Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, enterprise-software giant Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
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 | $144.7 billion |
| Industry | Systems software |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $36.7 billion |
| Management | Co-founder/CEO Lawrence Ellison CFO Safra Catz |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 22.9% |
| Cash/Debt | $31.0 billion / $14.8 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 0.8% |
| Competitors |
IBM Microsoft SAP |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 3,551 members who have rated Oracle believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star bradford86, tapped the stock as a timely bargain opportunity:
Oracle recently acquired Taleo at an extremely questionable valuation. ... Since the announcement, Oracle has gotten cheaper. Oracle is very cheap on a forward multiple given their historical growth rate. I believe this company could have a 13x-17x multiple on next year's projected earnings, but as always I'll settle my price range for a tad less. Target: $32-$38. I think that this is as close to a screaming buy as you can get if you have a long term perspective.
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