Oracle (ORCL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Oracle Corporation is a global enterprise technology company that develops and provides database software, cloud infrastructure, business applications and related technology services. Its offerings help organizations manage data, run applications, support business operations and build technology environments across on-premises, hybrid and cloud-based settings.

The company’s products include Oracle Database, MySQL, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud applications for enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations. Oracle also provides consulting, support, software licensing and other services. Following its acquisition of Cerner, Oracle expanded its presence in healthcare information technology through electronic health records and related clinical and administrative systems.

Oracle was founded in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories and initially focused on database technology. It adopted the Oracle name in the early 1980s and grew through the development of its database business, cloud expansion and acquisitions, including Sun Microsystems, NetSuite and Cerner. The company serves customers worldwide across industries such as technology, financial services, government, healthcare, retail, communications and manufacturing.

Oracle’s leadership includes Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison, who co-founded the company, and co-Chief Executive Officers Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $148.60 to $153.60
• 50-Day Range: $114.90 to $162.52
• 52-Week Range: $114.50 to $325.00
• Volume: 30.85 million shs
• Average Volume: 29.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $450.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.37
• Dividend Yield: 1.34%
• Price Target: $252.58
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Oracle Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Oracle scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 6th out of 593 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Oracle has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 30 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Oracle has a consensus price target of $252.58, representing about 69.4% upside from its current price of $149.12.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Oracle has been the subject of 21 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 36.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Oracle are expected to grow by 36.88% in the coming year, from $6.67 to $9.13 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Oracle is 23.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.84.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Oracle is 23.37, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Oracle has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Oracle has a P/B Ratio of 7.25. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.62% of the float of Oracle has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Oracle has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.32, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Oracle has recently decreased by 6.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Oracle pays a meaningful dividend of 1.35%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Oracle has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Oracle is 31.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Oracle will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.91% next year. This indicates that Oracle will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.35

News Sentiment

Oracle has a news sentiment score of 0.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 125 news articles for Oracle this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 330 people have searched for ORCL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -21% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

113 people have added Oracle to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 43% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Oracle insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $65,186,827.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

40.90% of the stock of Oracle is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

42.44% of the stock of Oracle is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/24 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/24 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/24/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/10/2026
• Today: 9/22/2026
• Record date for 10/23 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/23 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Systems Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ORCL
• CIK: 1341439
• Web: www.oracle.com
• Phone: (737) 867-1000
• Fax: 650-506-7200
• Employees: 141,000
• Year Founded: 1977

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Oracle: $252.58
• High Price Target: $400.00
• Low Price Target: $145.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +69.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 41 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.36
• P/E Growth: 1.06
• Net Income: $17.09 billion
• Net Margins: 26.36%
• Pretax Margin: 30.28%
• Return on Equity: 48.85%
• Return on Assets: 7.93%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.89
• Current Ratio: 1.17
• Quick Ratio: 1.17

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $67.36 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.69
• Cash Flow: $9.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.40
• Book Value: $20.58 per share
• Price / Book: 7.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,023,740,000
• Free Float: 1,787,028,000
• Market Cap: $450.90 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.74