On August 11, Oracle fell 3.06% in regular trading, trading at $145.55/share, with turnover of $4.95 billion. The stock continued to face pressure from multiple bearish catalysts including a credit rating downgrade and high-profile short selling.
On the news front, S&P Global Ratings recently downgraded Oracle's long-term issuer credit rating from BBB to BBB-, just one notch above speculative grade, citing severely deteriorating free cash flow driven by aggressive AI infrastructure capital expenditure. S&P estimated that approximately half of Oracle's $638 billion remaining performance obligations come from a single customer, OpenAI, highlighting concentration risk.
Adding to the pressure, renowned investor Michael Burry publicly announced a short position in Oracle, warning that off-balance-sheet commitments across the tech and cloud computing sector are creating escalating leverage risks. In the options market, a $7.82 million bearish put spread and multiple large-lot sales of out-of-the-money calls signal institutional skepticism toward upside potential, with overall large-order sentiment skewing decisively bearish.
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