Oracle (ORCL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud services and related hardware. Its offerings help businesses manage databases, applications, data, infrastructure and other core information-technology operations.

The company is best known for its Oracle Database, along with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services. Oracle also provides enterprise applications for functions such as finance, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations. Its portfolio includes software, consulting, technical support and engineered systems designed to support business-critical workloads.

Oracle was founded in 1977 and initially built its business around relational database software. It serves customers across a broad range of industries and geographies through direct sales, cloud infrastructure and a network of partners. Co-founder Larry Ellison serves as the company’s executive chairman and chief technology officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $134.75 to $138.50
• 50-Day Range: $114.90 to $162.52
• 52-Week Range: $114.50 to $322.54
• Volume: 22.25 million shs
• Average Volume: 34.47 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $416.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.57
• Dividend Yield: 1.45%
• Price Target: $251.72
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Oracle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Oracle scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 4th out of 595 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Oracle has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 36 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Oracle has a consensus price target of $251.72, representing about 82.9% upside from its current price of $137.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Oracle has been the subject of 26 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 36.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Oracle are expected to grow by 36.62% in the coming year, from $6.69 to $9.14 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Oracle is 21.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Oracle is 21.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 79.18.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Oracle has a PEG Ratio of 0.98. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Oracle has a P/B Ratio of 6.69. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.84% of the float of Oracle has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Oracle has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.36, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Oracle has recently increased by 14.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Oracle pays a meaningful dividend of 1.45%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Oracle has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Oracle is 31.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Oracle will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.88% next year. This indicates that Oracle will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.24

News Sentiment

Oracle has a news sentiment score of 0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 186 news articles for Oracle this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

344 people have searched for ORCL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 5% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

114 people have added Oracle to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 52% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Oracle insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,342,123.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

40.90% of the stock of Oracle is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

42.44% of the stock of Oracle is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/24 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/24 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/24/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/10/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026
• Record date for 10/23 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/23 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/23/2026
• AGM 2026: 11/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Systems Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ORCL
• CIK: 1341439
• Web: www.oracle.com
• Phone: (737) 867-1000
• Fax: 650-506-7200
• Employees: 141,000
• Year Founded: 1977

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Oracle: $251.72
• High Price Target: $400.00
• Low Price Target: $110.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +82.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.79
• Research Coverage: 47 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.57
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.57
• P/E Growth: 0.98
• Net Income: $17.09 billion
• Net Margins: 26.36%
• Pretax Margin: 30.28%
• Return on Equity: 48.85%
• Return on Assets: 7.93%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.89
• Current Ratio: 1.17
• Quick Ratio: 1.17

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $67.36 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.18
• Cash Flow: $9.63 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.29
• Book Value: $20.58 per share
• Price / Book: 6.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,023,740,000
• Free Float: 1,787,028,000
• Market Cap: $416.06 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.74