NYSE:ORCL - Oracle Stock Price, Forecast & News

Oracle trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ORCL."

Oracle announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 10th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, October 24th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 9th. View Oracle's Dividend History.

Oracle announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, September 11th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 8.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 11th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.09. The enterprise software provider earned $9.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.29 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 27.71%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.71 EPS. View Oracle's Earnings History.

Oracle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 12th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle.

Oracle will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, December 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Oracle issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.87-0.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.91.

28 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Oracle's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect Oracle's share price to reach $56.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Oracle.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Oracle.

News stories about ORCL stock have been trending somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Oracle earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the enterprise software provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Oracle.

Oracle saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 40,120,000 shares, a drop of 11.2% from the October 31st total of 45,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 12,060,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Oracle's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Oracle include Microsoft (MSFT), VMware (VMW), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Symantec (SYMC), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), CommVault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), TiVo (TIVO) and FalconStor Software (FALC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Oracle investors own include Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Workday (WDAY), Netflix (NFLX) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Oracle's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.91%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.62%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.49%), Boston Partners (0.40%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.33%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.29%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James, Safra Catz, Thomas Kurian and W Corey West. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Oracle.

ORCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Man Group plc, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Mackay Shields LLC, Yacktman Asset Management LP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. and Voya Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James and W Corey West. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oracle.

ORCL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, PGGM Investments, Phoenix Holdings Ltd., Railway Pension Investments Ltd, Fisher Asset Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D and Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oracle.

Shares of ORCL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.32.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $181.57 billion and generates $39.51 billion in revenue each year. The enterprise software provider earns $11.08 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis. Oracle employs 136,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Oracle.

The official website for Oracle is http://www.oracle.com/.

Oracle's mailing address is 500 ORACLE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA, 94065. The enterprise software provider can be reached via phone at 650-506-7000 or via email at [email protected]