The Chart of the Day belongs to the software company Oracle (ORCL) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Seeker signaled a buy on 3/24 the stock gained 16.89%.
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 Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing. The company also offers cloud-based industry solutions for various industries; Oracle application licenses; and Oracle license support services. In addition, it provides cloud and license business' infrastructure technologies, such as the Oracle Database, an enterprise database; Java, a software development language; and middleware, including development tools and others. The company's cloud and license business' infrastructure technologies also comprise cloud-based compute, storage, and networking capabilities; and Oracle autonomous database, MySQL HeatWave, Internet-of-Things, digital assistant, and blockchain. Further, it provides hardware products and other hardware-related software offerings, including Oracle engineered systems, enterprise servers, storage solutions, industry-specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and related hardware services; and consulting and customer services. The company markets and sells its cloud, license, hardware, support, and services offerings directly to businesses in various industries, government agencies, and educational institutions, as well as through indirect channels. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 100% technical buy signals
- 55.95+Weighted Alpha
- 45.60% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 12 new highs and up 11.92% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 71.86%
- Technical support level at $104.23
- Recently traded at $105.99 with 50 day moving average of $95.77
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap $284 billion
- P/E 25.83
- Dividend yield 1.54%
- Revenue projected to grow 17.40% this year and another 7.80% next year
- Earnings estimated to increase 2.90% this year, an additional 10.77% next year and continue to compound at an annual rat of 9.06% for the next 5 years
Analysts and Investor Sentiment -- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:
- Wall Street analysts gave 10 strong buy, 16 buy, 9 hold and 1 sell opinion on the stock
- Analysts price targets are between $67 and $120
- The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 3,363 to 227 for the stock to beat the market with the more experienced investors voting 759 to 31 for the same result
- Value Line give it their average rating of 3
- CFRAs MarketScope gives it 2 star sell ratingy.
- 170,040 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha
Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, but may initiate a beneficial Long position through a purchase of the stock, or the purchase of call options or similar derivatives in the next 72 hours.
Additional disclosure: The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.
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