In the last trading session, 16.05 million shares of the Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) were traded, and its beta was 1.42. Most recently the company’s share price was $232.26, and it changed around -$5.06 or -2.13% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $652.38B. ORCL currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $237.99, offering almost -2.47% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $118.86, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 48.82% since then. We note from Oracle Corp’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 17.51 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 12.56 million.
Oracle Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.88. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 39 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 3 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 14 recommended ORCL as a Hold, whereas 22 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Oracle Corp is expected to report earnings per share of 1.47 for the current quarter.
Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) trade information
Instantly ORCL has showed a red trend with a performance of -2.13% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 237.99 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.41%. The company’s shares are currently up 62.10% year-to-date, but still up 10.47% over the last five days. On the other hand, Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) is 38.17% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 20.48 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.58 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $182.5, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -27.27% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ORCL is forecast to be at a low of $135 and a high of $250.
Oracle Corp (ORCL) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 16.21%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 27 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 15.04B in revenue for the current quarter. 27 analysts expect Oracle Corp to make 16.2B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 13.31B and 14.06B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 13.00%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 15.24%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 7.13%. Oracle Corp earnings are expected to increase by 12.51% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 17.46% per year for the next five years.
ORCL Dividends
Oracle Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Jun-11. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.73 percent and its annual dividend per share was 1.70. It is important to note, however, that the 0.73% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 1.38 per year.
Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 41.10% of Oracle Corp shares, and 44.67% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 75.84%. Oracle Corp stock is held by 4125.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 5.5631% of the shares, which is about 153.15 million shares worth $21.63 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 4.6714% or 128.6 million shares worth $18.16 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 53.02 shares worth $12.31 billion, making up 1.89% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 45.08 shares worth around $10.47 billion, which represents about 1.60% of the total shares outstanding.
