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Oracle Corporation

ORCL · New York Stock Exchange

Market cap (USD)$567.4B
SectorTechnology
CountryUS
Data as of
Moat score
56/ 100

Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.

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Overview

Oracle is a large enterprise IT vendor whose revenue is dominated by recurring cloud services and license support, split between applications and infrastructure. In applications (Fusion, NetSuite, Oracle Health), integrated suites and shared data/security models support bundling and raise switching costs. In infrastructure (OCI and cloud databases), Oracle competes in a hyperscaler-led oligopoly; its moat is more modest and tied to sustained capex/operations and hybrid/multi-deployment interoperability rather than network effects. License, hardware, and services benefit from installed-base renewal economics but face intense competition and cloud substitution.

Primary segment

Infrastructure cloud services and license support

Market structure

Oligopoly

Market share

3% (estimated)

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Coverage

5 segments · 5 tags

Updated 2025-12-26

Segments

Applications cloud services and license support

Enterprise SaaS business applications (ERP, HCM, EPM, SCM, CX) plus related support

Revenue

33.8%

Structure

Oligopoly

Pricing

moderate

Share

Peers

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Infrastructure cloud services and license support

Enterprise cloud infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS, cloud database) plus related support

Revenue

42.9%

Structure

Oligopoly

Pricing

weak

Share

3% (estimated)

Peers

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Cloud license and on-premise license

Enterprise software licenses for databases, middleware, and applications (on-premise and hybrid/cloud)

Revenue

9.1%

Structure

Oligopoly

Pricing

moderate

Share

Peers

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Hardware

Enterprise servers, storage, and engineered systems (including hardware support)

Revenue

5.1%

Structure

Competitive

Pricing

weak

Share

Peers

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Services

IT consulting, implementation, and support services related to Oracle software and cloud

Revenue

9.1%

Structure

Competitive

Pricing

weak

Share

Peers

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Moat Claims

Applications cloud services and license support

Enterprise SaaS business applications (ERP, HCM, EPM, SCM, CX) plus related support

FY2025 applications cloud services & license support revenues: $19.383B (revenue_share computed from $19,383m of $57,399m total).

Oligopoly

Suite Bundling

Demand

Strength: 4/5 · Durability: durable · Confidence: 4/5 · 1 evidence

Integrated suites with shared data/security models increase cross-module adoption and raise integration switching costs (core ERP becomes a hub for adjacent modules).

Erosion risks

  • Best-of-breed point solutions displacing individual modules
  • Standardized APIs/integration tooling reducing suite-level advantage
  • Aggressive bundling from competing suites (Microsoft, SAP)

Leading indicators

  • Application cloud revenue growth vs peers
  • Renewal/retention metrics (gross retention, net revenue retention)
  • Attach rate of additional modules per customer

Counterarguments

  • Enterprises can adopt modules selectively and integrate with non-Oracle systems
  • Workday and SAP remain strong in core ERP/HCM replacements

Long Term Contracts

Demand

Strength: 3/5 · Durability: medium · Confidence: 3/5 · 1 evidence

Recurring SaaS contracts and renewals create contractual stickiness and reduce near-term churn, even when competitors discount to win new logos.

Erosion risks

  • Shorter contract terms or greater termination rights in new deals
  • Budget pressure driving downsells at renewal

Leading indicators

  • Remaining performance obligations (RPO) and backlog growth
  • Cloud subscription renewal rates

Counterarguments

  • SaaS customers can churn at renewal if ROI disappoints
  • Large customers can negotiate aggressive pricing and portability commitments

Infrastructure cloud services and license support

Enterprise cloud infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS, cloud database) plus related support

FY2025 infrastructure cloud services & license support revenues: $24.646B (revenue_share computed from $24,646m of $57,399m total).

Oligopoly

Capex Knowhow Scale

Supply

Strength: 3/5 · Durability: durable · Confidence: 3/5 · 1 evidence

Cloud infrastructure has structural barriers from capex intensity and operational know-how; Oracle operates a global fleet of data centers to deliver OCI/OCA.

Erosion risks

  • Hyperscaler price cuts compressing margins
  • Execution risk in data-center buildouts (power, supply chain, permitting)
  • Customer preference for consolidating cloud spend to top hyperscalers

Leading indicators

  • OCI revenue growth rate vs market growth
  • Number of OCI regions/data centers opened
  • Infrastructure gross margin trend

Counterarguments

  • AWS/Azure/GCP have larger scale and broader service catalogs
  • Cloud infrastructure can be commoditized; customers can multi-source and switch over time

Interoperability Hub

Network

Strength: 3/5 · Durability: medium · Confidence: 3/5 · 1 evidence

Oracle emphasizes flexible, interoperable deployment models (on-prem, cloud, hybrid), lowering friction for customers migrating workloads to OCI and cloud databases.

