Nomura Securities Maintains a 'Buy' on Oracle (ORCL); Q4 Review: In-line to Slightly Better Results

June 19, 2012 8:34 AM EDT
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Nomura Securities maintains a 'