Oracle Stock Heads for Worst Quarter Since 2001 as AI Spending Fears Collide With OpenAI, TikTok, and Hollywood Bets
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is closing out 2025 with the kind of volatility normally reserved for pure-play AI startups, not a 47-year-old enterprise software heavyweight. Shares are down about 30% so far this quarter, putting the stock on pace for its steepest quarterly decline since 2001, according to market reporting that tracked the move against Oracle’s early-2000s drawdowns. StockAnalysis The selloff has been fueled by a single, recurring question: Can Oracle finance—and execute—an AI data-center buildout big enough to meet demand without crushing its cash flow and balance sheet? That concern has only intensified as Oracle’s ambitions expand beyond the cloud.