Oracle Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street 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 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 38,690,000 shares, an increase of 25.4% from the June 30th total of 30,860,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Oracle is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 9th 2021.
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Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) released its earnings results on Monday, June, 14th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.23. The enterprise software provider had revenue of $11.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.04 billion. Oracle had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 146.83% and a net margin of 33.96%. Oracle's revenue for the quarter was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.20 earnings per share.
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Oracle's stock was trading at $44.72 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ORCL stock has increased by 96.0% and is now trading at $87.63.
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Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 15th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, July 29th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 14th.
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Oracle pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.47%. Oracle does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Oracle is 30.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Oracle will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.41% 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 approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which allows the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 9.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle issued an update on its first quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.940-$0.980 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.030. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.65 billion-$9.84 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.68 billion.

26 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Oracle's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Oracle's stock price to reach $75.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.4%.
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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.

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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.14%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.04%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Country Trust Bank (0.01%). 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, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James, Rona Alison Fairhead, 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 TIAA FSB, TCW Group Inc., Country Trust Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Hedeker Wealth LLC, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, and Raymond James Trust N.A.. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Safra Catz, and W Corey West.
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ORCL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Metropolis Capital Ltd, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC, Pflug Koory LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, New England Research & Management Inc., and CHICAGO TRUST Co NA. Company insiders that have bought Oracle stock in the last two years include Charles W Moorman, and Rona Alison Fairhead.
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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 $87.63.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $244.66 billion and generates $40.48 billion in revenue each year. The enterprise software provider earns $13.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.16 on an earnings per share basis.

Oracle employs 132,000 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 (737) 867-1000 or via email at [email protected]