Oracle Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 14 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Oracle stock. 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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Oracle is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 10th 2021.
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Oracle will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, March 10th 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 Co. (NYSE:ORCL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.06. The enterprise software provider earned $9.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.78 billion. Oracle had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 101.26% and a net margin of 26.34%. The business's revenue was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.90 earnings per share.
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Oracle's stock was trading at $44.72 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ORCL shares have increased by 61.4% and is now trading at $72.16.
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Oracle announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, January 21st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 6th.
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Oracle pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%. Oracle does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Oracle is 27.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Oracle will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.30% next year. This indicates that Oracle will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Oracle declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which authorizes the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 9.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Oracle issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.09-1.13 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.04. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.99-10.19 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.95 billion.

27 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Oracle's shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate Oracle's share price to reach $65.99 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%.
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1,888 employees have rated Oracle CEO Safra A. Catz on Glassdoor.com. Safra A. Catz has an approval rating of 78% among Oracle's employees.

Some companies that are related to Oracle include Microsoft (MSFT), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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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), NVIDIA (NVDA), The 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."

Oracle's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.48%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%), Northern Trust Corp (0.98%), Norges Bank (0.58%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (0.54%) and Nordea Investment Management AB (0.51%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Bruce R Chizen, Charles W Moorman, Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James, Safra Catz and W Corey West.
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ORCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group, DNB Asset Management AS, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Northern Trust Corp. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Jeffrey Henley, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Naomi O Seligman, Safra Catz, and W Corey West.
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ORCL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Swedbank, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and First Trust Advisors LP.
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Shares of ORCL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.16.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $212.44 billion and generates $39.07 billion in revenue each year. The enterprise software provider earns $10.14 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.46 on an earnings per share basis.

Oracle employs 135,000 workers across the globe.

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Oracle was founded in 1977.

The official website for Oracle is www.oracle.com.

Oracle is headquartered at 500 ORACLE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA, 94065.

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]