Erosion risks

  • Interoperability becoming table-stakes across clouds
  • Abstraction layers (Kubernetes, open source) reducing vendor-specific advantage

Leading indicators

  • Growth in hybrid/multicloud deployments (e.g., Cloud@Customer-type deals)
  • Share of OCI wins tied to database migrations

Counterarguments

  • Interoperability is increasingly expected and may not sustain premium pricing
  • Some customers prefer native hyperscaler services over OCI interconnect approaches

Cloud license and on-premise license

Enterprise software licenses for databases, middleware, and applications (on-premise and hybrid/cloud)

FY2025 cloud license and on-premise license revenues: $5.201B (revenue_share computed from $5,201m of $57,399m total).

Oligopoly

Switching Costs General

Demand

Strength: 4/5 · Durability: durable · Confidence: 4/5 · 1 evidence

Installed-base economics: licenses typically attach support; ongoing updates, enhancements, and operational dependence drive renewal inertia and high switching costs.

Erosion risks

  • Open-source and cloud-native databases reducing dependence on Oracle licensing
  • Customer pushback on licensing practices accelerating migrations
  • Workload shift to hyperscaler-managed databases

Leading indicators

  • License support revenue trend
  • Database cloud migration rate (Autonomous/Exadata cloud)
  • Share of new workloads choosing Oracle vs open-source/hyperscaler-native

Counterarguments

  • New workloads increasingly start on open-source or hyperscaler-native databases
  • Migration tooling and cloud data platforms can lower switching costs over time

Hardware

Enterprise servers, storage, and engineered systems (including hardware support)

FY2025 hardware revenues: $2.936B (revenue_share computed from $2,936m of $57,399m total).

Competitive

Keystone Component

Supply

Strength: 2/5 · Durability: medium · Confidence: 3/5 · 1 evidence

Some differentiation comes from engineered systems/storage tuned for Oracle Database workloads, but overall the hardware market is competitive and cloud substitution is a headwind.

Erosion risks

  • Migration from on-prem hardware to public cloud
  • Commodity x86 platforms reducing differentiation
  • Channel partners pushing alternative platforms

Leading indicators

  • Hardware revenue trend
  • Hardware support attach/renewal rates
  • Engineered systems mix (Exadata)

Counterarguments

  • Customers can run Oracle workloads on commodity hardware or hyperscaler clouds
  • Hardware differentiation is less durable than software lock-in

Services

IT consulting, implementation, and support services related to Oracle software and cloud

FY2025 services revenues: $5.233B (revenue_share computed from $5,233m of $57,399m total).

Competitive

Training Org Change Costs

Demand

Strength: 2/5 · Durability: medium · Confidence: 3/5 · 1 evidence

Oracle services benefit from platform-specific expertise and playbooks, but customers can often substitute global SIs and specialist partners.

Erosion risks

  • Global systems integrators capturing most implementation work
  • Standardized implementation tooling reducing differentiation
  • Customer insourcing

Leading indicators

  • Services revenue trend
  • Services margin trend
  • Partner ecosystem growth (SI certifications)

Counterarguments

  • Implementation services are highly competitive with many substitutes
  • Customers often prefer independent system integrators for large transformations

Evidence

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Oracle Corporation Form 10-K (FY ended May 31, 2025) - Oracle Cloud software offerings

utilizing a single data and security model with a common user interface

Supports the bundling/integration mechanism for Fusion Cloud ERP and adjacent Oracle app modules.

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Oracle Corporation Form 10-K (FY ended May 31, 2025) - Recurring renewals

by renewing their Oracle Cloud Services contracts with us

Shows Oracle expects ongoing contract renewals for cloud services (applies to OCA subscriptions).

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Oracle Corporation Form 10-K (FY ended May 31, 2025) - Oracle Cloud Operations

managed by Oracle employees within a global network of data centers

Direct evidence of Oracle-operated cloud data center footprint.

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Oracle Corporation Form 10-K (FY ended May 31, 2025) - Deployment model strategy

delivered worldwide through a variety of flexible and interoperable IT deployment models

Supports the hybrid/multi-deployment positioning used to win migrations and new OCI adoption.

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CRN - Global Cloud Market Share Q3 2025 (Synergy data summarized)

Q3 2025 Market Share: 3 Percent

Used as an external market share anchor for OCI-scale context; not company-reported.

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Risks & Indicators

Erosion risks

  • Best-of-breed point solutions displacing individual modules
  • Standardized APIs/integration tooling reducing suite-level advantage
  • Aggressive bundling from competing suites (Microsoft, SAP)
  • Shorter contract terms or greater termination rights in new deals
  • Budget pressure driving downsells at renewal
  • Hyperscaler price cuts compressing margins

Leading indicators

  • Application cloud revenue growth vs peers
  • Renewal/retention metrics (gross retention, net revenue retention)
  • Attach rate of additional modules per customer
  • Remaining performance obligations (RPO) and backlog growth
  • Cloud subscription renewal rates
  • OCI revenue growth rate vs market growth
Created 2025-12-26
Updated 2025-12-26

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