[DAILY TRADING] Oracle Stock 21 August 2026 – ORCL Holds $142 as Pipeline Delay Meets Debt Fears

Oracle (ORCL) stock trades near $142.07 on 21 August 2026, sitting below both its 50-period and 200-period moving averages after a $165 billion Project Jupiter pipeline delay and an S&P credit downgrade offset Oracle’s record $638 billion cloud backlog and strong revenue growth this year.

Search “stock price of Oracle” or just “stock Oracle” today and you land on the same number: $142.07. That is where Oracle Corp stock (NYSE: ORCL) sat as of 03:45 UTC (11:45 GMT+8) on 21 August 2026, down a quiet 0.05%. Quiet, for a stock that swung from $160 to $138 in a week and is now parked on the average that has mattered most this month. Here is what that stillness tells traders following Oracle through Share CFDs.

Key Points

• Oracle (ORCL) sat at $142.07 as of the 21 August 2026 cut-off, below both its 50-period and 200-period moving averages.
• A six-month delay to Oracle’s $165 billion Project Jupiter pipeline, reported 18 August 2026, knocked shares off a mid-August high near $160.
• Oracle’s fiscal 2026 cloud backlog hit a record $638 billion, yet free cash flow stayed deeply negative and S&P Global cut the credit rating to BBB- in July.

Here’s the Oracle stock quote in full.

Table 1: Oracle (ORCL) stock snapshot as of 21 August 2026. Sources: TradingView, CNBC, TipRanks, Yahoo Finance/Investing.com. Data indicative, for informational purposes only.

What Oracle’s Chart Is Showing

Oracle opened at $142.08, ranged between $142.14 and $141.47, and settled at $142.07, close to Thursday’s (20 August 2026) close of $141.68. ^[8]

Per the chart’s legend order, the 50-period moving average sits at $147.63 and the 200-period average at $142.65, with spot squeezed just under both. The 14-period RSI, attributed to the TradingView setup used for this analysis, reads 48.29, just above its RSI-based moving average overlay of 44.90 and still shy of neutral 50, testing support from underneath rather than confirming a bounce.

Oracle rallied from around $145 in early August to that $160 swing high on 13 August 2026, then handed most of it back, including a stumble to near $138 on 19 August, before buyers pushed shares to $145.90 on Thursday, 20 August. ^[8] Volume on this bar reads 194.19 thousand shares, well under the mid-August spikes. This is the kind of setup covered regularly in Vantage’s technical analysis coverage.

Why Oracle Shares Have Pulled Back From the August Highs

Blame the pipeline first: Oracle’s $165 billion Project Jupiter data centre in New Mexico needs gas that will not arrive on time. Transwestern Pipeline, a unit of Energy Transfer, disclosed the Green Chile pipeline’s in-service date has slipped from 15 August 2026 to 1 February 2027 after New Mexico’s State Land Office repeatedly rejected the route. ^[5,6] Oracle shares fell as much as 5% intraday on 18 August 2026, closing down roughly 3.7%, even after dip-buying had briefly lifted shares on 17 August. ^[7]

That landed on an already stretched balance sheet: fiscal 2026 revenue grew 21% and the backlog surged 363% to $638 billion, yet shares still fell 8.53% the session after the print, regardless. ^[1,2] Capex ran to $55.7 billion, above guidance, with free cash flow at negative $23.7 billion. S&P Global cut Oracle’s rating one notch to BBB- on 9 July, one step above speculative grade, citing the AI build-out and Oracle’s OpenAI-heavy backlog. ^[4] Track the latest Oracle stock earnings and stock market news as this financing story develops.

What Analysts Are Saying About Oracle Stock

Oracle’s Wall Street forecast has not moved with the share price. Jefferies’ Brent Thill reiterated his most positive rating on Oracle and a $320 per-share valuation on 23 June, telling clients the industry is “sold out for any capacity within the next 6 mos” and calling the post-earnings drop overdone. ^[3]

Bank of America’s Tal Liani struck a similar note on 14 June, keeping his own top rating and a $240 valuation after cloud revenue grew 93% year-on-year, calling the backlog jump “reinforcing visibility into future revenue.” ^[2] Both notes predate the pipeline delay and the downgrade above; neither appears to have updated their view since, based on the sources reviewed here. Track Financial News for further analyst commentary.

What to Watch for Oracle Stock, and Risk Framing

What to Watch

• Project Jupiter pipeline, ongoing: revised to 1 February 2027, pending further New Mexico review.
• Fiscal 2027 financing, ongoing: roughly $40 billion in debt and equity still to be raised.
• Analyst updates, ongoing: no fresh word from either bank on the delay or downgrade.
• 200-period moving average, ongoing: spot sits just below $142.65 on this chart.

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References

[1] “Oracle (ORCL) Q4 earnings report 2026 – CNBC” https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/10/oracle-orcl-q4-earnings-report-2026.html Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[2] “Bank of America reconsiders Oracle stock price target after tumble – TheStreet” https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/bank-of-america-revisits-oracle-stock-price-target-after-post-earnings-selloff Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[3] “Five-Star Jefferies Analyst Strongly Backs Oracle Stock, Says ‘Industry Is Sold Out for Any Capacity’ – TipRanks” https://www.tipranks.com/news/five-star-jefferies-analyst-strongly-backs-oracle-stock-industry-is-sold-out-for-any-capacity-within-the-next-6-mos Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[4] “Oracle stock shrugs off S&P downgrade to ’BBB-’, but $160B debt shadow looms – Investing.com via Yahoo Finance” https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/oracle-stock-shrugs-off-p-185346661.html Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[5] “Oracle Stock Falls as Its $165 Billion AI Data Center Hits Another Pipeline Roadblock – TipRanks” https://www.tipranks.com/news/oracle-stock-falls-as-its-165-billion-ai-data-center-hits-another-pipeline-roadblock Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[6] “Oracle Data Center’s Pipeline Plan Is Rerouted After Rejections – Energy Connects” https://www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng/2026/august/oracle-data-center-s-pipeline-plan-is-rerouted-after-rejections/ Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[7] “Oracle Stock Is Gaining Monday: What’s Going On? – Benzinga” https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/08/61084268/oracle-stock-is-gaining-monday-whats-going-on Accessed on 21 August 2026.

[8] “Oracle (ORCL) Stock Price & News – Robinhood” https://robinhood.com/us/en/stocks/ORCL/ Accessed on 21 August 2026.