Cantor Fitzgerald Comments on Oracle FY2025 Earnings

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) – Research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Oracle in a research report issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst T. Blakey anticipates that the enterprise software provider will earn $4.94 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating and a $214.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Oracle’s current full-year earnings is $5.01 per share.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, December 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). Oracle had a return on equity of 133.25% and a net margin of 21.16%. The company had revenue of $14.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.12 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.34 EPS. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $201.00 to $202.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 30th. DA Davidson raised their price target on Oracle from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Oracle from $155.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $205.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $165.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, seventeen have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $182.73.

Oracle Stock Down 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $183.59 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $106.51 and a fifty-two week high of $198.31. The stock has a market cap of $513.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.62 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $174.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $162.49.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 23rd were issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 10th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.12%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other news, CEO Safra Catz sold 345,174 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.56, for a total transaction of $64,050,487.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,118,592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $207,565,931.52. This represents a 23.58 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 42.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Fred Alger Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 26,970 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,808,000 after buying an additional 1,388 shares in the last quarter. AXA S.A. lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 11.0% in the second quarter. AXA S.A. now owns 502,105 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $70,897,000 after purchasing an additional 49,694 shares in the last quarter. APG Asset Management US Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the second quarter. APG Asset Management US Inc. now owns 773,858 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $110,731,000 after purchasing an additional 13,732 shares during the last quarter. APG Asset Management N.V. increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. APG Asset Management N.V. now owns 1,756,152 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $231,368,000 after purchasing an additional 114,084 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Oracle by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,182,917 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,015,862,000 after purchasing an additional 66,444 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.