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Oracle (ORCL) Competitors

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$169.66 +0.87 (+0.52%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

ORCL vs. NOW, FTNT, AXON, CVLT, QLYS, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and SAP

Should you be buying Oracle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oracle include ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and SAP (SAP).

Oracle vs.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Oracle$54.93B8.64$10.47B$4.0941.48
ServiceNow$10.46B21.48$1.73B$6.43169.71

In the previous week, Oracle had 14 more articles in the media than ServiceNow. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Oracle and 17 mentions for ServiceNow. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.47 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Oracle
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ServiceNow
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Oracle has a net margin of 21.16% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 12.77%. Oracle's return on equity of 133.25% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oracle21.16% 133.25% 9.55%
ServiceNow 12.77%16.03%7.54%

Oracle presently has a consensus price target of $181.48, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $1,042.37, indicating a potential downside of 4.48%. Given Oracle's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Oracle is more favorable than ServiceNow.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oracle
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
ServiceNow
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Oracle received 745 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.10% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 69.84% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OracleOutperform Votes
2117
69.84%
Underperform Votes
914
30.16%
ServiceNowOutperform Votes
1372
75.10%
Underperform Votes
455
24.90%

42.4% of Oracle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.2% of Oracle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Oracle has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oracle beats ServiceNow on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ORCL vs. The Competition

MetricOraclePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$474.53B$25.29B$24.25B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.92%2.25%2.72%3.58%
P/E Ratio41.4896.89270.7441.22
Price / Sales8.6425.043,157.1917.58
Price / Cash24.9691.5833.6621.28
Price / Book33.3312.857.755.32
Net Income$10.47B$446.45M$661.21M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-2.15%2.04%0.71%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-12.01%10.73%6.74%-3.73%
1 Year Performance60.36%26.36%22.24%12.06%

Oracle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ORCL
Oracle
4.5265 of 5 stars
$169.66
+0.5%
$181.48
+7.0%
+62.9%$474.53B$54.93B41.48159,000Analyst Downgrade
NOW
ServiceNow
4.202 of 5 stars
$1,128.54
+0.7%
$1,034.96
-8.3%
+57.3%$232.48B$10.46B174.3522,668Analyst Forecast
FTNT
Fortinet
4.2159 of 5 stars
$97.76
-0.2%
$90.43
-7.5%
+69.2%$74.93B$5.71B49.4713,568Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AXON
Axon Enterprise
3.3324 of 5 stars
$646.05
+0.2%
$488.67
-24.4%
+149.9%$49.26B$1.56B166.644,260Insider Trade
CVLT
Commvault Systems
4.0251 of 5 stars
$169.88
+0.7%
$151.25
-11.0%
+101.3%$7.43B$898.05M42.712,882Positive News
QLYS
Qualys
1.3654 of 5 stars
$147.50
0.0%
$152.80
+3.6%
-30.3%$5.40B$554.46M32.502,188
AI
C3.ai
2.9816 of 5 stars
$41.99
+6.4%
$35.55
-15.3%
+22.2%$5.33B$346.54M-17.86700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PRGS
Progress Software
3.8824 of 5 stars
$68.90
flat
$67.67
-1.8%
+21.0%$2.96B$715.42M36.842,284Positive News
MSFT
Microsoft
4.8585 of 5 stars
$449.27
+0.4%
$505.43
+12.5%
+17.8%$3.34T$254.19B36.86228,000Analyst Forecast
CRM
Salesforce
4.9071 of 5 stars
$354.00
-0.1%
$377.24
+6.6%
+32.1%$338.78B$37.19B58.4972,682Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
SAP
SAP
2.121 of 5 stars
$253.69
+0.2%
$252.33
-0.5%
+64.1%$311.66B$33.77B101.32107,602

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This page (NYSE:ORCL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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