Oracle (ORCL) 10-Q 11 Mar 21 2021 Q3 Quarterly report Financial data

DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION

DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Mar. 05, 2021
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Feb. 28, 2021
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2021
Entity Registrant Name	Oracle Corporation
Entity Central Index Key	0001341439
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--05-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		2,883,535,000
Entity File Number	001-35992
Entity Tax Identification Number	54-2185193
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Address, Address Line One	2300 Oracle Way
Entity Address, City or Town	Austin
Entity Address State Or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	78741
City Area Code	737
Local Phone Number	867-1000
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	ORCL
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
3.125% senior notes due July 2025 [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	3.125% senior notes due July 2025
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
No Trading Symbol Flag	true

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 22,321	$ 37,239
Marketable securities	13,543	5,818
Trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $485 and $409 as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, respectively	4,637	5,551
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	3,243	3,532
Total current assets	43,744	52,140
Non-current assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,816	6,244
Intangible assets, net	2,754	3,738
Goodwill, net	43,954	43,769
Deferred tax assets	13,725	3,252
Other non-current assets	7,116	6,295
Total non-current assets	74,365	63,298
Total assets	118,109	115,438
Current liabilities:
Notes payable, current	5,758	2,371
Accounts payable	812	637
Accrued compensation and related benefits	1,684	1,453
Deferred revenues	8,088	8,002
Other current liabilities	3,908	4,737
Total current liabilities	20,250	17,200
Non-current liabilities:
Notes payable and other borrowings, non-current	63,541	69,226
Income taxes payable	12,316	12,463
Deferred tax liabilities	7,892	41
Other non-current liabilities	4,473	3,791
Total non-current liabilities	88,222	85,521
Commitments and contingencies	0	0
Oracle Corporation stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value—authorized: 1.0 shares; outstanding: none	0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value and additional paid in capital—authorized: 11,000 shares; outstanding: 2,895 shares and 3,067 shares as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, respectively	26,261	26,486
Accumulated deficit	(16,206)	(12,696)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,155)	(1,716)
Total Oracle Corporation stockholders’ equity	8,900	12,074
Noncontrolling interests	737	643
Total equity	9,637	12,717
Total liabilities and equity	$ 118,109	$ 115,438

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANC_2

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS PARENTHETICAL - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	$ 485	$ 409
Preferred stock par value per share	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock shares authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock par value per share	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock shares authorized	11,000,000,000	11,000,000,000
Common stock shares outstanding	2,895,000,000	3,067,000,000

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMEN

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Revenues:
Cloud services and license support		$ 7,252	$ 6,930	$ 21,311	$ 20,546
Cloud license and on-premise license		1,276	1,231	3,254	3,169
Hardware		820	857	2,478	2,542
Services		737	778	2,209	2,372
Total revenues		10,085	9,796	29,252	28,629
Operating expenses:
Cloud services and license support	[1]	1,064	991	3,139	2,994
Hardware	[1]	230	271	719	828
Services		621	702	1,875	2,147
Sales and marketing	[1]	1,915	2,049	5,605	6,135
Research and development		1,621	1,500	4,812	4,588
General and administrative		330	288	949	903
Amortization of intangible assets		347	400	1,037	1,221
Acquisition related and other		13	7	107	44
Restructuring		66	60	337	181
Total operating expenses		6,207	6,268	18,580	19,041
Operating income		3,878	3,528	10,672	9,588
Interest expense		(585)	(456)	(1,799)	(1,416)
Non-operating (expenses) income, net		(17)	4	(30)	195
Income before benefit from (provision for) income taxes		3,276	3,076	8,843	8,367
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes		1,745	(505)	871	(1,348)
Net income		$ 5,021	$ 2,571	$ 9,714	$ 7,019
Earnings per share:
Basic		$ 1.72	$ 0.81	$ 3.26	$ 2.16
Diluted		$ 1.68	$ 0.79	$ 3.19	$ 2.10
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		2,913	3,190	2,977	3,251
Diluted		2,994	3,271	3,049	3,337
[1]	Exclusive of amortization of intangible assets, which is shown separately.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_2

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 5,021	$ 2,571	$ 9,714	$ 7,019
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net foreign currency translation gains (losses)	132	(86)	504	(178)
Net unrealized gains on defined benefit plans	10	34	66	45
Net unrealized (losses) gains on marketable securities	(4)	3	(1)	91
Net unrealized (losses) gains on cash flow hedges	(7)	7	(8)	(9)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net	131	(42)	561	(51)
Comprehensive income	$ 5,152	$ 2,529	$ 10,275	$ 6,968

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_3

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock and Additional Paid in Capital	Accumulated deficit	Other Equity, Net
Balance, beginning of period at May. 31, 2019		$ 26,909	$ (3,496)	$ (1,050)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net	$ (51)			(51)
Common stock issued		1,232
Stock-based compensation		1,204
Repurchases of common stock	(14,000)	(2,033)	(11,967)
Cash dividends declared			(2,330)
Net income			7,019
Other, net		(627)	3	68
Balance, end of period at Feb. 29, 2020	$ 14,881	26,685	(10,771)	(1,033)
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.72
Balance, beginning of period at Nov. 30, 2019		26,374	(9,174)	(1,015)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net	$ (42)			(42)
Common stock issued		615
Stock-based compensation		361
Repurchases of common stock		(599)	(3,401)
Cash dividends declared			(768)
Net income			2,571
Other, net		(66)	1	24
Balance, end of period at Feb. 29, 2020	$ 14,881	26,685	(10,771)	(1,033)
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.24
Balance, beginning of period at May. 31, 2020	$ 12,717	26,486	(12,696)	(1,073)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net	561			561
Common stock issued		915
Stock-based compensation		1,395
Repurchases of common stock	(13,000)	(1,922)	(11,078)
Cash dividends declared			(2,146)
Net income			9,714
Other, net		(613)	0	94
Balance, end of period at Feb. 28, 2021	$ 9,637	26,261	(16,206)	(418)
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.72
Balance, beginning of period at Nov. 30, 2020		26,298	(17,095)	(587)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net	$ 131			131
Common stock issued		143
Stock-based compensation		479
Repurchases of common stock		(567)	(3,433)
Cash dividends declared			(699)
Net income			5,021
Other, net		(92)	0	38
Balance, end of period at Feb. 28, 2021	$ 9,637	$ 26,261	$ (16,206)	$ (418)
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.24

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_4

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 9,714	$ 7,019
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	1,127	1,025
Amortization of intangible assets	1,037	1,221
Deferred income taxes	(2,475)	(398)
Stock-based compensation	1,395	1,204
Other, net	227	167
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Decrease in trade receivables, net	1,089	946
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets	609	718
Decrease in accounts payable and other liabilities	(247)	(1,035)
Decrease in income taxes payable	(1,181)	(789)
Decrease in deferred revenues	(250)	(553)
Net cash provided by operating activities	11,045	9,525
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities and other investments	(26,775)	(399)
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities and other investments	18,182	3,165
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities	853	12,575
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(29)	(111)
Capital expenditures	(1,418)	(1,131)
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities	(9,187)	14,099
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments for repurchases of common stock	(12,958)	(13,935)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	915	1,232
Shares repurchased for tax withholdings upon vesting of restricted stock-based awards	(597)	(624)
Payments of dividends to stockholders	(2,146)	(2,330)
Repayments of borrowings	(2,631)	(4,500)
Other, net	241	(108)
Net cash used for financing activities	(17,176)	(20,265)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	400	(44)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(14,918)	3,315
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	37,239	20,514
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	22,321	23,829
Non-cash financing activities:
Change in unsettled repurchases of common stock	$ 42	$ 65

BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT A

BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER	1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER Basis of Presentation We have prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures herein are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020. We believe that all necessary adjustments have been included in the accompanying financial statements to present fairly the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for our fiscal year ending May 31, 2021. The comparability of our operating results during the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the corresponding prior year periods, and of our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 2021 relative to May 31, 2020, was impacted by the income tax related effects of a partial realignment of our legal entity structure that resulted in the intra-group transfer of certain intellectual property rights. During the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2021, we recognized a benefit from income taxes primarily due to the result of a net discrete tax benefit of $2.3 billion that was recorded as a deferred tax asset of $11.3 billion and a non-current deferred tax liability of $9.1 billion. The deferred tax asset was recognized as a result of the book and tax basis difference on the intra-group transfer of certain intellectual property and the realignment of certain legal entities, partially offset by a Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) non-current deferred tax liability. The tax amortization related to the intellectual property deferred tax asset will be recognized in future periods and any unused amortization in a particular year will carry forward indefinitely. The $11.3 billion deferred tax asset was measured based on the tax rate at which it is expected to reverse in the future. We expect to realize the net deferred tax asset recorded as a result of the intangible property transfer and will periodically assess the realizability of the net deferred tax asset. Refer to Note 9 below for additional information. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequent amendments to the initial guidance Investments—Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash Restricted cash that was included within cash and cash equivalents as presented within our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020 and our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020 was nominal. Remaining Performance Obligations from Contracts with Customers Trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, and deferred revenues are reported net of related uncollected deferred revenues in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020. The revenues recognized during the nine months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively, that were included in the opening deferred revenues balances as of May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were approximately $7.4 billion and $7.7 billion, respectively. Revenues recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and impairment losses recognized on our receivables were immaterial in each of the three and nine months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020. Remaining performance obligations, as defined in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020, were $35.3 billion as of February 28, 2021, approximately 61% of which we expect to recognize as revenues over the next twelve months and the remainder thereafter. Sales of Financing Receivables We offer certain of our customers the option to acquire certain of our cloud and license, hardware and services offerings through separate long-term payment contracts. We generally sell these contracts that we have financed for our customers on a non-recourse basis to financial institutions within 90 days of the contracts’ dates of execution. We record the transfers of amounts due from customers to financial institutions as sales of financing receivables because we are considered to have surrendered control of these financing receivables. Financing receivables sold to financial institutions were $338 million and $1.3 billion for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2021, respectively, and $284 million and $1.2 billion for the three and nine months ended February 29, 2020, respectively. Acquisition Related and Other Expenses Acquisition related and other expenses primarily consist of personnel related costs for transitional and certain other employees, certain business combination adjustments including adjustments after the measurement period has ended, and certain other operating items, net. Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Transitional and other employee related costs $ 1 $ 2 $ 4 $ 9 Business combination adjustments, net 2 2 3 4 Other, net 10 3 100 31 Total acquisition related and other expenses $ 13 $ 7 $ 107 $ 44 Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, net Non-operating (expenses) income, net consists primarily of interest income, net foreign currency exchange losses, the noncontrolling interests in the net profits of our majority-owned subsidiaries (primarily Oracle Financial Services Software Limited and Oracle Corporation Japan) and net other income and expenses, including net realized gains and losses related to all of our investments, net unrealized gains and losses related to the small portion of our investment portfolio related to our deferred compensation plan, net unrealized gains and losses related to equity securities and non-service net periodic pension income and losses. Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Interest income $ 23 $ 122 $ 80 $ 457 Foreign currency losses, net (18 ) (47 ) (84 ) (127 ) Noncontrolling interests in income (46 ) (28 ) (127 ) (115 ) Other, net 24 (43 ) 101 (20 ) Total non-operating (expenses) income, net $ (17 ) $ 4 $ (30 ) $ 195 Recent Accounting Pronouncements Financial Instruments In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (ASU 2020-04) and also issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance (collectively, Topic 848). Topic 848 provides optional guidance for contract modifications and certain hedging relationships associated with the transition from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. We will adopt Topic 848 when our relevant contracts are modified upon transition to alternative reference rates. We do not expect our adoption of Topic 848 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Income Taxes In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (ASU 2019-12), which is intended to simplify various areas related to the accounting for income taxes and improve consistent application of Topic 740. ASU 2019-12 is effective for us beginning in fiscal 2022, and earlier adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2019-12 on our consolidated financial statements.

