During the recent session, Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL)’s traded shares were 2.77 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.06. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $184.22, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.21% or -$2.25. The 52-week high for the ORCL share is $198.31, that puts it down -7.65 from that peak though still a striking 42.18% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $106.51. The company’s market capitalization is $515.26B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 16.45 million shares, and the average trade volume was 9.31 million shares over the past three months.

Oracle Corp (ORCL) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.95. ORCL has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 28 analysts who have looked at this stock. 8 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 20 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 1.49.

Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) trade information

Oracle Corp (ORCL) registered a -1.21% downside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.21% in intraday trading to $184.22, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 15.47%, and it has moved by 8.58% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 64.73%. The short interest in Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) is 21.17 million shares and it means that shorts have 3.47 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $185, which implies an increase of 0.42% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $130 and $220 respectively. As a result, ORCL is trading at a discount of -19.42% off the target high and 29.43% off the low.

Oracle Corp (ORCL) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Oracle Corp has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Oracle Corp (ORCL) shares have gone up 32.75% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at 11.87% against 17.40. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 8.96% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 14.39B as predicted by 24 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 24 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 15.93B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 13.28B and 14.29B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 8.36% and then jump by 11.49% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 4.54%. While earnings are projected to return 10.47% in 2025, the next five years will return 10.65% per annum.

ORCL Dividends

Oracle Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in February. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Oracle Corp is 1.60, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.87 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 1.48%.

Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL)’s Major holders

Oracle Corp insiders own 41.60% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 44.83%, with the float percentage being 76.77%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 3832.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 153.15 million shares (or 5.5631% of all shares), a total value of $21.63 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 128.6 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 4.6714% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $18.16 billion.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Oracle Corp (ORCL) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 52.41 shares. This amounts to just over 1.87 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $9.7 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 41.86, or about 1.50% of the stock, which is worth about $7.75 billion.