Oracle 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" 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 decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 23,720,000 shares, a decline of 21.9% from the March 15th total of 30,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 12,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Oracle is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 15th 2021.
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Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.05. The enterprise software provider had revenue of $10.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.07 billion. Oracle had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 101.26% and a net margin of 26.34%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.97 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 (WHO). Since then, ORCL shares have increased by 71.8% and is now trading at $76.82.
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Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 8th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, April 22nd. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 7th. This is a boost from Oracle's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24.
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Oracle pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.69%. Oracle does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Oracle is 36.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Oracle will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.07% next year. This indicates that Oracle will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Oracle announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which permits the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 9.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.28-1.32 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.27.

27 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Oracle's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $93.00. On average, they expect Oracle's share price to reach $70.48 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.3%.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scharf Investments LLC (0.07%), Saratoga Research & Investment Management (0.06%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.04%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.03%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). 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, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Metropolis Capital Ltd, Hexavest Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fulton Bank N.A., FDx Advisors Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., and Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Jeffrey Berg, 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 Grassi Investment Management, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Everence Capital Management Inc., Pensionfund Sabic, Calamos Wealth Management LLC, Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC, and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. 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 $76.82.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $221.51 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]