Consider This Before Taking a Position in Oracle (ORCL)

By Harris Dyer • Wednesday, September 13 10:37 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Oracle, a Software company whose shares moved 0.7% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Oracle has moved 54.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%
ORCL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -6.49% away from its mean target price of $118.0 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.07
Oracle has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.81 and its forward P/E ratio is 19.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 278.64 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Oracle is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
ORCL has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 1.8% and gross profit margins of 0.7%
The company has a free cash flow of $8.63 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing. The company also offers cloud-based industry solutions for various industries; Oracle application licenses; and Oracle license support services. In addition, it provides cloud and license business' infrastructure technologies, such as the Oracle Database and MySQL Database; Java, a software development language; and middleware, including development tools and others. The company's cloud and license business' infrastructure technologies also comprise cloud-based compute, storage, and networking capabilities; and Oracle autonomous database, MySQL HeatWave, Internet-of-Things, digital assistant, and blockchain. Further, it provides hardware products and other hardware-related software offerings, including Oracle engineered systems, enterprise servers, storage solutions, industry-specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and related hardware services; and consulting and customer services. The company markets and sells its cloud, license, hardware, support, and services offerings directly to businesses in various industries, government agencies, and educational institutions, as well as through indirect channels. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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