NYSE:ORCL - Oracle Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 16th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Tuesday, October 30th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 15th. View Oracle's Dividend History.

Oracle declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, September 17th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 5.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, September, 17th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.03. The enterprise software provider earned $9.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.26 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 25.60% and a net margin of 9.74%. The firm's revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.62 earnings per share. View Oracle's Earnings History.

Oracle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, December, 13th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle.

Oracle updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, September, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.78-0.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.79. The company issued revenue guidance of growth of 0-2% to about $9.212-9.396 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.82 billion.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Oracle's stock. Their forecasts range from $47.71 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Oracle's share price to reach $54.0832 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% 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 13 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Oracle.

Oracle saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 48,935,899 shares, an increase of 4.3% from the August 15th total of 51,142,676 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,343,726 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Oracle's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about ORCL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Oracle earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the enterprise software provider an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Oracle.

Oracle's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (4.91%), FMR LLC (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.00%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.00%), Northern Trust Corp (1.00%) and Magellan Asset Management Ltd (0.67%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Bruce R Chizen, Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, 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, 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 Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, American Century Companies Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Hexavest Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, George H Conrades, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, Naomi O Seligman, Safra Catz, Thomas Kurian 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 FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD, Putnam Investments LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., DnB Asset Management AS, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec and Vulcan Value Partners LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.04.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $204.62 billion and generates $39.83 billion in revenue each year. The enterprise software provider earns $3.83 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.82 on an earnings per share basis. Oracle employs 137,000 workers across the globe.

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]