTok JV
Oracle’s shares have dropped 47% from their 52-week high as it takes a managing-investor role in the joint venture to run TikTok’s U.S. operations. Analysts highlight Oracle’s 25.28% net margin and 3.28 debt-to-equity ratio as key metrics for assessing its valuation following the TikTok deal.
1. Brokerages Rate Oracle "Moderate Buy"
Oracle has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from 41 independent research firms. Two analysts recommend selling, 11 recommend holding, 25 recommend buying and three recommend strong buying. Over the past 12 months the consensus one-year target price stands at $300.46. Key brokerages have recently adjusted their views: HSBC reiterated its buy rating with a $382 target; JPMorgan Chase reduced its neutral price objective from $270 to $230; Jefferies reaffirmed buy with a $400 target; Robert W. Baird trimmed its outperform objective from $365 to $315; and JMP Securities maintained market-outperform with a $342 target. These shifts reflect differing expectations for Oracle’s next wave of cloud infrastructure revenue growth and margin performance.
2. Oracle Announces $45–50 Billion Financing Plan for Cloud Expansion
Oracle outlined a full-year 2026 funding plan to raise between $45 billion and $50 billion to support its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure build-out. The company intends to split funding evenly between equity and debt. On the equity side, approximately half will come from a combination of at-the-market share issuances (up to $20 billion) and mandatory convertible preferred securities. The other half will be raised via a one-time senior unsecured investment-grade bond offering led by Goldman Sachs. Citigroup will oversee the at-the-market equity program and convertible preferred issuance. Oracle emphasized that this balanced approach will preserve its investment-grade rating and maintain a solid balance sheet while financing contracted capacity for major cloud customers including AMD, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, TikTok and xAI.