Oracle Corporation (ORCL) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-09-18 — refreshed nightly. Closelook readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelook module scores
- Valuation 39
- Quality 63
- Growth 67
- Balance sheet 31
- Cash quality 39
- Capital allocation 26
- Momentum 11
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the distress zone (below 1.81). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18
Quick answers
What is Oracle Corporation's Closelook quality reading?
The composite reads 46/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-09-18: valuation 39, quality 63, growth 67, balance sheet 31, cash quality 39, capital allocation 26, momentum 11. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is Oracle Corporation's Altman Z-Score?
1.66, which sits in the distress zone (below 1.81) as of 2026-09-18. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is Oracle Corporation's Piotroski F-Score?
5 of 9, as of 2026-09-18. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does Oracle Corporation's Beneish M-Score indicate?
-2.46 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-09-18. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
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Dailies
- Asian Chips — Korea’s chip exports more than tripled and the Kospi touched 7,000, with Tokyo shut
- Expiry Friday — the equipment names join at last: Applied +4.4%, Lam +5.2%, memory ETF over $58, 10-year back at 5%
The rest of the tape is what an expiry Friday looks like with the 10-year back at 5.000%: the S&P 500 ETF −0.4% at $759.20, still above $757.83; the Nasdaq-100 fund flat at $716.53 above $708.69; the equal-weight S&P −0.5%, the Dow −0.7%…
- Day after the hike — yields fall and the lines are retaken: 10-year 4.95%, chips +3% over $505, S&P ETF above $757.83
Oracle +5.5% to $151.57 is back above the $148.35 line it was sold under; Adobe is flat at $250, still under its $256.29 paid line.
- Rates — the Fed hikes and the 10-year closes above 5%: the belly sold, the relief unwound, chips back under $505
The other three on the hike: Agentic Winners 40 −1.3% to 921.21 — Applications −1.5%, UiPath −4.2%, CoStar −3.8%, Duolingo −3.7%, Intuit −3.4%, Adobe −2.8%, ServiceNow −1.5%, Microsoft −1.4%, Oracle +2.0%; HALO −0.3% to 1,005.06, Energy…
- Rates — Fed day at a 5% 10-year: the hike is priced, the cycle is not; Yardeni cuts the S&P target to 7,900
The print record scored its pair: Oracle −8.3%, sold; Adobe +3.9%, paid — two clean beats split by which side of the compute trade the company sits on.
- Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines
Oracle is $143.90, below its $148.35 sold line; Adobe $263.04, above its $256.29 paid line — both are scored at tonight’s close.
- AI trade — the pacing call splits tech: chips −5%, software +4.5%, security +12–15%, 10-year hits 5%
Adobe is up 4.4% at $263.33, above its $256.29 paid line; Oracle is down 4.0% at $143.86, below its $148.35 sold line — both score at tomorrow’s close.
- Stocks snap a four-day losing streak as oil slips under $100 and chips bounce 2% — despite core inflation hotter than hoped and Fed hike odds at 82%; Oracle gives back its entire after-hours jump
Oracle, +4% after hours on a beat on every line, is now −0.3% at $152.43, below its $152.94 entry; Adobe is flat at $248.89.
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