Oracle Corporation Company Profile (NYSE:ORCL)

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

Oracle Corporation declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Wednesday, August 2nd. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 17th. View Oracle Corporation's Dividend History.

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June, 21st. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.11. The firm earned $10.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.45 billion. Oracle Corporation had a return on equity of 20.90% and a net margin of 24.74%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. View Oracle Corporation's Earnings History.

Oracle Corporation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September, 13th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle Corporation.

Oracle Corporation updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.59-0.61 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.59. The company issued revenue guidance of +4-6%, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.94 billion.

38 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Oracle Corporation's stock. Their predictions range from $9.30 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Oracle Corporation's share price to reach $50.07 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Oracle Corporation.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Oracle Corporation stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Oracle has outperformed the S&P 500 on a year-to-date basis. The company's offerings in SaaS and PaaS have gained significant momentum in the past few quarters, which improves competitive position against salesforce.com and Workday. Further, the introduction of Gen 2 IaaS data centers is expected to improve Oracle’s competitive prowess against Amazon. We believe the company’s growing cloud market share will continue to drive top-line growth for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, estimates have been going up ahead of the company's Q4 earnings release. However, the transition from on-premise licensing to cloud-based subscription business model will take some more time to complete, which will impact upcoming results. Moreover, higher investments on IaaS will affect gross margin expansion. Further, a strong U.S. dollar remains a headwind." (6/15/2017)
• 2. Wedbush analysts commented, "ORCL's 3Q/Feb. looked better than its 2Q performance, based on our calculations of organic results. As we expected, SaaS and PaaS metrics benefited from the addition of NetSuite, but they also looked better organically. Also, good cost control and an improved tax rate give us reasons to be more positive on the outlook for FY18 EPS growth. However, we remain concerned that consensus expectations for FY18 revenues (about 3% implied organic constant-currency Y/Y) look too high. Although margins could improve next year as optics benefit from the cloud transition, we think they could be pressured longer-term due to a more competitive cloud pricing environment for enterprise applications and database. We would stay on the sidelines." (3/16/2017)
• 3. Barclays PLC analysts commented, "If the company continues to deliver we think investors would need to re-think the story which could lead to multiple expansion. FX continues to be a headwind but we are starting to see increasing cash flow from the cloud transition story. Hence, we raise our price target to $51 from $47 and reiterate our Overweight rating." (3/16/2017)
• 4. Drexel Hamilton analysts commented, "Last night, Oracle reported solid 3Q:FY17 results and offered up a very respectable 4Q:FY17 outlook. Moreover, the company hiked its quarterly dividend by 27% and reiterated its goal of growing EPS at a double-digit rate in FY:18. We are increasing our 12-month price target to $53.00 from $47.00 and reiterate our BUY rating." (3/16/2017)
• 5. Cowen and Company analysts commented, "ORCL reports a solid 3Q w/ Software rev line items all slightly above; upside on op margin and big $0.07 EPS beat w/ favorable tax. While this absorbs some of the EPS growth springboard we were expecting in FY18, we now see a path of more gradual EPS uplift, leading to EPS growth acceleration in both FY18 & FY19. We think this backdrop continues to support multiple expansion. Increasing PT to $48." (3/16/2017)

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Oracle Corporation's management team includes the folowing people:

• Thomas Kurian, President - Product Development
• William Corey West, Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller
• Dorian E. Daley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
• John F. Fowler, Executive Vice President - Systems
• Safra A. Catz, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Mark V. Hurd, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Jeffrey O. Henley, Vice Chairman of the Board
• Lawrence J. Ellison, Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Technology Officer
• Leon E. Panetta, Director
• Jeffrey S. Berg, Independent Director

Oracle Corporation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (4.89%), State Street Corp (2.99%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%), Harris Associates L P (1.01%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (1.00%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.99%). Company insiders that own Oracle Corporation stock include Dorian Daley, George H Conrades, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, John F Fowler, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James, Safra Catz and Thomas Kurian. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Oracle Corporation.

Oracle Corporation's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, FMR LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, Yacktman Asset Management LP, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC and Nordea Investment Management AB. Company insiders that have sold Oracle Corporation stock in the last year include Dorian Daley, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, John F Fowler, Mark V Hurd, Naomi O Seligman and Safra Catz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oracle Corporation.

Oracle Corporation's stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Vanguard Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Boston Partners, Alliancebernstein L.P., FIL Ltd, Swiss National Bank and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oracle Corporation.

Shares of Oracle Corporation can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Oracle Corporation stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.86.