NYSE:ORCL - Oracle Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 9th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, January 23rd. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 8th. View Oracle's Dividend History.

Oracle announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, September 11th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 8.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 12th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.02. The enterprise software provider earned $9.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 56.86% and a net margin of 27.62%. The company's quarterly revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.80 EPS. View Oracle's Earnings History.

Oracle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle.

28 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Oracle's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Oracle's share price to reach $57.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Oracle.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 18 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Oracle.

Media coverage about ORCL stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Oracle earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the enterprise software provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Oracle.

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

Oracle's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.18%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.13%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Bruce R Chizen, Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James, 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 PGGM Investments, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Artemis Investment Management LLP and DAVENPORT & Co LLC. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Bruce R Chizen, Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Mark V Hurd, Michael J Boskin, Naomi O Seligman, Renee Jo James 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Global Thematic Partners LLC, Metropolis Capital Ltd, UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, GPM Growth Investors Inc., TIAA FSB, Cardinal Capital Management Inc. and Johanson Financial Advisors Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.72.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $175.52 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]