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]
ACQUISITIONS	2. ACQUISITIONS Fiscal 2021 and 2020 Acquisitions During the first nine months of fiscal 2021 and full year of fiscal 2020, we acquired certain companies and purchased certain technology and development assets primarily to expand our products and services offerings

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS	3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS We perform fair value measurements in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurement ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. An asset’s or a liability’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC 820 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value: • Level 1: quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; • Level 2: inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; or • Level 3: unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair values of the assets or liabilities. Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis Our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following (Level 1 and Level 2 inputs are defined above): February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types (in millions) Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total Assets: Money market funds $ 4,702 $ — $ 4,702 $ 18,587 $ — $ 18,587 Corporate debt securities and other 2,836 7,933 10,769 4,036 2,589 6,625 Commercial paper debt securities — 7,604 7,604 — 5,640 5,640 Derivative financial instruments — 71 71 — 29 29 Total assets $ 7,538 $ 15,608 $ 23,146 $ 22,623 $ 8,258 $ 30,881 Liabilities: Derivative financial instruments $ — $ — $ — $ — $ 268 $ 268 We classify our marketable securities as available-for-sale debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluate such classification as of each balance sheet date. Our marketable securities investments consist of money market funds, Tier 1 commercial paper debt securities, corporate debt securities and certain other securities. Marketable securities as presented per our condensed consolidated balance sheets included securities with original maturities at the time of purchase greater than three months and the remainder of the securities were included in cash and cash equivalents. As of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, substantially all of our marketable securities investments mature within one year. Our valuation techniques used to measure the fair values of our instruments that were classified as Level 1 in the table above were derived from quoted market prices and active markets for these instruments that exist. Our valuation techniques used to measure the fair values of Level 2 instruments listed in the table above were derived from the following: non-binding market consensus prices that were corroborated by observable market data, quoted market prices for similar instruments, or pricing models, such as discounted cash flow techniques, with all significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data including LIBOR-based yield curves, among others. Based on the trading prices of the $69.3 billion and $71.6 billion of senior notes and the related fair value hedges that we had outstanding as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, respectively, the estimated fair values of the senior notes and the related fair value hedges using Level 2 inputs at February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020 were $76.3 billion and $80.9 billion, respectively.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL	4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL The changes in intangible assets for fiscal 2021 and the net book value of intangible assets as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020 were as follows: Intangible Assets, Gross Accumulated Amortization Intangible Assets, Net Weighted Average Useful Life (2) (Dollars in millions) May 31, 2020 Additions & Adjustments, net (1) February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Expense February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 February 28, 2021 Developed technology $ 4,471 $ 36 $ 4,507 $ (3,290 ) $ (477 ) $ (3,767 ) $ 1,181 $ 740 3 Cloud services and license support agreements and related relationships 5,589 16 5,605 (3,271 ) (493 ) (3,764 ) 2,318 1,841 — Other 1,341 1 1,342 (1,102 ) (67 ) (1,169 ) 239 173 — Total intangible assets, net $ 11,401 $ 53 $ 11,454 $ (7,663 ) $ (1,037 ) $ (8,700 ) $ 3,738 $ 2,754 (1) Amounts also include any changes in intangible asset balances for the periods presented that resulted from foreign currency translations. (2) Represents weighted-average useful lives (in years) of intangible assets acquired during fiscal 2021. As of February 28, 2021, estimated future amortization expenses related to intangible assets were as follows (in millions): Remainder of fiscal 2021 $ 328 Fiscal 2022 1,120 Fiscal 2023 696 Fiscal 2024 450 Fiscal 2025 126 Fiscal 2026 24 Thereafter 10 Total intangible assets, net $ 2,754 The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, net, which is generally not deductible for tax purposes, for our operating segments for the nine months ended February 28, 2021 were as follows: (in millions) Cloud and License Hardware Services Total Goodwill, net Balances as of May 31, 2020 $ 39,637 $ 2,367 $ 1,765 $ 43,769 Goodwill adjustments, net (1) 168 — 17 185 Balances as of February 28, 2021 $ 39,805 $ 2,367 $ 1,782 $ 43,954 (1) Pursuant to our business combinations accounting policy, we recorded goodwill adjustments for the effects on goodwill of changes to net assets acquired during the period that such a change is identified, provided that any such change is within the measurement period (up to one year from the date of the acquisition). Amounts also include any changes in goodwill balances for the period presented that resulted from foreign currency translations.

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]
RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES	5. RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring Plan During fiscal 2019, our management approved, committed to and initiated plans to restructure and further improve efficiencies in our operations due to our acquisitions and certain other operational activities (2019 Restructuring Plan). In the first nine months of fiscal 2021, our management supplemented the 2019 Restructuring Plan to reflect additional actions that we expected to take. Summary of All Plans Accrued May 31, 2020 (2) Nine Months Ended February 28, 2021 Accrued February 28, 2021 (2) Total Costs Accrued to Date Total Expected Program Costs (in millions) Initial Costs (3) Adj. to Cost (4) Cash Payments Others (5) 2019 Restructuring Plan (1) Cloud and license $ 75 $ 168 $ (18 ) $ (148 ) $ 11 $ 88 $ 453 $ 470 Hardware 14 32 (2 ) (26 ) (1 ) 17 110 115 Services 27 45 (3 ) (45 ) 3 27 133 156 Other (6) 22 114 (1 ) (95 ) 4 44 376 376 Total 2019 Restructuring Plan $ 138 $ 359 $ (24 ) $ (314 ) $ 17 $ 176 $ 1,072 $ 1,117 Total other restructuring plans (7) $ 13 $ 2 $ — $ (4 ) $ (1 ) $ 10 Total restructuring plans $ 151 $ 361 $ (24 ) $ (318 ) $ 16 $ 186 (1) Restructuring costs recorded for individual line items primarily related to employee severance costs. (2) As of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, substantially all restructuring liabilities have been recorded in other current liabilities within our condensed consolidated balance sheets. (3) Costs recorded for the respective restructuring plans during the current period presented. (4) All plan adjustments were changes in estimates whereby increases and decreases in costs were generally recorded to operating expenses in the period of adjustments. (5 ) Represents foreign currency translation and certain other adjustments. ( 6 ) Represents employee related severance costs for functions that are not included within our operating segments and certain other restructuring costs. ( 7 ) Other restructuring plans presented in the table above included condensed information for other Oracle based plans and other plans associated with certain of our acquisitions whereby we continued to make cash outlays to settle obligations under these plans during the period presented but for which the periodic impact to our condensed consolidated statements of operations was not significant.

DEFERRED REVENUES

DEFERRED REVENUES	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Deferred Revenue Disclosure [Abstract]
DEFERRED REVENUES	6. DEFERRED REVENUES Deferred revenues consisted of the following: (in millions) February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Cloud services and license support $ 7,075 $ 6,996 Hardware 556 613 Services 425 365 Cloud license and on-premise license 32 28 Deferred revenues, current 8,088 8,002 Deferred revenues, non-current (in other non-current liabilities) 670 597 Total deferred revenues $ 8,758 $ 8,599 Deferred cloud services and license support revenues and deferred hardware revenues substantially represent customer payments made in advance for cloud or support contracts that are typically billed in advance with corresponding revenues generally being recognized ratably over the contractual periods. Deferred services revenues include prepayments for our services business and revenues for these services are generally recognized as the services are performed. Deferred cloud license and on-premise license revenues typically resulted from customer payments that related to undelivered products and services or specified enhancements. In connection with our acquisitions, we have estimated the fair values of the cloud services and license support performance obligations assumed from our acquired companies. Refer to Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020 for further explanation of these estimates .

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS	7. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS We held the following derivative instruments that were designated and accounted for as hedging instruments pursuant to ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging • interest rate swap agreements, which are used to protect us against changes in the fair values of certain of our fixed-rate borrowings attributable to the movements in benchmark interest rates. We have designated these swap agreements as qualifying hedging instruments and are accounting for them as fair value hedges pursuant to ASC 815; • cross-currency interest rate swap agreements, which are used to protect us against changes in the fair values of certain of our fixed-rate Euro-denominated borrowings attributable to the movements in benchmark interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates by effectively converting the fixed-rate, Euro-denominated borrowings, including the annual interest payments and the payment of principal at maturity, to variable-rate, U.S. Dollar-denominated debt based on LIBOR. We have designated these swap agreements as qualifying hedging instruments and are accounting for them as fair value hedges pursuant to ASC 815; and • cross-currency swap agreements, which were used to manage foreign currency exchange risk by converting certain of our fixed-rate Euro-denominated borrowings including periodic interest payments and the payment of principal at maturity to fixed-rate U.S. Dollar-denominated debt and were accounted for as cash flow hedges pursuant to ASC 815. In the third quarter of fiscal 2021, these cross-currency swap agreements and the related senior notes were settled in cash upon their maturity. We also held certain foreign currency contracts that were not designated as hedges pursuant to ASC 815. The notional amounts of such forward contracts we held to purchase U.S. Dollars in exchange for other major international currencies was $ 4.2 billion as of both February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020. T he notional amount s of forward contracts we held to sell U.S. Dollars in exchange for other major international currencies were $ 4.4 billion and $ 3.9 billion as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, respectively . The fair values of our outstanding foreign currency forward contracts were nominal as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 20 20 . Net gains or losses related to these forward contracts are included in non-operating income, net. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020 for additional information regarding the purpose, accounting and classification of our derivative instruments. None of our derivative instruments are used for trading purposes. The effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on certain of our condensed consolidated financial statements were as follows as of or for each of the respective periods presented below (amounts presented exclude any income tax effects): Fair Values of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets Fair Value as of (in millions) Balance Sheet Location February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Derivative assets: Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other current assets $ 10 $ — Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other non-current assets 61 — Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other non-current assets — 29 Total derivative assets $ 71 $ 29 Derivative liabilities: Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges Other current liabilities $ — $ 251 Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other non-current liabilities — 17 Total derivative liabilities $ — $ 268 Effects of Fair Value Hedging Relationships on Hedged Items in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions) February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Notes payable, current: Carrying amount of hedged item $ 1,510 $ — Cumulative hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount $ 10 $ — Notes payable and other borrowings, non-current: Carrying amounts of hedged items $ 2,220 $ 3,680 Cumulative hedging adjustments included in the carrying amount $ 108 $ 75 Effects of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges on Income Three Months Ended February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 (in millions) Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Condensed consolidated statements of operations line amounts in which the hedge effects were recorded $ (17 ) $ (585 ) $ 4 $ (456 ) Gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income: Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments $ — $ (7 ) $ — $ 10 Hedged items — 7 — (10 ) Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments 16 (8 ) — 6 Hedged items (11 ) 8 (1 ) (6 ) Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges: Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI 22 — (18 ) — Total gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income $ 27 $ — $ (19 ) $ — Nine Months Ended February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 (in millions) Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Condensed consolidated statements of operations line amounts in which the hedge effects were recorded $ (30 ) $ (1,799 ) $ 195 $ (1,416 ) Gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income: Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments $ — $ (19 ) $ — $ 22 Hedged items — 19 — (22 ) Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments 86 (4 ) (13 ) 13 Hedged items (73 ) 4 11 (13 ) Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges: Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI 137 — (36 ) — Total gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income $ 150 $ — $ (38 ) $ — Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges included in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges $ 15 $ (11 ) $ 129 $ (45 )

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	8. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Common Stock Repurchases Our Board of Directors has approved a program for us to repurchase shares of our common stock. On March 10, 2021, we announced that our Board of Directors approved an expansion of our stock repurchase program by an additional $20.0 billion. As of February 28, 2021, approximately $3.6 billion remained available for stock repurchases pursuant to our stock repurchase program. We repurchased 222.2 million shares for $13.0 billion during the nine months ended February 28, 2021 (including 0.6 million shares for $42 million that were repurchased but not settled) and 254.4 million shares for $14.0 billion during the nine months ended February 29, 2020 under the stock repurchase program. Our stock repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and the pace of our repurchase activity will depend on factors such as our working capital needs, our cash requirements for acquisitions and dividend payments, our debt repayment obligations or repurchases of our debt, our stock price, and economic and market conditions. Our stock repurchases may be effected from time to time through open market purchases or pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Our stock repurchase program may be accelerated, suspended, delayed or discontinued at any time. Dividends on Common Stock In March 2021, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.32 per share of our outstanding common stock, an increase of $0.08 per share over the dividend declared in December 2020. The dividend is payable on April 22, 2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 8, 2021. Future declarations of dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to the final determination of our Board of Directors. Fiscal 2021 Stock‑Based Awards Activity and Compensation Expense During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we issued 50 million restricted stock-based units (RSUs), substantially all of which were issued as a part of our annual stock-based award process and are subject to service‑based vesting restrictions. These fiscal 2021 stock-based awards issuances were partially offset by stock-based award forfeitures and cancellations of 26 million shares during the first nine months of fiscal 2021. The RSUs that were granted during the nine months ended February 28, 2021 have vesting restrictions, valuations and contractual lives of a similar nature to those described in Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020. Stock‑based compensation expense is included in the following operating expense line items in our condensed consolidated statements of operations: Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Cloud services and license support $ 33 $ 22 $ 99 $ 83 Hardware 2 3 8 8 Services 15 14 41 42 Sales and marketing 82 67 233 192 Research and development 307 238 897 781 General and administrative 40 17 117 98 Total stock-based compensation $ 479 $ 361 $ 1,395 $ 1,204

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	9. INCOME TAXES Our effective income tax rates for each of the periods presented are the result of the mix of income earned in various tax jurisdictions that apply a broad range of income tax rates. For the three and nine months ended February 28, 2021, our provision for income taxes varied from the tax computed at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to a total net deferred tax benefit of $2.3 billion as a result of a partial realignment of our legal entity structure that resulted in the intra-group transfer of certain intellectual property rights, earnings in foreign operations, state taxes, the U.S. research and development tax credit, settlements with tax authorities, the tax effects of stock-based compensation, the Foreign Derived Intangible Income deduction and the tax effect of GILTI. For the three and nine months ended February 29, 2020, our provision for income taxes varied from the tax computed at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to earnings in foreign operations, state taxes, the U.S. research and development tax credit, settlements with tax authorities, the tax effects of stock-based compensation, the Foreign Derived Intangible Income deduction and the tax effect of GILTI. Our effective tax rates were (53.3%) and (9.8%) for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2021, respectively, and our effective tax rates were 16.4% and 16.1% for the three and nine months ended February 29, 2020, respectively. Our net deferred tax assets were $5.8 billion (refer to Note 1 under “Basis of Presentation” for additional information) and $3.2 billion as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, respectively. We believe that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will be realized in the foreseeable future. Realization of our net deferred tax assets is dependent upon our generation of sufficient taxable income in future years in appropriate tax jurisdictions to obtain benefit from the reversal of temporary differences, net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards. The amount of net deferred tax assets considered realizable is subject to adjustment in future periods if estimates of future taxable income change. Domestically, U.S. federal and state taxing authorities are currently examining income tax returns of Oracle and various acquired entities for years through fiscal 2019. Our U.S. federal income tax returns have been examined for all years prior to fiscal 2010, and we are no longer subject to audit for those periods. Our U.S. state income tax returns, with some exceptions, have been examined for all years prior to fiscal 2007, and we are no longer subject to audit for those periods. Internationally, tax authorities for numerous non-U.S. jurisdictions are also examining returns affecting our unrecognized tax benefits. With some exceptions, we are generally no longer subject to tax examinations in non-U.S. jurisdictions for years prior to fiscal 2001. We are under audit by the IRS and various other domestic and foreign tax authorities with regards to income tax and indirect tax matters and are involved in various challenges and litigation in a number of countries, including, in particular, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Spain, where the amounts under controversy are significant. In some, although not all, cases, we have reserved for potential adjustments to our provision for income taxes and accrual of indirect taxes that may result from examinations by, or any negotiated agreements with, these tax authorities or final outcomes in judicial proceedings, and we believe that the final outcome of these examinations, agreements or judicial proceedings will not have a material effect on our results of operations. If events occur which indicate payment of these amounts is unnecessary, the reversal of the liabilities would result in the recognition of benefits in the period we determine the liabilities are no longer necessary. If our estimates of the federal, state, and foreign income tax liabilities and indirect tax liabilities are less than the ultimate assessment, it could result in a further charge to expense . We believe that we have adequately provided under GAAP for outcomes related to our tax audits. However, there can be no assurances as to the possible outcomes or any related financial statement effect thereof.

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
SEGMENT INFORMATION	10. SEGMENT INFORMATION ASC 280, Segment Reporting We have three businesses—cloud and license, hardware and services—each of which is comprised of a single Our cloud and license business engages in the sale, marketing and delivery of our enterprise applications and infrastructure technologies through cloud and on-premise deployment models including our cloud services and license support offerings; and our cloud license and on-premise license offerings. Cloud services and license support revenues are generated from offerings that are typically contracted with customers directly, billed to customers in advance, delivered to customers over time with our revenue recognition occurring over the contractual terms, and renewed by customers upon completion of the contractual terms. Cloud services and license support contracts provide customers with access to the latest updates to the applications and infrastructure technologies as they become available and for which the customer contracted and also include related technical support services over the contractual term. Cloud license and on-premise license revenues represent fees earned from granting customers licenses, generally on a perpetual basis, to use our database and middleware and our applications software products within cloud and on-premise IT environments. We generally recognize revenues at the point in time the software is made available to the customer to download and use, which typically is immediate upon signature of the license contract. In each fiscal year, our cloud and license business’ contractual activities are typically highest in our fourth fiscal quarter and the related cash flows are typically highest in the following quarter (i.e., in the first fiscal quarter of the next fiscal year) as we receive payments from these contracts. Our hardware business provides Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, industry-specific hardware, operating systems, virtualization, management and other hardware-related software to support diverse IT environments. Our hardware business also offers hardware support, which provides customers with software updates for the software components that are essential to the functionality of their hardware products, such as Oracle Solaris and certain other software, and can also include product repairs, maintenance services and technical support services. Our services business provides services to customers and partners to help maximize the performance of their investments in Oracle applications and infrastructure technologies. We do not track our assets for each business. Consequently, it is not practical to show assets by operating segment. The following table presents summary results for each of our three businesses: Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Cloud and license: Revenues (1) $ 8,529 $ 8,162 $ 24,567 $ 23,718 Cloud services and license support expenses 1,011 943 2,977 2,844 Sales and marketing expenses 1,694 1,816 4,947 5,428 Margin (2) $ 5,824 $ 5,403 $ 16,643 $ 15,446 Hardware: Revenues $ 820 $ 857 $ 2,478 $ 2,542 Hardware products and support expenses 223 262 698 803 Sales and marketing expenses 95 107 287 338 Margin (2) $ 502 $ 488 $ 1,493 $ 1,401 Services: Revenues $ 737 $ 778 $ 2,209 $ 2,372 Services expenses 587 660 1,767 2,025 Margin (2) $ 150 $ 118 $ 442 $ 347 Totals: Revenues (1) $ 10,086 $ 9,797 $ 29,254 $ 28,632 Expenses 3,610 3,788 10,676 11,438 Margin (2) $ 6,476 $ 6,009 $ 18,578 $ 17,194 (1) Cloud and license revenues presented for management reporting included revenues related to cloud and license obligations that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2020 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total revenues as reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. (2) The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of research and development, general and administrative and certain other allocable expenses, net. Additionally, the margins reported above do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or certain other non-operating income, net. The following table reconciles total operating segment revenues to total revenues as well as total operating segment margin to income before provision for income taxes: Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Total revenues for operating segments $ 10,086 $ 9,797 $ 29,254 $ 28,632 Cloud and license revenues (1) (1 ) (1 ) (2 ) (3 ) Total revenues $ 10,085 $ 9,796 $ 29,252 $ 28,629 Total margin for operating segments $ 6,476 $ 6,009 $ 18,578 $ 17,194 Cloud and license revenues (1) (1 ) (1 ) (2 ) (3 ) Research and development (1,621 ) (1,500 ) (4,812 ) (4,588 ) General and administrative (330 ) (288 ) (949 ) (903 ) Amortization of intangible assets (347 ) (400 ) (1,037 ) (1,221 ) Acquisition related and other (13 ) (7 ) (107 ) (44 ) Restructuring (66 ) (60 ) (337 ) (181 ) Stock-based compensation for operating segments (132 ) (106 ) (381 ) (325 ) Expense allocations and other, net (88 ) (119 ) (281 ) (341 ) Interest expense (585 ) (456 ) (1,799 ) (1,416 ) Non-operating (expenses) income, net (17 ) 4 (30 ) 195 Income before benefit from (provision for) income taxes $ 3,276 $ 3,076 $ 8,843 $ 8,367 (1) Cloud and license revenues presented Disaggregation of Revenues We have considered information that is regularly reviewed by our CODMs in evaluating financial performance, and disclosures presented outside of our financial statements in our earnings releases and used in investor presentations to disaggregate revenues to depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows are affected by economic factors. The principal category we use to disaggregate revenues is the nature of our products and services as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of operations, the total of which is reconciled to revenues from our reportable segments as per the preceding tables of this footnote. The following table is a summary of our total revenues by geographic region. The relative proportion of our total revenues between each geographic region as presented in the table below was materially consistent across each of our operating segments’ revenues for the periods presented. Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Americas $ 5,424 $ 5,363 $ 15,751 $ 15,817 EMEA (1) 2,981 2,835 8,571 8,083 Asia Pacific 1,680 1,598 4,930 4,729 Total revenues $ 10,085 $ 9,796 $ 29,252 $ 28,629 (1) Comprised of Europe, the Middle East and Africa The Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Applications cloud services and license support $ 2,952 $ 2,809 $ 8,669 $ 8,265 Infrastructure cloud services and license support 4,300 4,121 12,642 12,281 Total cloud services and license support revenues $ 7,252 $ 6,930 $ 21,311 $ 20,546

EARNINGS PER SHARE

EARNINGS PER SHARE	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
EARNINGS PER SHARE	11. EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus the dilutive effect of outstanding restricted stock-based awards, stock options, and shares issuable under the employee stock purchase plan as applicable pursuant to the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share: Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions, except per share data) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Net income $ 5,021 $ 2,571 $ 9,714 $ 7,019 Weighted average common shares outstanding 2,913 3,190 2,977 3,251 Dilutive effect of employee stock plans 81 81 72 86 Dilutive weighted average common shares outstanding 2,994 3,271 3,049 3,337 Basic earnings per share $ 1.72 $ 0.81 $ 3.26 $ 2.16 Diluted earnings per share $ 1.68 $ 0.79 $ 3.19 $ 2.10 Shares subject to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options excluded from calculation (1) 36 55 36 55 (1) These weighted shares relate to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options, both of which were service-based, as calculated using the treasury stock method and contingently issuable shares, substantially all of which were related to performance based stock option (PSO) arrangements. Such shares could be dilutive in the future.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Legal Proceedings [Abstract]
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	12. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS Hewlett-Packard Company Litigation On June 15, 2011, Hewlett-Packard Company, now Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HP), filed a complaint in the California Superior Court, County of Santa Clara against Oracle Corporation alleging numerous causes of action including breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, defamation, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and violation of the California Unfair Business Practices Act. The complaint alleged that when Oracle announced on March 22 and 23, 2011 that it would no longer develop future versions of its software to run on HP’s Itanium-based servers, it breached a settlement agreement signed on September 20, 2010 (the HP Settlement Agreement), resolving litigation between HP and one of Oracle’s former CEOs who had previously acted as HP’s chief executive officer and chairman of HP’s board of directors. HP sought a judicial declaration of the parties’ rights and obligations under the HP Settlement Agreement and other equitable and monetary relief. Oracle answered the complaint and filed cross-claims. After a bench trial on the meaning of the HP Settlement Agreement, the court found that the HP Settlement Agreement required Oracle to continue to develop certain of its software products for use on HP’s Itanium-based servers at no cost to HP. The case proceeded to a jury trial in May 2016. On June 30, 2016, the jury returned a verdict in favor of HP on its claims for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and against Oracle on its cross-claims. The jury awarded HP $3.0 billion in damages. Under the court’s rulings, HP is entitled to post-judgment interest, but not pre-judgment interest, on this award. After the trial court denied Oracle’s motion for a new trial, Oracle filed a notice of appeal on January 17, 2017. On February 2, 2017, HP filed a notice of appeal of the trial court’s denial of pre-judgment interest. Oracle has posted a mandated surety bond with the trial court for the amounts owing. No amounts have been paid or recorded to our results of operations. We continue to believe that we have meritorious defenses against HP’s claims, and we intend to present these defenses to the appellate court. Oracle filed its opening brief on March 7, 2019. Briefing on the appeal was completed November 1, 2019, and the appellate court has not scheduled a date for oral argument. We cannot currently estimate a reasonably possible range of loss for this action due to the complexities and uncertainty surrounding the appeal process and the nature of the claims. Litigation is inherently unpredictable, and the outcome of the appeal process related to this action is uncertain. It is possible that the resolution of this action could have a material impact on our future cash flows and results of operations. Derivative Litigation Concerning Oracle’s NetSuite Acquisition On May 3 and July 18, 2017, two alleged stockholders filed separate derivative lawsuits in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, purportedly on Oracle’s behalf. Thereafter, the court consolidated the two derivative cases and designated the July 18, 2017 complaint as the operative complaint. The consolidated lawsuit was brought against all the then-current members and one former member of our Board of Directors, and Oracle as a nominal defendant. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties by causing Oracle to agree to purchase NetSuite Inc. (NetSuite) at an excessive price. The complaint sought (and the operative complaint continues to seek) declaratory relief, unspecified monetary damages (including interest), and attorneys’ fees and costs. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss, which the court denied on March 19, 2018. On May 4, 2018, our Board of Directors established a Special Litigation Committee (the SLC) to investigate the allegations in this derivative action. Three non-employee directors served on the SLC. On August 15, 2019, the SLC filed a letter with the court, stating that the SLC believed that plaintiff should be allowed to proceed with the derivative litigation on behalf of Oracle. After the SLC advised the Board that it had fulfilled its duties and obligations, the Board withdrew the SLC’s authority, except that the SLC maintained certain authority to respond to discovery requests in the litigation . After plaintiff filed the July 18, 2017 complaint, an additional plaintiff joined the case. Plaintiffs filed several amended complaints, and filed their most recent amended complaint on December 11, 2020. The operative complaint asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty against our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Technology Officer, the estate of Mark Hurd (our former Chief Executive Officer who passed away on October 18, 2019), and two other members of our Board of Directors. Oracle is named as a nominal defendant. On December 11, 2020, the estate of Mark Hurd and the two other members of our Board of Directors moved to dismiss this complaint, and a hearing on this motion was held on February 16, 2021. The court has not yet ruled on this motion. On December 28, 2020, our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Technology Officer, and Oracle as a nominal defendant filed answers to the operative complaint. The parties are conducting discovery. Trial is scheduled to commence on July 18, 2022. While Oracle continues to evaluate these claims, we do not believe this litigation will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. Securities Class Action and Derivative Litigation Concerning Oracle’s Cloud Business On August 10, 2018, a putative class action, brought by an alleged stockholder of Oracle, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against us, our Chief Technology Officer, our then-two Chief Executive Officers, two other Oracle executives, and one former Oracle executive. As noted above, Mr. Hurd, one of our then-two Chief Executive Officers, passed away on October 18, 2019. On March 8, 2019, plaintiff filed an amended complaint. Plaintiff alleges that the defendants made or are responsible for false and misleading statements regarding Oracle’s cloud business. Plaintiff further alleges that the former Oracle executive engaged in insider trading. Plaintiff seeks a ruling that this case may proceed as a class action, and seeks damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and unspecified declaratory/injunctive relief. On April 19, 2019, defendants moved to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint. On December 17, 2019, the court granted this motion, giving plaintiffs an opportunity to file an amended complaint, which plaintiff filed on February 17, 2020. On April 23, 2020, defendants filed a motion to dismiss, and the court held a hearing on this motion on September 24, 2020. The court has not yet ruled on this motion. We believe that we have meritorious defenses against this action, and we will continue to vigorously defend it. On February 12, 2019, a stockholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The derivative suit is brought by two alleged stockholders of Oracle, purportedly on Oracle’s behalf, against all members of our Board of Directors, and Oracle as a nominal defendant. Plaintiffs claim that the alleged actions described in the August 10, 2018 class action discussed above caused harm to Oracle, and that Oracle’s Board members violated their fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, reasonable inquiry, and good faith by failing to prevent this alleged harm. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants’ actions constitute gross mismanagement, waste, and securities fraud. Plaintiffs seek a ruling that this case may proceed as a derivative action, a finding that defendants are liable for breaching their fiduciary duties, an order directing defendants to enact corporate reforms, attorneys’ fees and costs, and unspecified equitable relief. On April 26, 2019, the court approved a stay of this action, which will be lifted if the class action discussed above is dismissed, if the motion to dismiss the class action is denied, or if either party voluntarily chooses to lift the stay. On May 8, 2019, a second derivative action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The derivative suit is brought by an alleged stockholder of Oracle, purportedly on Oracle’s behalf, against our Chief Technology Officer, our t hen ‑t wo Chief Executive Officers, one former Oracle executive, and Oracle as a nominal defendant. Plaintiff claims that the alleged actions described in the August 10, 2018 class action discussed above caused harm to Oracle, and plaintiff raises further allegations of impropriety relating to Oracle’s stock buybacks and acquisition of NetSuite. Plaintiff asserts claims for violation of securities laws, violation of fiduciary duties, contribution and indemnification. Plaintiff seeks a ruling that the case may proceed as a derivative action, and seeks damages, declaratory and other equitable relief, attorneys’ and expert fees and costs. On June 4, 2019, the court issued an order finding that this case was related to the derivative case above and staying the case under the court’s prior stay order . On July 8, 2019, plaintiffs in the two derivative actions filed a consolidated complaint. The actions remain stayed. While Oracle continues to evaluate these claims, we do not believe this litigation will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. Derivative Litigation Concerning Oracle’s Board Composition and Hiring Practices On July 2 and 10, 2020, two alleged stockholders filed derivative lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, purportedly on Oracle’s behalf, and thereafter, filed a consolidated complaint on August 21, 2020. On July 30, 2020, a third alleged stockholder filed a derivative lawsuit in the same court. On October 16, 2020, defendants moved to consolidate all these actions, and the court granted this motion on November 30, 2020. On December 7, 2020, plaintiffs filed a consolidated derivative complaint against all members of our Board of Directors, and Oracle as a nominal defendant, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, monetary damages, interest, corporate governance changes, disgorgement, restitution, punitive damages, and an award of attorneys’ fees, expert fees, and costs. Plaintiffs allege that: (a) defendants breached their fiduciary duties by permitting Oracle to violate anti-discrimination laws and Oracle’s own policies, failing to ensure sufficient diversity on the board, failing to ensure an independent board chairman, rehiring Ernst & Young LLP as Oracle’s auditors, and by breaching the HP Settlement Agreement (discussed above); (b) defendants made false and misleading statements in Oracle’s proxy statements; (c) defendants received unjust compensation and were unjustly enriched; (d) defendants aided and abetted this conduct; and (e) our Chief Technology Officer and our Chief Executive Officer are liable for abuse of control. On January 6, 2021, defendants moved to dismiss the complaint. Plaintiffs filed an opposition on March 1, and defendants’ reply is due by March 22, 2021. A hearing on this motion is scheduled for April 8, 2021. While Oracle continues to evaluate these claims, we do not believe this litigation will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. Other Litigation We are party to various other legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings and claims that relate to acquisitions we have completed or to companies we have acquired or are attempting to acquire. While the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the outcome of any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will result in losses that are materially in excess of amounts already recognized, if any.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT_2

BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER (Policies)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation We have prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures herein are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020. We believe that all necessary adjustments have been included in the accompanying financial statements to present fairly the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for our fiscal year ending May 31, 2021. The comparability of our operating results during the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the corresponding prior year periods, and of our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 2021 relative to May 31, 2020, was impacted by the income tax related effects of a partial realignment of our legal entity structure that resulted in the intra-group transfer of certain intellectual property rights. During the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2021, we recognized a benefit from income taxes primarily due to the result of a net discrete tax benefit of $2.3 billion that was recorded as a deferred tax asset of $11.3 billion and a non-current deferred tax liability of $9.1 billion. The deferred tax asset was recognized as a result of the book and tax basis difference on the intra-group transfer of certain intellectual property and the realignment of certain legal entities, partially offset by a Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) non-current deferred tax liability. The tax amortization related to the intellectual property deferred tax asset will be recognized in future periods and any unused amortization in a particular year will carry forward indefinitely. The $11.3 billion deferred tax asset was measured based on the tax rate at which it is expected to reverse in the future. We expect to realize the net deferred tax asset recorded as a result of the intangible property transfer and will periodically assess the realizability of the net deferred tax asset. Refer to Note 9 below for additional information. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequent amendments to the initial guidance Investments—Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash	Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash Restricted cash that was included within cash and cash equivalents as presented within our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020 and our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020 was nominal.
Remaining Performance Obligations from Contracts with Customers	Remaining Performance Obligations from Contracts with Customers Trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, and deferred revenues are reported net of related uncollected deferred revenues in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020. The revenues recognized during the nine months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively, that were included in the opening deferred revenues balances as of May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were approximately $7.4 billion and $7.7 billion, respectively. Revenues recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and impairment losses recognized on our receivables were immaterial in each of the three and nine months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020. Remaining performance obligations, as defined in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020, were $35.3 billion as of February 28, 2021, approximately 61% of which we expect to recognize as revenues over the next twelve months and the remainder thereafter.
Sales of Financing Receivables	Sales of Financing Receivables We offer certain of our customers the option to acquire certain of our cloud and license, hardware and services offerings through separate long-term payment contracts. We generally sell these contracts that we have financed for our customers on a non-recourse basis to financial institutions within 90 days of the contracts’ dates of execution. We record the transfers of amounts due from customers to financial institutions as sales of financing receivables because we are considered to have surrendered control of these financing receivables. Financing receivables sold to financial institutions were $338 million and $1.3 billion for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2021, respectively, and $284 million and $1.2 billion for the three and nine months ended February 29, 2020, respectively.
Acquisition Related and Other Expenses	Acquisition Related and Other Expenses Acquisition related and other expenses primarily consist of personnel related costs for transitional and certain other employees, certain business combination adjustments including adjustments after the measurement period has ended, and certain other operating items, net. Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Transitional and other employee related costs $ 1 $ 2 $ 4 $ 9 Business combination adjustments, net 2 2 3 4 Other, net 10 3 100 31 Total acquisition related and other expenses $ 13 $ 7 $ 107 $ 44
Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, net	Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, net Non-operating (expenses) income, net consists primarily of interest income, net foreign currency exchange losses, the noncontrolling interests in the net profits of our majority-owned subsidiaries (primarily Oracle Financial Services Software Limited and Oracle Corporation Japan) and net other income and expenses, including net realized gains and losses related to all of our investments, net unrealized gains and losses related to the small portion of our investment portfolio related to our deferred compensation plan, net unrealized gains and losses related to equity securities and non-service net periodic pension income and losses. Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Interest income $ 23 $ 122 $ 80 $ 457 Foreign currency losses, net (18 ) (47 ) (84 ) (127 ) Noncontrolling interests in income (46 ) (28 ) (127 ) (115 ) Other, net 24 (43 ) 101 (20 ) Total non-operating (expenses) income, net $ (17 ) $ 4 $ (30 ) $ 195
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	Recent Accounting Pronouncements Financial Instruments In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (ASU 2020-04) and also issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance (collectively, Topic 848). Topic 848 provides optional guidance for contract modifications and certain hedging relationships associated with the transition from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. We will adopt Topic 848 when our relevant contracts are modified upon transition to alternative reference rates. We do not expect our adoption of Topic 848 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Income Taxes In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (ASU 2019-12), which is intended to simplify various areas related to the accounting for income taxes and improve consistent application of Topic 740. ASU 2019-12 is effective for us beginning in fiscal 2022, and earlier adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2019-12 on our consolidated financial statements.
Fair Value Measurements	We perform fair value measurements in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurement ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. An asset’s or a liability’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC 820 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value: • Level 1: quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; • Level 2: inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; or • Level 3: unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair values of the assets or liabilities.
Segment Information	ASC 280, Segment Reporting

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Acquisition Related and Other Expenses	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Transitional and other employee related costs $ 1 $ 2 $ 4 $ 9 Business combination adjustments, net 2 2 3 4 Other, net 10 3 100 31 Total acquisition related and other expenses $ 13 $ 7 $ 107 $ 44
Non-Operating Income, net	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Interest income $ 23 $ 122 $ 80 $ 457 Foreign currency losses, net (18 ) (47 ) (84 ) (127 ) Noncontrolling interests in income (46 ) (28 ) (127 ) (115 ) Other, net 24 (43 ) 101 (20 ) Total non-operating (expenses) income, net $ (17 ) $ 4 $ (30 ) $ 195

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis	February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types (in millions) Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total Assets: Money market funds $ 4,702 $ — $ 4,702 $ 18,587 $ — $ 18,587 Corporate debt securities and other 2,836 7,933 10,769 4,036 2,589 6,625 Commercial paper debt securities — 7,604 7,604 — 5,640 5,640 Derivative financial instruments — 71 71 — 29 29 Total assets $ 7,538 $ 15,608 $ 23,146 $ 22,623 $ 8,258 $ 30,881 Liabilities: Derivative financial instruments $ — $ — $ — $ — $ 268 $ 268

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Intangible Assets	Intangible Assets, Gross Accumulated Amortization Intangible Assets, Net Weighted Average Useful Life (2) (Dollars in millions) May 31, 2020 Additions & Adjustments, net (1) February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Expense February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 February 28, 2021 Developed technology $ 4,471 $ 36 $ 4,507 $ (3,290 ) $ (477 ) $ (3,767 ) $ 1,181 $ 740 3 Cloud services and license support agreements and related relationships 5,589 16 5,605 (3,271 ) (493 ) (3,764 ) 2,318 1,841 — Other 1,341 1 1,342 (1,102 ) (67 ) (1,169 ) 239 173 — Total intangible assets, net $ 11,401 $ 53 $ 11,454 $ (7,663 ) $ (1,037 ) $ (8,700 ) $ 3,738 $ 2,754 (1) Amounts also include any changes in intangible asset balances for the periods presented that resulted from foreign currency translations. (2) Represents weighted-average useful lives (in years) of intangible assets acquired during fiscal 2021.
Estimated Future Amortization Expenses Related to Intangible Assets	Remainder of fiscal 2021 $ 328 Fiscal 2022 1,120 Fiscal 2023 696 Fiscal 2024 450 Fiscal 2025 126 Fiscal 2026 24 Thereafter 10 Total intangible assets, net $ 2,754
Goodwill	(in millions) Cloud and License Hardware Services Total Goodwill, net Balances as of May 31, 2020 $ 39,637 $ 2,367 $ 1,765 $ 43,769 Goodwill adjustments, net (1) 168 — 17 185 Balances as of February 28, 2021 $ 39,805 $ 2,367 $ 1,782 $ 43,954 (1) Pursuant to our business combinations accounting policy, we recorded goodwill adjustments for the effects on goodwill of changes to net assets acquired during the period that such a change is identified, provided that any such change is within the measurement period (up to one year from the date of the acquisition). Amounts also include any changes in goodwill balances for the period presented that resulted from foreign currency translations.

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Table

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]
Summary of All Plans	Accrued May 31, 2020 (2) Nine Months Ended February 28, 2021 Accrued February 28, 2021 (2) Total Costs Accrued to Date Total Expected Program Costs (in millions) Initial Costs (3) Adj. to Cost (4) Cash Payments Others (5) 2019 Restructuring Plan (1) Cloud and license $ 75 $ 168 $ (18 ) $ (148 ) $ 11 $ 88 $ 453 $ 470 Hardware 14 32 (2 ) (26 ) (1 ) 17 110 115 Services 27 45 (3 ) (45 ) 3 27 133 156 Other (6) 22 114 (1 ) (95 ) 4 44 376 376 Total 2019 Restructuring Plan $ 138 $ 359 $ (24 ) $ (314 ) $ 17 $ 176 $ 1,072 $ 1,117 Total other restructuring plans (7) $ 13 $ 2 $ — $ (4 ) $ (1 ) $ 10 Total restructuring plans $ 151 $ 361 $ (24 ) $ (318 ) $ 16 $ 186 (1) Restructuring costs recorded for individual line items primarily related to employee severance costs. (2) As of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, substantially all restructuring liabilities have been recorded in other current liabilities within our condensed consolidated balance sheets. (3) Costs recorded for the respective restructuring plans during the current period presented. (4) All plan adjustments were changes in estimates whereby increases and decreases in costs were generally recorded to operating expenses in the period of adjustments. (5 ) Represents foreign currency translation and certain other adjustments. ( 6 ) Represents employee related severance costs for functions that are not included within our operating segments and certain other restructuring costs. ( 7 ) Other restructuring plans presented in the table above included condensed information for other Oracle based plans and other plans associated with certain of our acquisitions whereby we continued to make cash outlays to settle obligations under these plans during the period presented but for which the periodic impact to our condensed consolidated statements of operations was not significant.

DEFERRED REVENUES (Tables)

DEFERRED REVENUES (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Deferred Revenue Disclosure [Abstract]
Deferred Revenues	(in millions) February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Cloud services and license support $ 7,075 $ 6,996 Hardware 556 613 Services 425 365 Cloud license and on-premise license 32 28 Deferred revenues, current 8,088 8,002 Deferred revenues, non-current (in other non-current liabilities) 670 597 Total deferred revenues $ 8,758 $ 8,599

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUME_2

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Derivative Instrument Detail [Abstract]
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	Fair Value as of (in millions) Balance Sheet Location February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Derivative assets: Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other current assets $ 10 $ — Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other non-current assets 61 — Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other non-current assets — 29 Total derivative assets $ 71 $ 29 Derivative liabilities: Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges Other current liabilities $ — $ 251 Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges Other non-current liabilities — 17 Total derivative liabilities $ — $ 268
Effects of Fair Value Hedging Relationships on Hedged Items in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	(in millions) February 28, 2021 May 31, 2020 Notes payable, current: Carrying amount of hedged item $ 1,510 $ — Cumulative hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount $ 10 $ — Notes payable and other borrowings, non-current: Carrying amounts of hedged items $ 2,220 $ 3,680 Cumulative hedging adjustments included in the carrying amount $ 108 $ 75
Effects of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges on Income	Three Months Ended February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 (in millions) Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Condensed consolidated statements of operations line amounts in which the hedge effects were recorded $ (17 ) $ (585 ) $ 4 $ (456 ) Gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income: Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments $ — $ (7 ) $ — $ 10 Hedged items — 7 — (10 ) Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments 16 (8 ) — 6 Hedged items (11 ) 8 (1 ) (6 ) Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges: Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI 22 — (18 ) — Total gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income $ 27 $ — $ (19 ) $ — Nine Months Ended February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 (in millions) Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Non-operating (expenses) income, net Interest expense Condensed consolidated statements of operations line amounts in which the hedge effects were recorded $ (30 ) $ (1,799 ) $ 195 $ (1,416 ) Gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income: Interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments $ — $ (19 ) $ — $ 22 Hedged items — 19 — (22 ) Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges: Derivative instruments 86 (4 ) (13 ) 13 Hedged items (73 ) 4 11 (13 ) Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges: Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI 137 — (36 ) — Total gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income $ 150 $ — $ (38 ) $ —
Effects of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges on Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) or Loss (OCL)	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges $ 15 $ (11 ) $ 129 $ (45 )

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation Expense	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Cloud services and license support $ 33 $ 22 $ 99 $ 83 Hardware 2 3 8 8 Services 15 14 41 42 Sales and marketing 82 67 233 192 Research and development 307 238 897 781 General and administrative 40 17 117 98 Total stock-based compensation $ 479 $ 361 $ 1,395 $ 1,204

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Summary of Businesses Results	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Cloud and license: Revenues (1) $ 8,529 $ 8,162 $ 24,567 $ 23,718 Cloud services and license support expenses 1,011 943 2,977 2,844 Sales and marketing expenses 1,694 1,816 4,947 5,428 Margin (2) $ 5,824 $ 5,403 $ 16,643 $ 15,446 Hardware: Revenues $ 820 $ 857 $ 2,478 $ 2,542 Hardware products and support expenses 223 262 698 803 Sales and marketing expenses 95 107 287 338 Margin (2) $ 502 $ 488 $ 1,493 $ 1,401 Services: Revenues $ 737 $ 778 $ 2,209 $ 2,372 Services expenses 587 660 1,767 2,025 Margin (2) $ 150 $ 118 $ 442 $ 347 Totals: Revenues (1) $ 10,086 $ 9,797 $ 29,254 $ 28,632 Expenses 3,610 3,788 10,676 11,438 Margin (2) $ 6,476 $ 6,009 $ 18,578 $ 17,194 (1) Cloud and license revenues presented for management reporting included revenues related to cloud and license obligations that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2020 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total revenues as reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. (2) The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of research and development, general and administrative and certain other allocable expenses, net. Additionally, the margins reported above do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or certain other non-operating income, net.
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Revenues to Total Revenues	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Total revenues for operating segments $ 10,086 $ 9,797 $ 29,254 $ 28,632 Cloud and license revenues (1) (1 ) (1 ) (2 ) (3 ) Total revenues $ 10,085 $ 9,796 $ 29,252 $ 28,629
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Margin to Income before Provision for Income Taxes	Total margin for operating segments $ 6,476 $ 6,009 $ 18,578 $ 17,194 Cloud and license revenues (1) (1 ) (1 ) (2 ) (3 ) Research and development (1,621 ) (1,500 ) (4,812 ) (4,588 ) General and administrative (330 ) (288 ) (949 ) (903 ) Amortization of intangible assets (347 ) (400 ) (1,037 ) (1,221 ) Acquisition related and other (13 ) (7 ) (107 ) (44 ) Restructuring (66 ) (60 ) (337 ) (181 ) Stock-based compensation for operating segments (132 ) (106 ) (381 ) (325 ) Expense allocations and other, net (88 ) (119 ) (281 ) (341 ) Interest expense (585 ) (456 ) (1,799 ) (1,416 ) Non-operating (expenses) income, net (17 ) 4 (30 ) 195 Income before benefit from (provision for) income taxes $ 3,276 $ 3,076 $ 8,843 $ 8,367 (1) Cloud and license revenues presented
Disaggregation of Revenue by Geography and Ecosystem	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Americas $ 5,424 $ 5,363 $ 15,751 $ 15,817 EMEA (1) 2,981 2,835 8,571 8,083 Asia Pacific 1,680 1,598 4,930 4,729 Total revenues $ 10,085 $ 9,796 $ 29,252 $ 28,629 (1) Comprised of Europe, the Middle East and Africa Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Applications cloud services and license support $ 2,952 $ 2,809 $ 8,669 $ 8,265 Infrastructure cloud services and license support 4,300 4,121 12,642 12,281 Total cloud services and license support revenues $ 7,252 $ 6,930 $ 21,311 $ 20,546

EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Earnings Per Share	Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in millions, except per share data) February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 February 28, 2021 February 29, 2020 Net income $ 5,021 $ 2,571 $ 9,714 $ 7,019 Weighted average common shares outstanding 2,913 3,190 2,977 3,251 Dilutive effect of employee stock plans 81 81 72 86 Dilutive weighted average common shares outstanding 2,994 3,271 3,049 3,337 Basic earnings per share $ 1.72 $ 0.81 $ 3.26 $ 2.16 Diluted earnings per share $ 1.68 $ 0.79 $ 3.19 $ 2.10 Shares subject to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options excluded from calculation (1) 36 55 36 55 (1) These weighted shares relate to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options, both of which were service-based, as calculated using the treasury stock method and contingently issuable shares, substantially all of which were related to performance based stock option (PSO) arrangements. Such shares could be dilutive in the future.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Net discrete tax benefit			$ 2,300
Deferred tax asset	$ 11,300		11,300
Non-current deferred tax liability	9,100		9,100
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Abstract]
Revenues recognized included in opening deferred revenues balances			7,400	$ 7,700
Revenue, Performance Obligation [Abstract]
Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount, Total	$ 35,300		$ 35,300
Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage, to be recognized in the next twelve months	61.00%		61.00%
Sales of Financing Receivables [Abstract]
Sales of financing receivables	$ 338	$ 284	$ 1,300	$ 1,200

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION, RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Acquisition Related and Other Expenses [Abstract]
Transitional and other employee related costs	$ 1	$ 2	$ 4	$ 9
Business combination adjustments, net	2	2	3	4
Other, net	10	3	100	31
Total acquisition related and other expenses	13	7	107	44
Non-Operating Income, net [Abstract]
Interest income	23	122	80	457
Foreign currency losses, net	(18)	(47)	(84)	(127)
Noncontrolling interests in income	(46)	(28)	(127)	(115)
Other, net	24	(43)	101	(20)
Total non-operating (expenses) income, net	$ (17)	$ 4	$ (30)	$ 195

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Detail

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Assets [Abstract]
Derivative financial instruments	$ 71	$ 29
Total assets	23,146	30,881
Liabilities [Abstract]
Derivative financial instruments	0	268
Commercial Paper Debt Securities [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	7,604	5,640
Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	4,702	18,587
Corporate Debt Securities and Other [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	10,769	6,625
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 1 [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Derivative financial instruments	0	0
Total assets	7,538	22,623
Liabilities [Abstract]
Derivative financial instruments	0	0
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 1 [Member] | Commercial Paper Debt Securities [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 1 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	4,702	18,587
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 1 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities and Other [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	2,836	4,036
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 2 [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Derivative financial instruments	71	29
Total assets	15,608	8,258
Liabilities [Abstract]
Derivative financial instruments	0	268
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 2 [Member] | Commercial Paper Debt Securities [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	7,604	5,640
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 2 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities and Other [Member]
Assets [Abstract]
Investments and cash and cash equivalents	$ 7,933	$ 2,589

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS Narrati

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS Narrative (Details) - Senior notes [Member] - USD ($) $ in Billions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total debt, carrying value	$ 69.3	$ 71.6
Fair Value Measurements Using Input Types Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total debt, fair value	$ 76.3	$ 80.9

INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details)

INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	May 31, 2020
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Gross		$ 11,454		$ 11,454		$ 11,401
Additions & Adjustments, net	[1]			53
Accumulated Amortization		(8,700)		(8,700)		(7,663)
Expense		(347)	$ (400)	(1,037)	$ (1,221)
Intangible Assets, Net		2,754		2,754		3,738
Developed technology [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Gross		4,507		4,507		4,471
Additions & Adjustments, net	[1]			36
Accumulated Amortization		(3,767)		(3,767)		(3,290)
Expense				(477)
Intangible Assets, Net		740		$ 740		1,181
Weighted Average Useful Life	[2]			3 years
Cloud services and license support agreements and related relationships [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Gross		5,605		$ 5,605		5,589
Additions & Adjustments, net	[1]			16
Accumulated Amortization		(3,764)		(3,764)		(3,271)
Expense				(493)
Intangible Assets, Net		1,841		$ 1,841		2,318
Weighted Average Useful Life	[2]			0 years
Other [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Gross		1,342		$ 1,342		1,341
Additions & Adjustments, net	[1]			1
Accumulated Amortization		(1,169)		(1,169)		(1,102)
Expense				(67)
Intangible Assets, Net		$ 173		$ 173		$ 239
Weighted Average Useful Life	[2]			0 years
[1]	Amounts also include any changes in intangible asset balances for the periods presented that resulted from foreign currency translations.
[2]	Represents weighted-average useful lives (in years) of intangible assets acquired during fiscal 2021.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AMORTIZATION

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AMORTIZATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Finite lived intangible assets future amortization expense [Abstract]
Remainder of fiscal 2021	$ 328
Fiscal 2022	1,120
Fiscal 2023	696
Fiscal 2024	450
Fiscal 2025	126
Fiscal 2026	24
Thereafter	10
Intangible Assets, Net	$ 2,754	$ 3,738

GOODWILL (Details)

GOODWILL (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balances at period start	$ 43,769
Goodwill adjustments, net	185	[1]
Balances at period end	43,954
Cloud and License [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balances at period start	39,637
Goodwill adjustments, net	168	[1]
Balances at period end	39,805
Hardware [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balances at period start	2,367
Goodwill adjustments, net	0	[1]
Balances at period end	2,367
Services [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balances at period start	1,765
Goodwill adjustments, net	17	[1]
Balances at period end	$ 1,782
[1]	Pursuant to our business combinations accounting policy, we recorded goodwill adjustments for the effects on goodwill of changes to net assets acquired during the period that such a change is identified, provided that any such change is within the measurement period (up to one year from the date of the acquisition). Amounts also include any changes in goodwill balances for the period presented that resulted from foreign currency translations.

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES Narrat

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring expenses	$ 66	$ 60	$ 337	$ 181
Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring expenses			$ 335	$ 186

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Detai

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021USD ($)	[2]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	$ 151	[1]
Initial Costs	361	[3]
Adjustments to Cost	(24)	[4]
Cash Payments	(318)
Others	16	[5]
Accrued at period end	186	[1]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	0
Total Expected Program Costs	0
Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	138	[1]
Initial Costs	359	[3]
Adjustments to Cost	(24)	[4]
Cash Payments	(314)
Others	17	[5]
Accrued at period end	176	[1]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	1,072
Total Expected Program Costs	1,117
Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring [Member] | Other [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	22	[1],[6]
Initial Costs	114	[3],[6]
Adjustments to Cost	(1)	[4],[6]
Cash Payments	(95)	[6]
Others	4	[5],[6]
Accrued at period end	44	[1],[6]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	376	[6]
Total Expected Program Costs	376	[6]
Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring [Member] | Cloud and License [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	75	[1]
Initial Costs	168	[3]
Adjustments to Cost	(18)	[4]
Cash Payments	(148)
Others	11	[5]
Accrued at period end	88	[1]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	453
Total Expected Program Costs	470
Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring [Member] | Hardware [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	14	[1]
Initial Costs	32	[3]
Adjustments to Cost	(2)	[4]
Cash Payments	(26)
Others	(1)	[5]
Accrued at period end	17	[1]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	110
Total Expected Program Costs	115
Fiscal 2019 Oracle Restructuring [Member] | Services [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	27	[1]
Initial Costs	45	[3]
Adjustments to Cost	(3)	[4]
Cash Payments	(45)
Others	3	[5]
Accrued at period end	27	[1]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	133
Total Expected Program Costs	156
Other Restructuring Plans [Member]
Restructuring reserve [Line Items]
Accrued at period start	13	[1],[7]
Initial Costs	2	[3],[7]
Adjustments to Cost	0	[4],[7]
Cash Payments	(4)	[7]
Others	(1)	[5],[7]
Accrued at period end	10	[1],[7]
Total Costs Accrued to Date	0	[7]
Total Expected Program Costs	$ 0	[7]
[1]	As of February 28, 2021 and May 31, 2020, substantially all restructuring liabilities have been recorded in other current liabilities within our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
[2]	Restructuring costs recorded for individual line items primarily related to employee severance costs.
[3]	Costs recorded for the respective restructuring plans during the current period presented.
[4]	All plan adjustments were changes in estimates whereby increases and decreases in costs were generally recorded to operating expenses in the period of adjustments.
[5]	Represents foreign currency translation and certain other adjustments.
[6]	Represents employee related severance costs for functions that are not included within our operating segments and certain other restructuring costs.
[7]	Other restructuring plans presented in the table above included condensed information for other Oracle based plans and other plans associated with certain of our acquisitions whereby we continued to make cash outlays to settle obligations under these plans during the period presented but for which the periodic impact to our condensed consolidated statements of operations was not significant.

