ORCL (Oracle) Moat Score : 8/10 (As of Jul. 01, 2025)

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What is Oracle Moat Score?

Oracle has the Moat Score of 8, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Oracle has Wide Moat: Oracle Corp has a robust wide moat due to its strong market leadership in enterprise software, significant customer switching costs, and valuable intellectual property. The company's economies of scale and strong brand further enhance its durable competitive advantages.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Oracle might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of Oracle's Moat Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Oracle's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Oracle's Moat Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Oracle's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oracle's Moat Score falls into.

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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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Oracle Business Description

Industry

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Address

2300 Oracle Way, Austin, TX, USA, 78741

Website

https://www.oracle.com

Oracle provides enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings around the world through a variety of flexible IT deployment models, including on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system, which is commonly used for running online transaction processing and data warehousing workloads. Besides database systems, Oracle also sells enterprise resource planning, or ERP, customer relationship management, or CRM, and human capital management, or HCM, applications. Today, Oracle has more than 159,000 full-time employees in over 170 countries.

Executives

Naomi O Seligman	director	ONE DIAMOND HILL RD, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974
Leon E Panetta	director	3290 WEST BAYSHORE RD, PALO ALTO CA 94303
Charles W Moorman	director	DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, 550 SOUTH TRYON STREET - DEC45A, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Safra Catz	director, officer: President	C/O DELPHI ASSET MGMT CORPORATION, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Maria Smith	officer: EVP, Chief Accounting Officer	C/O DELPHI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Lawrence Joseph Ellison	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O DELPHI ASSET MGMT CORPORATION, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Edward Screven	officer: Chief Corporate Architect	C/O DELPHI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Jeffrey Berg	director	C/O DELPHI ASSET MGMT. CORP, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Michael J Boskin	director	C/O RIPPLEWOOD HOLDINGS LLC, ONE ROCKERFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10020
George H Conrades	director	500 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE, FIFTH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Jeffrey Henley	director, officer: Executive Vice Chairman	C/O DELPHI ASSET MGMT. CORP, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Rona Alison Fairhead	director	C/O INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, 32 CROSBY DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Stuart Levey	officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer	C/O DELPHI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89511
Renee Jo James	director	2111 NE 25TH AVE, JF1-41, HILLSBORO OR 97124
Awo Ablo	director	C/O DELPHI ASSET MANAGEMENT, 5525 KIETZKE LANE, #200, RENO NV 89511