The stock of Oracle Corp (ORCL) has gone up by 4.23% for the week, with a -5.96% drop in the past month and a -7.86% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.56%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 1.99% for ORCL. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.97% for ORCL’s stock, with a simple moving average of 7.43% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Oracle Corp (NYSE: ORCL) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Oracle Corp (NYSE: ORCL) is above average at 39.41x, Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.05.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 16 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 14 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for ORCL is 1.64B, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.19% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of ORCL on January 20, 2025 was 7.84M shares.
ORCL) stock’s latest price update
Oracle Corp (NYSE: ORCL)’s stock price has soared by 0.93 in relation to previous closing price of 159.54. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 4.23% in its stock price over the last five trading days. reuters.com reported 2025-01-18 that Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok’s U.S. operations, have told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data as soon as 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (0200 GMT on Sunday) in advance of a U.S. law banning the app from Sunday, The Information reported.
Analysts’ Opinion of ORCL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ORCL stocks, with Cantor Fitzgerald repeating the rating for ORCL by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for ORCL in the upcoming period, according to Cantor Fitzgerald is $214 based on the research report published on January 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Monness Crespi & Hardt, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see ORCL reach a price target of $130. The rating they have provided for ORCL stocks is “Sell” according to the report published on December 20th, 2024.
RBC Capital Mkts gave a rating of “Sector Perform” to ORCL, setting the target price at $165 in the report published on October 23rd of the previous year.
ORCL Trading at -8.67% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ORCL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -18.80% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.99%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.56%, as shares sank -5.11% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -5.05% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, ORCL rose by +4.23%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +29.51% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $164.27. In addition, Oracle Corp saw -3.37% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ORCL starting from James Renee Jo, who proposed sale 9,375 shares at the price of $154.79 back on Jan 14 ’25. After this action, James Renee Jo now owns shares of Oracle Corp, valued at $1,451,164 using the latest closing price.
Smith Maria, the EVP, Chief Accounting Officer of Oracle Corp, sale 6,320 shares at $165.00 during a trade that took place back on Sep 16 ’24, which means that Smith Maria is holding 42,889 shares at $1,042,800 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ORCL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.31 for the present operating margin
- 0.7 for the gross margin
The net margin for Oracle Corp stands at 0.21. The total capital return value is set at 0.14. Equity return is now at value 132.00, with 8.22 for asset returns.
Based on Oracle Corp (ORCL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.87 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.23. The debt to equity ratio resting at 6.45. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.86.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 21.58 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.42. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.61. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.72for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.81.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Oracle Corp (ORCL) has experienced a mixed performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
