Oracle Stock Forecast, Price & News

Oracle's stock was trading at $44.72 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ORCL shares have increased by 33.6% and is now trading at $59.75.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 15 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Oracle is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December 10th 2020.
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Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September, 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.07. The enterprise software provider earned $9.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.15 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 26.13% and a return on equity of 85.71%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share.
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Oracle announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, October 22nd. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 7th.
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Oracle declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which authorizes the company to buyback $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 9.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.98-1.02 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.94. The company issued revenue guidance of +1-3% to $9.715-9.900 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.59 billion.

26 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Oracle's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Oracle's share price to reach $60.26 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about ORCL stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press 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 daily sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the enterprise software provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Oracle saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 23,290,000 shares, a decrease of 23.6% from the September 15th total of 30,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 13,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Oracle include Microsoft (MSFT), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Symantec (SYMC), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), CommVault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.25%), Scharf Investments LLC (0.07%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%), Saratoga Research & Investment Management (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.04%). 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, 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, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gradient Investments LLC, Scharf Investments LLC, Hexavest Inc., Moody National Bank Trust Division, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, and Metropolis Capital Ltd. 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, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, CWM LLC, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, and Avantax Advisory Services Inc..
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.75.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $179.90 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.

The official website for Oracle is 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]