Why Oracle Is a No-Brainer Growth Play Now

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) just delivered something extraordinary -- a quarterly earnings miss that sent its stock soaring 30% in after-hours trading. The company reported non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.47, compared to estimates of $1.48 and revenue of $14.9 billion versus the expected $15 billion. Yet instead of grilling management about the shortfall, Wall Street analysts used words like "blown away," "momentous," and "in shock" in a very good way."Why would professional analysts react this way to disappointing numbers? Oracle just unveiled a growth trajectory that rewrites everything investors thought they knew about this 48-year-old enterprise software giant. The company's artificial intelligence (AI) initiative is quickly becoming the picks-and-shovels provider for the entire AI revolution.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool