Bought back $95.0M of its own shares, 0.0× what it paid in stock
Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks
New Nov 4, 2026: Sale of 86.2M new shares (424B5) Email me when ORCL files the next one
Shares offered
Since Nov 12, 2023: 1 at-the-market program, 1 sale of new shares, 1 convertible offering, 2 shelf registrations; also 2 updates to earlier prospectuses. Latest at-the-market program for common stock: Feb 2, 2026, up to $20.0B.
- Nov 4, 2026 Sale of 86.2M new shares 424B5
- Nov 2, 2026 Shelf registration: shares and other securities, amount not fixed S-3ASR
- Feb 4, 2026 Convertible preferred stock: 100.0M shares 424B5
- Feb 2, 2026 At-the-market program: up to $20.0B of common stock 424B5
- Mar 15, 2024 Shelf registration: shares and other securities, amount not fixed S-3ASR
Every offering filing →“We are offering 86,206,897 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“common stock”).”
424B5, Nov 4, 2026 ↗
Diluted shares: 2.91B in the year to May 31, 2026 2026 +1.7%2025 +1.5%2024 +2.1%2023 -0.7%
Change in the diluted weighted average share count from the fiscal year before, stock splits taken out. Bars use one scale for stock pay and buybacks. Prospectuses are read from their cover page; preliminary ones are left out. Cash & buybacks, year by year → · How
Where the cash came from and where it went
FY2022 to FY2026, from the cash flow statements in the 10-Ks, added up.
Came from
| Operating cash flow NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000950170-24-075605; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0000950170-25-087926; NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$98.2B |
| Debt raised ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt, 0000950170-24-075605; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt, 0000950170-25-087926; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$99.1B |
| Shares sold ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock, 0000950170-24-075605; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock, 0000950170-25-087926; ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$4.5B |
| Other, net investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates |
$21.3B |
Went to
| Capital spending PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000950170-24-075605; PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0000950170-25-087926; PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$97.0B |
| Acquisitions PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0000950170-24-075605; PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired, 0000950170-25-087926 |
$27.9B |
| Buybacks PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000950170-24-075605; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0000950170-25-087926; PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$19.4B |
| Dividends PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000950170-24-075605; PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0000950170-25-087926; PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$22.0B |
| Debt repaid RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000950170-24-075605; RepaymentsOfDebt, 0000950170-25-087926; RepaymentsOfDebt, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$55.6B |
| Added to cash CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000950170-24-075605; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0000950170-25-087926; CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect, 0001193125-26-277521 |
$1.2B |
Each number is a line of the cash flow statement as the company tagged it. "Other, net" is what those lines do not cover (investments bought and sold, other financing and investing lines, and exchange rates); Tickdelta does not estimate it.
What the 10-Ks show for each CEO's years
The CEO of each fiscal year as named in the proxy's pay versus performance table, and what the 10-Ks show for those years.
Messrs. Magouyrk and Sicilia
- Operating cash flow
- $32.0B
- Capital spending
- $55.7B
- Buybacks
- $95.0M
- Dividends
- $5.8B
- Stock-based pay
- $4.8B
- Diluted shares since FY2025
- +1.7%
- Revenue since FY2025
- +17%
- Debt since FY2025
- +$37.0B
- CEO pay (reported)
- $894.2M
Ms. Catz
- Operating cash flow
- $66.2B
- Capital spending
- $41.3B
- Acquisitions
- $27.9B
- Buybacks
- $19.4B
- Dividends
- $16.3B
- Stock-based pay
- $14.8B
- Diluted shares since FY2021
- -5.2%
- Revenue since FY2021
- +42%
- Debt since FY2021
- +$8.3B
- CEO pay (reported)
- $151.0M
Buybacks, dividends and share count
| Fiscal year to | Buybacks | Dividends | Stock pay | Shares issued for cash | Diluted shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | $95.0M | $5.8B | $4.8B | $1.4B | 2.91B |
| 2025-05-31 | $600.0M | $4.7B | $4.7B | $653.0M | 2.87B |
| 2024-05-31 | $1.2B | $4.4B | $4.0B | $742.0M | 2.82B |
| 2023-05-31 | $1.3B | $3.7B | $3.5B | $1.2B | 2.77B |
| 2022-05-31 | $16.2B | $3.5B | $2.6B | $482.0M | 2.79B |
From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: buybacks = PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock; dividends = PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; sbc = ShareBasedCompensation; issuance = ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock; diluted_shares = WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding.
What it paid for each share it bought back
What ORCL paid on average for each share it bought back, each fiscal year: dollars spent divided by shares bought, both from the 10-K.
| Fiscal year to | Shares bought | Spent | Average price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 400K | $93.0M | $232.50 | |
| 2025-05-31 | 3.90M | $600.0M | $153.85 | |
| 2024-05-31 | 10.60M | $1.2B | $113.21 | |
| 2023-05-31 | 17.00M | $1.3B | $75.65 | |
| 2022-05-31 | 185.80M | $16.2B | $87.19 | |
| 2021-05-31 | 329.20M | $21.0B | $63.79 | |
| 2020-05-31 | 361.00M | $19.2B | $53.19 | |
| 2019-05-31 | 733.80M | $36.0B | $49.06 | |
| 2018-05-31 | 238.00M | $11.5B | $48.33 | |
| 2017-05-31 | 85.60M | $3.5B | $40.79 |
Shares and dollars from the statement of shareholders' equity (the cash flow line also counts shares withheld for taxes, so it is not used). Share counts filed before a stock split are put on today's count. A year where the 10-K does not tag both numbers is left out.