ORCL Stock: Oracle Shattering Decade-Plus Highs

by Dan Burrows | April 2, 2014 8:48 am

Oracle (ORCL[1]) is continuously resetting all-time highs, and the recent heavy-volume rally looks like it has legs.

orcl stockORCL stock finished up 1.4% in Tuesday’s trades to hit $41.49 per share, but this tech giant’s momentum stretches back a couple of weeks. Oracle shares are up 9.5% for the year-to-date, with most of that coming since March 21. (Indeed, ORCL stock gained nearly 12% since that time.)

Oracle has been the beneficiary of some good market-share news and fundamental analysis, which is helping to lift ORCL stock:

ORCL Stock Still a Buy Based on Valuation

Happily for new money, ORCL stock looks to have significant value left in it despite the recent run-up in price.

By forward price-to-earnings, ORCL stock trades in line with its own five-year average, according to Thomson Reuters Stock Reports. What’s more attractive is that ORCL stock trades at a 9% discount to its own-five-year average on a trailing earnings basis.

ORCL stock also looks like a bargain when compared to the broader market. The S&P 500  currently sports a forward P/E of more than 16%, but a long-term growth rate of a bit less than 10%. That’s part of the argument that stocks are pricey.

By the same token, ORCL stock has a forward P/E of 13 (much lower than the S&P 500) and a long-term growth rate of 10.5% (a bit higher than the broader market). Based on relative valuation alone, ORCL stock looks like a bargain vs. the S&P 500.

Finally, Oracle is projected to have solid revenue growth in the upcoming quarters — no mean feat for any company these days, especially a tech giant. Sales are projected to rise about 5% in both of the next two quarters. The Street’s full-year forecast also points to top-line growth of 5%.

Bottom Line

ORCL stock has a head of steam and it’s rapidly approaching an all-time high. With more catalysts to come, Oracle will take that out with little trouble.

As of this writing, Dan Burrows did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.

Endnotes:

  1. ORCL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ORCL
  2. Gartner: http://www.gartner.com/technology/home.jsp
  3. IBM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IBM
  4. MSFT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MSFT

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