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 Thursday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, January 23rd. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 8th. View Oracle's Dividend History.

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

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 12th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.02. The enterprise software provider earned $9.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 27.62% and a return on equity of 56.86%. Oracle's revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.80 earnings per share. View Oracle's Earnings History.

Oracle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle.

28 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Oracle's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect Oracle's share price to reach $57.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% 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 2 sell ratings, 18 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Oracle.

Media stories about ORCL stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Oracle earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the enterprise software provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Oracle.

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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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), Workday (WDAY) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Oracle's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.18%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Bruce R Chizen, Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James, 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 PGGM Investments, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Bruce R Chizen, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Metropolis Capital Ltd, UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, GPM Growth Investors Inc., TIAA FSB, Cardinal Capital Management Inc., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. and Clear Street Markets 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 $55.13.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $176.84 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]