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Oracle Deepens AI Anxiety: Will It Accelerate the Sell-Off?

Title: Oracle's Earnings: The Ugly Truth About AI Capex

Oracle's post-earnings plunge is a masterclass in the AI investment dilemma. The market's reaction is rational and points to broader sector risk.

Why it's so concerning:

1. The Cash Burn: -$10 billion in FCF is staggering. It shows the immense capital intensity required to compete with the cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

2. Capex Without Near-Term ROI: Raising capex guidance by $15 billion signals the spending war is escalating, but Oracle's cloud revenue miss suggests they are not winning market share proportionally. Investors are asking: "Where's the payoff?"

3. Competitive Disadvantage: Unlike Microsoft or Google, Oracle lacks a massive, profitable "other business" (like Office or Search) to fund this AI arms race indefinitely.

Will it accelerate the sell-off?

Yes, for the "AI also-ran" cohort. Oracle's report casts a harsh light on any company making massive AI infrastructure bets without clear, near-term monetization or a dominant existing cash cow. It validates fears of a brutal "AI winter" for losers where only the strongest (with fortress balance sheets like MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN) survive the capex war.

This is a stock-specific execution problem that echoes Broadcom's margin warning. It will fuel rotation within tech, from high-capex, low-visibility names to those with clearer paths to AI profitability.

Oracle Deepens AI Anxiety: Will It Accelerate the Sell-Off?

Oracle reported its fiscal Q2 2026 results after the market closed on Wednesday, with revenue and cloud revenue both falling short of analyst expectations. The company also posted –$10 billion in free cash flow for the quarter. At the same time, Oracle raised its full-year capital expenditure guidance, saying it now expects to spend about $15 billion more than previously planned. These updates triggered a sharp reaction in the market — Oracle’s share price plunged more than 10%.

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