Oracle’s Credit Risk Hits Highest Since 2009 on Earnings

A measure of Oracle Corp.’s credit risk reached a fresh 16-year high Thursday, after the database company’s higher spending on data centers and other equipment raised fresh doubts about how quickly the firm can generate profit from its huge artificial intelligence investments.

The cost of protecting the company’s debt against default for five years rose as much as 0.17 percentage point to around 1.41 percentage point a year, the highest intraday level since April 2009, according to ICE Data Services. The gauge rises as investor confidence in the company’s credit quality falls. Oracle credit derivatives have become a credit market barometer for AI risk.