Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, enterprise-software giant Oracle
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Oracle's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Oracle facts
Headquarters (Founded) |
Redwood City, Calif. (1977) |
Market Cap |
$106.1 billion |
Industry |
Systems software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$22.98 billion |
Management |
Co-Founder/CEO Lawrence Ellison CFO Jeffrey Epstein |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) |
25.8% |
Cash / Debt |
$20.6 billion / $14.7 billion |
Dividend Yield |
0.90% |
Competitors |
IBM
Microsoft
SAP |
CAPS Members Bullish on ORCL Also Bullish on |
Cisco Systems |
CAPS Members Bearish on ORCL Also Bearish on |
Google
Ford Motor |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 93% of the 2,900 members who have rated Oracle believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include chitownjester and HanumanTMK.
Just last week, chitownjester tapped Oracle as a great way to get some Sun:
5 years from now it will be clear that [Oracle] is the number one business software vendor globally. Aggressive acquisition strategy, Ellison is ruthless, high ROE. Growing cash flow. [Sun Microsystems] acquisition is big.
In an earlier pitch, HanumanTMK also sees a bright future for Oracle:
I like the acquisition of [Sun]. Oracle sells a great solution now that's mostly built on sun hardware and solaris, so there are bound to be cost savings and value added with a more custom solution. In the long run, picking up the commercial arm of [MySQL] has the effect of dampening any real competition from that sector, leaving oracle to it's already strong lead against other institutional players (such as IBM). I can't say what 5 years looks like, but 2-4 can't help but look good.
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