DA Davidson Comments on Oracle’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:ORCL)

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Oracle in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 11th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria expects that the enterprise software provider will earn $5.48 per share for the year. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Oracle’s current full-year earnings is $5.00 per share.

ORCL has been the subject of several other reports. Royal Bank of Canada set a $145.00 price objective on Oracle and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Oracle from $194.00 to $160.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Oracle from $175.00 to $150.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Oracle from $175.00 to $170.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Finally, StockNews.com cut Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $176.85.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $151.17 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65. Oracle has a twelve month low of $112.78 and a twelve month high of $198.31. The company has a market cap of $422.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.96, a P/E/G ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.07. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $166.51 and a 200 day simple moving average of $169.49.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by ($0.02). Oracle had a net margin of 21.16% and a return on equity of 133.25%. The company had revenue of $14.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.40 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.41 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Northstar Financial Companies Inc. bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $344,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 13.2% in the fourth quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 37,976 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $6,328,000 after purchasing an additional 4,420 shares in the last quarter. Campbell Deegan Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $233,000. Lighthouse Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $573,000. Finally, Capstone Triton Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 8.5% in the fourth quarter. Capstone Triton Financial Group LLC now owns 9,878 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,646,000 after purchasing an additional 773 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, CEO Safra Catz sold 2,101,154 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.35, for a total value of $389,448,893.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,118,592 shares in the company, valued at approximately $207,331,027.20. This represents a 65.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 42.20% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.32%. This is a positive change from Oracle’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.12%.

Oracle Company Profile

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.