How Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) Could Add Value To Your Portfolio

Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), there's is a highly-regarded dividend-paying company with a strong history of delivering benchmark-beating performance. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Oracle here.

Established dividend payer with proven track record

Over the past few years, ORCL has more than doubled its earnings, with its most recent figure exceeding its annual average over the past five years. In addition to beating its historical values, ORCL also outperformed its industry, which delivered a growth of 19%. This is what investors like to see!

NYSE:ORCL Income Statement, October 10th 2019

Income investors would also be happy to know that ORCL is a great dividend company, with a current yield standing at 1.8%. ORCL has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

NYSE:ORCL Historical Dividend Yield, October 10th 2019

Next Steps:

For Oracle, I've compiled three fundamental factors you should further research:

1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for ORCL’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for ORCL’s outlook.

2. Financial Health: Are ORCL’s operations financially sustainable? Balance sheets can be hard to analyze, which is why we’ve done it for you. Check out our financial health checks here.

3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of ORCL? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

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