Oracle Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:ORCL)

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

Oracle announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, October 24th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 9th. View Oracle's Dividend History.

Oracle announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, September 11th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 8.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, September, 11th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.09. The enterprise software provider earned $9.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.29 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 27.71% and a return on equity of 48.85%. Oracle's revenue was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.71 EPS. View Oracle's Earnings History.

Oracle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, December 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Oracle.

Oracle updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 11th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.87-0.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.91.

29 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Oracle's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Oracle's stock price to reach $56.17 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Oracle.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 18 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Oracle.

News coverage about ORCL stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Oracle earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 near term. View News Stories for Oracle.

Oracle saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 46,110,000 shares, a drop of 6.0% from the August 30th total of 49,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,620,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Oracle's Current Options Chain.

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

Oracle's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), Country Trust Bank (0.02%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.02%), PM CAPITAL Ltd (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). Company insiders that own Oracle stock include Dorian Daley, Edward Screven, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey Berg, Jeffrey Henley, 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 LGT Capital Partners LTD., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Verity & Verity LLC, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc. and Metropolis Capital Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Oracle company stock in the last year include 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Perpetual Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, PM CAPITAL Ltd, Altfest L J & Co. Inc., Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC, Country Trust Bank, Cypress Capital Group and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. 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 $56.56.

Oracle has a market capitalization of $185.64 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]