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Analysts approve the direction Oracle is headed. Twenty-four of the 35 analysts covering the company give a buy recommendation, 11 analysts rate it a hold and none give it a sell rating.

Twenty out of 35 analysts now rate ORCL a strong buy up from 19 analysts a month ago. Compared to three months ago, even more analysts are rating this company as a strong buy. The average analyst target price for ORCL is $33.86.

Oracle is in a classic bull trend. The moving averages are moving higher and shareholders are happy. The 60-day moving average is above the 200-day moving average, which is highly bullish right along with the price traveling higher. Trend followers love this pattern and will hold a position until a technical break results in a signal to exit.

The trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 13.7, the mean fiscal year estimate price-to-earnings ratio is 12.6, based on earnings of $2.57 per share this year.

Oracle currently has an annualized dividend of 24 cents, yielding .74%. Not enough to influence a buying decision, but a nice bonus none the less.

I use SEC.gov, Zacks.com, WSJ.com, Tradestation, and Reuters for my data. PE is generally adjusted PE based on an average number of shares.

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