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28 Jul 2026, 17:46 UTC · 4h ago
Oracle vs. Alibaba: Which Cloud & AI Giant Should You Buy Right Now?
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Zacks Investment Research
28 Jul 2026, 17:46 UTC · 4h ago
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Oracle's Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) grew 363% year-over-year to reach $638 billion. — An unprecedented backlog of this scale indicates massive future revenue certainty and strong enterprise demand for AI infrastructure.
+0.80Oracle's fiscal 2026 cloud revenues surged 39% to $34 billion, with total revenues rising 17% to $67.4 billion. — High double-digit growth in the high-margin cloud segment proves Oracle's successful transition to a cloud/AI powerhouse.
+0.60Prepaid and customer-supplied hardware within Oracle's contracts now totals $75 billion. — This significantly reduces the capital expenditure burden and financial risk for Oracle when scaling its data centers.
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Alibaba's fiscal year showed accelerating cloud and AI revenues despite costs from aggressive spending. — While growth is returning, the impact is tempered by the mentioned cost of aggressive spending on infrastructure.
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Reported record cloud growth, record revenues, and an unprecedented 363% increase in performance obligations.
Reported accelerating cloud and AI revenues, although profitability was impacted by aggressive spending.
[mutual] Both companies are described as full-stack cloud and AI powerhouses competing in the technology race.
[mutual] Oracle expanded its collaboration with NVIDIA for scalable AI supercomputing.
[mutual] Oracle deepened its partnership with Google by integrating Gemini Enterprise with Oracle AI Database.
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