Based on the aggregated intelligence of 165,000-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 |
$122.3 billion |
Industry |
Systems software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$26.8 billion |
Management |
Co-Founder/CEO Lawrence Ellison |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) |
24.3% |
Cash/Debt |
$18.5 billion / $14.66 billion |
Competitors |
IBM |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 3,166 members who have rated Oracle believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include kenjotto and marketsailor1945.
Just last week, kenjotto tapped Oracle as an enterprising opportunity: "Very aggressive software provider, and enterprise likes its solution. Plus, Oracle has the drive to integrate the Sun acquisition and become a major total-solutions provider to go after IBM."
While Fools have varying opinions on Oracle's recent move to hire former Hewlett-Packard
But if CAPS members like marketsailor1995 are right, that would just be a nice bonus to Oracle's already bullish fundamentals:
What pulls me into [Oracle] is their growing equity and profitability. Over the last few years updates and add-ons has been a growing sector in their business. Management is also a plus. ... [CEO Larry Ellison's] stake in the company can also be seen as a plus. I'm not trying to make an argument for a break out stock, but I could see a [feasible] 15% gain over the next year.
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