Oracle - ORCL Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 16 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ORCL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ORCL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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27 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Oracle's stock. Their ORCL share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $88.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 45.2% from the stock's current price.
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Oracle's stock was trading at $87.21 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, ORCL shares have decreased by 30.0% and is now trading at $61.07.
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Oracle saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 16,700,000 shares, an increase of 23.6% from the August 31st total of 13,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,600,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 8th 2022.
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Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, September, 12th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.07. The enterprise software provider earned $11.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.44 billion. Oracle had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 161.07% and a net margin of 13.15%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 17.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share.
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Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Tuesday, October 25th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 11th.
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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.08%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 60.95%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ORCL will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Oracle announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, December 9th 2021, which permits the company to buyback $10,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 3.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Oracle issued an update on its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.16-$1.20 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.28. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.91 billion-$12.12 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.17 billion.

1,888 employees have rated Oracle Chief Executive Officer Safra A. Catz on Glassdoor.com. Safra A. Catz has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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

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

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One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.07.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has a market capitalization of $164.66 billion and generates $42.44 billion in revenue each year. The enterprise software provider earns $6.72 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.10 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 143,000 workers across the globe.

Oracle's mailing address is 500 ORACLE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA, 94065. The official website for the company is www.oracle.com. The enterprise software provider can be reached via phone at (737) 867-1000, via email at investor_us@oracle.com, or via fax at 650-506-7200.