Oracle Corp. shares declined in the extended session Thursday after the enterprise software company topped broader Wall Street estimates but fell short of the mark on cloud revenue estimates. Oracle shares fell 4% to $48.20 after hours. The company reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $2.23 billion, or 52 cents a share, compared with $2.03 billion, or 48 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings were 70 cents a share. Revenue rose to $9.62 billion from $9.04 billion in the year-ago period, or to $9.63 billion from $9.07 billion adjusted. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had estimated earnings of 68 cents a share on revenue of $9.57 billion. Total cloud revenue rose 44% to $1.52 billion while software-as-a-service revenue grew 55% to $1.12 billion. Analysts had forecast total cloud revenue of $1.56 billion, and forecast SaaS revenue of $1.14 billion.
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