NYSE:ORCL - Oracle Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 17th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Wednesday, July 31st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 16th. View Oracle's Dividend History.

Oracle announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, September 17th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June, 19th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.18. The enterprise software provider had revenue of $11.14 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.93 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 28.06% and a return on equity of 40.95%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.99 EPS. View Oracle's Earnings History.

Oracle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, September 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle.

Oracle issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.80-0.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.80. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$9.2-9.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.36 billion.

29 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Oracle's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Oracle's share price to reach $54.9076 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Oracle.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 18 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 positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Oracle earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the enterprise software provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Oracle.

Oracle saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 56,608,300 shares, a decrease of 8.6% from the June 30th total of 61,932,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,430,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Oracle's Current Options Chain.

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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), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Bank of America (BAC), Workday (WDAY) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Oracle's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.41%), BlackRock Inc. (5.20%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.92%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (0.77%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, George H Conrades, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, 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 Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Man Group plc, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. 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 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, Renaissance Technologies LLC, LSV Asset Management, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., PGGM Investments, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and APG Asset Management N.V.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.19.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $177.43 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]