EARNINGS REVIEW
Oracle FY25 Q1 — AWS expands Oracle’s multicloud distribution
Historical earnings report · Management guidance reflects expectations at the time of the release, not subsequent outcomes. The financial comparison uses the site’s normalized dataset, including comparative figures restated in later filings.
Revenue grew 7%, cloud services 21% to 5.6 B$, and licenses 7%. Database delivery inside other clouds emerged as another growth channel, but signing an agreement differs from operational availability.
Assessment · Watch operational rollout and monetization across all three hyperscaler channels. Large facilities represent potential supply, not guaranteed immediate cash returns. Backlog conversion and investment payback must improve together.
01 Business growth and drivers
Revenue grew 7%, cloud services 21% to 5.6 B$, and licenses 7%. Database delivery inside other clouds emerged as another growth channel, but signing an agreement differs from operational availability.
02 Earnings quality and comparability
Adjusted operating profit grew 13% and EPS 17%. GAAP margin was 30% versus 43% adjusted. Management called cloud the largest business, but assessing costs only through adjusted numbers would omit material expenses.
03 Cash flow, investment and financial position
Trailing OCF was 19.1 B$ and FCF 11.3 B$. Link expansion plans to actual capex. The cited 162 operating and under-construction centers are not all current revenue-producing capacity.
04 Management commentary and outlook
RPO rose 53% to 99 B$. Oracle announced an AWS multicloud agreement and 42 quarterly GPU contracts worth 3 B$. It distinguished live from under-construction Microsoft and Google regions; AWS availability was prospective.
05 Investment interpretation and next checks
Watch operational rollout and monetization across all three hyperscaler channels. Large facilities represent potential supply, not guaranteed immediate cash returns. Backlog conversion and investment payback must improve together.
Quarterly results · CY-aligned view
| Metric · B$ | 2023 full-year total | 1Q FY23 Q3 2023-02-28 | 2Q FY23 Q4 2023-05-31 | 3Q FY24 Q1 2023-08-31 | 4Q FY24 Q2 2023-11-30 | 2024 total of 3 included quarters | 1Q FY24 Q3 2024-02-29 | 2Q FY24 Q4 2024-05-31 | 3Q FY25 Q1 2024-08-31 | QoQ Δ | YoY Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 51.629 | 12.398 | 13.837 | 12.453 | 12.941 | 40.874 | 13.280 | 14.287 | 13.307 | −0.980 | 0.854 |
| Operating income | 14.318 | 3.260 | 4.140 | 3.296 | 3.622 | 12.427 | 3.750 | 4.686 | 3.991 | −0.695 | 0.695 |
| Operating margin (%) | 27.732 | 26.295 | 29.920 | 26.468 | 27.989 | 30.403 | 28.238 | 32.799 | 29.992 | −2.807 pp | 3.524 pp |
| Net income | 10.138 | 1.896 | 3.319 | 2.420 | 2.503 | 8.473 | 2.401 | 3.143 | 2.929 | −0.214 | 0.509 |
| FCF · calculated | 10.104 | 1.647 | 3.734 | 5.660 | −0.937 | 12.208 | 3.801 | 3.283 | 5.124 | 1.841 | −0.536 |
| Operating cash flow · total | 17.039 | 4.275 | 5.647 | 6.974 | 0.143 | 18.983 | 5.475 | 6.081 | 7.427 | 1.346 | 0.453 |
| Net cash CapEx · common | 6.935 | 2.628 | 1.913 | 1.314 | 1.080 | 6.775 | 1.674 | 2.798 | 2.303 | −0.495 | 0.989 |
| Cash CapEx · Chinese company definition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FCF · total calculation | 10.104 | 1.647 | 3.734 | 5.660 | −0.937 | 12.208 | 3.801 | 3.283 | 5.124 | 1.841 | −0.536 |
| Net cash · liquid assets less borrowings | −80.099 | −83.042 | −80.294 | −76.858 | −80.099 | −73.604 | −78.076 | −76.208 | −73.604 | 2.604 | 3.254 |
| Liquid assets · including short-term investments | 8.690 | 8.769 | 10.187 | 12.083 | 8.690 | 10.911 | 9.904 | 10.661 | 10.911 | 0.250 | −1.172 |
| Borrowings · interest-bearing debt | 88.789 | 91.811 | 90.481 | 88.941 | 88.789 | 84.515 | 87.980 | 86.869 | 84.515 | −2.354 | −4.426 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8.244 | 8.219 | 9.765 | 11.613 | 8.244 | 10.616 | 9.481 | 10.454 | 10.616 | 0.162 | −0.997 |
| Total liabilities · accounting liabilities | 129.946 | 133.532 | 132.828 | 133.821 | 129.946 | 132.945 | 130.900 | 131.737 | 132.945 | 1.208 | −0.876 |
CY denotes the calendar quarter with the greatest overlap with the fiscal period. If the first period has no start date, 89 days before its end is used only for calendar mapping. Financial values are not recalculated into calendar quarters. Incomplete years show totals of included quarters; cash, liabilities, borrowings and net cash use the last period-end balance. QoQ and YoY show absolute changes; margin changes are percentage points. Dashes indicate missing evidence or incomparable periods or definitions. Total liabilities never substitute for borrowings.
Definitions and evidence coverage
A dash means unavailable or undisclosed, not zero. Company-defined FCF may differ from total operating cash flow less common-basis CapEx. Total liabilities are accounting liabilities, not interest-bearing debt.
Management commentary is based on the original release; it does not imply completed conference-call Q&A review. Financial tables use the existing audited InveDeck dataset and may include comparative figures from subsequent filings.
Official source documents
- ORCL FY25 Q1 original earnings release ↗
- Canonical financial dataset primary source ↗
- Canonical financial dataset primary source ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-02-28 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-02-28 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-02-28 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-05-31 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-05-31 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-05-31 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-08-31 ↗
- Financial filing · 2023-11-30 ↗
- Financial filing · 2024-02-29 ↗
- Financial filing · 2024-05-31 ↗
- Financial filing · 2024-05-31 ↗