DEFERRED REVENUES (Details)

DEFERRED REVENUES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	$ 8,088	$ 8,002
Deferred revenues, non-current (in other non-current liabilities)	670	597
Total deferred revenues	8,758	8,599
Cloud services and license support [Member] | Cloud and License [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	7,075	6,996
Hardware [Member] | Hardware [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	556	613
Services [Member] | Services [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	425	365
Cloud license and on-premise license [Member] | Cloud and License [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	$ 32	$ 28

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUME_3

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Narrative (Details) - Foreign Currency Forward Contracts Not Designated as Hedges [Member] - USD ($) $ in Billions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Forward contracts held to purchase U.S. Dollars [Member]
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts Not Designated as Hedges (Narrative) [Abstract]
Notional amounts of forward contracts	$ 4.2	$ 4.2
Forward contracts held to sell U.S. Dollars [Member]
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts Not Designated as Hedges (Narrative) [Abstract]
Notional amounts of forward contracts	$ 4.4	$ 3.9

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUME_4

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS EFFECTS ON BALANCE SHEETS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2021	May 31, 2020
Derivative assets:
Total derivative assets	$ 71	$ 29
Derivative liabilities:
Total derivative liabilities	0	268
Fair value hedges [Member] | Notes payable, current [Member]
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets [Abstract]
Carrying amount of hedged item	1,510	0
Cumulative hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount	10	0
Fair value hedges [Member] | Notes payable and other borrowings, non-current [Member]
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges in Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets [Abstract]
Carrying amount of hedged item	2,220	3,680
Cumulative hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount	108	75
Fair value hedges [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member] | Other current assets [Member]
Derivative assets:
Total derivative assets	10	0
Fair value hedges [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member] | Other non-current assets [Member]
Derivative assets:
Total derivative assets	0	29
Fair value hedges [Member] | Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements [Member] | Other non-current assets [Member]
Derivative assets:
Total derivative assets	61	0
Fair value hedges [Member] | Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements [Member] | Other non-current liabilities [Member]
Derivative liabilities:
Total derivative liabilities	0	17
Cash flow hedges [Member] | Cross-Currency Swap [Member] | Other current liabilities [Member]
Derivative liabilities:
Total derivative liabilities	$ 0	$ 251

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUME_5

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS EFFECTS ON EARNINGS AND AOCL (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Derivative [Line Items]
Non-operating (expenses) income, net	$ (17)	$ 4	$ (30)	$ 195
Interest expense	(585)	(456)	(1,799)	(1,416)
Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, Net [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Non-operating (expenses) income, net	(17)	4	(30)	195
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Total gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income	27	(19)	150	(38)
Interest Expense [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest expense	(585)	(456)	(1,799)	(1,416)
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Total gain (loss) on hedges recognized in income	0	0	0	0
Fair value hedges [Member] | Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, Net [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Derivative instruments	0	0	0	0
Hedged items	0	0	0	0
Fair value hedges [Member] | Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, Net [Member] | Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Derivative instruments	16	0	86	(13)
Hedged items	(11)	(1)	(73)	11
Fair value hedges [Member] | Interest Expense [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Derivative instruments	(7)	10	(19)	22
Hedged items	7	(10)	19	(22)
Fair value hedges [Member] | Interest Expense [Member] | Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Derivative instruments	(8)	6	(4)	13
Hedged items	8	(6)	4	(13)
Cash flow hedges [Member] | Cross-Currency Swap Agreements [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Cross-currency swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges	15	(11)	129	(45)
Cash flow hedges [Member] | Non-Operating (Expenses) Income, Net [Member] | Cross-Currency Swap [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI	22	(18)	137	(36)
Cash flow hedges [Member] | Interest Expense [Member] | Cross-Currency Swap [Member]
Effects of derivative instruments designated as hedges on income [Abstract]:
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Narrative

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	Mar. 12, 2021	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Mar. 10, 2021
Stock Repurchases [Abstract]
Amount available for future repurchases		$ 3,600
Repurchases of common stock (in shares)		222.2	254.4
Repurchased amount		$ 13,000	$ 14,000
Repurchased shares that were not settled (in shares)		0.6
Repurchased amount that was not settled		$ 42
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Restricted stock-based units granted (in shares)		50
Forfeitures and cancellations (in shares)		26
Subsequent Event [Member]
Stock Repurchases [Abstract]
Additional authorized amount				$ 20,000
Dividends on Common Stock [Abstract]
Dividends declared per share of outstanding common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.32
Dividend payable date	Apr. 22, 2021
Dividend record date	Apr. 8, 2021
Increase in quarterly cash dividend per share	$ 0.08

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	$ 479	$ 361	$ 1,395	$ 1,204
Cloud services and license support [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	33	22	99	83
Hardware [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	2	3	8	8
Services [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	15	14	41	42
Sales and marketing [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	82	67	233	192
Research and development [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	307	238	897	781
General and administrative [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense and valuations of stock awards [Abstract]
Total stock-based compensation	$ 40	$ 17	$ 117	$ 98

INCOME TAXES (Details)

INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	May 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Total net deferred tax benefit	$ 2.3		$ 2.3
Effective tax (benefit) expense rate	(53.30%)	16.40%	(9.80%)	16.10%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net [Abstract]
Net deferred tax assets	$ 5.8		$ 5.8		$ 3.2

SEGMENT INFORMATION Narrative (

SEGMENT INFORMATION Narrative (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021BusinessSegment
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Number of businesses | Business	3
Cloud and License [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments	1
Hardware [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments	1
Services [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments	1

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details)

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 10,085	$ 9,796	$ 29,252	$ 28,629
Cloud services and license support expenses	[1]	1,064	991	3,139	2,994
Sales and marketing expenses	[1]	1,915	2,049	5,605	6,135
Margin		3,878	3,528	10,672	9,588
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Revenues	[2]	10,086	9,797	29,254	28,632
Expenses		3,610	3,788	10,676	11,438
Margin	[3]	6,476	6,009	18,578	17,194
Operating Segments [Member] | Cloud and License [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Revenues	[2]	8,529	8,162	24,567	23,718
Cloud services and license support expenses		1,011	943	2,977	2,844
Sales and marketing expenses		1,694	1,816	4,947	5,428
Margin	[3]	5,824	5,403	16,643	15,446
Operating Segments [Member] | Hardware [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Revenues		820	857	2,478	2,542
Hardware products and support expenses		223	262	698	803
Sales and marketing expenses		95	107	287	338
Margin	[3]	502	488	1,493	1,401
Operating Segments [Member] | Services [Member]
Segment reporting information [Line Items]
Revenues		737	778	2,209	2,372
Services expenses		587	660	1,767	2,025
Margin	[3]	$ 150	$ 118	$ 442	$ 347
[1]	Exclusive of amortization of intangible assets, which is shown separately.
[2]	Cloud and license revenues presented for management reporting included revenues related to cloud and license obligations that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2020 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total revenues as reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
[3]	The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of research and development, general and administrative and certain other allocable expenses, net. Additionally, the margins reported above do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or certain other non-operating income, net.

SEGMENT INFORMATION RECONCILIAT

SEGMENT INFORMATION RECONCILIATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Reconciliation of Operating Segment Revenues to Revenues [Abstract]
Total revenues		$ 10,085	$ 9,796	$ 29,252	$ 28,629
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Margin to Income Before Provision for Income Taxes [Abstract]
Total margin for operating segments		3,878	3,528	10,672	9,588
Total revenues		10,085	9,796	29,252	28,629
Research and development		(1,621)	(1,500)	(4,812)	(4,588)
General and administrative		(330)	(288)	(949)	(903)
Amortization of intangible assets		(347)	(400)	(1,037)	(1,221)
Acquisition related and other		(13)	(7)	(107)	(44)
Restructuring		(66)	(60)	(337)	(181)
Stock-based compensation for operating segments		(132)	(106)	(381)	(325)
Expense allocations and other, net		(88)	(119)	(281)	(341)
Interest expense		(585)	(456)	(1,799)	(1,416)
Non-operating (expenses) income, net		(17)	4	(30)	195
Income before benefit from (provision for) income taxes		3,276	3,076	8,843	8,367
Operating Segments [Member]
Reconciliation of Operating Segment Revenues to Revenues [Abstract]
Total revenues	[1]	10,086	9,797	29,254	28,632
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Margin to Income Before Provision for Income Taxes [Abstract]
Total margin for operating segments	[2]	6,476	6,009	18,578	17,194
Total revenues	[1]	10,086	9,797	29,254	28,632
Cloud and license revenues [Member]
Reconciliation of Operating Segment Revenues to Revenues [Abstract]
Total revenues	[3]	(1)	(1)	(2)	(3)
Reconciliation of Total Operating Segment Margin to Income Before Provision for Income Taxes [Abstract]
Total revenues	[3]	$ (1)	$ (1)	$ (2)	$ (3)
[1]	Cloud and license revenues presented for management reporting included revenues related to cloud and license obligations that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2020 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total revenues as reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
[2]	The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of research and development, general and administrative and certain other allocable expenses, net. Additionally, the margins reported above do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or certain other non-operating income, net.
[3]	Cloud and license revenues presented

SUMMARY OF TOTAL REVENUES BY GE

SUMMARY OF TOTAL REVENUES BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues		$ 10,085	$ 9,796	$ 29,252	$ 28,629
Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues		5,424	5,363	15,751	15,817
EMEA [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	[1]	2,981	2,835	8,571	8,083
Asia Pacific [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues		$ 1,680	$ 1,598	$ 4,930	$ 4,729
[1]	Comprised of Europe, the Middle East and Africa

SUMMARY OF CLOUD SERVICES AND L

SUMMARY OF CLOUD SERVICES AND LICENSE SUPPORT REVENUES BY ECOSYSTEMS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 10,085	$ 9,796	$ 29,252	$ 28,629
Applications Cloud Services and License Support [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	2,952	2,809	8,669	8,265
Infrastructure Cloud Services and License Support [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	4,300	4,121	12,642	12,281
Cloud services and license support [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 7,252	$ 6,930	$ 21,311	$ 20,546

EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income		$ 5,021	$ 2,571	$ 9,714	$ 7,019
Weighted average common shares outstanding		2,913	3,190	2,977	3,251
Dilutive effect of employee stock plans		81	81	72	86
Dilutive weighted average common shares outstanding		2,994	3,271	3,049	3,337
Basic earnings per share		$ 1.72	$ 0.81	$ 3.26	$ 2.16
Diluted earnings per share		$ 1.68	$ 0.79	$ 3.19	$ 2.10
Shares subject to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options excluded from calculation	[1]	36	55	36	55
[1]	These weighted shares relate to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options, both of which were service-based, as calculated using the treasury stock method and contingently issuable shares, substantially all of which were related to performance based stock option (PSO) arrangements. Such shares could be dilutive in the future.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Details)

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Details)	Jul. 08, 2019Claim	Jun. 30, 2016USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021USD ($)
Legal Proceedings [Line Items]
Plaintiffs claim alleged actions described date			Aug. 10, 2018
Number of derivative action filed with plaintiffs | Claim	2
Hewlett-Packard Litigation [Member]
Legal Proceedings [Line Items]
Damages awarded, value		$ 3,000,000,000
Damages paid, value			$ 0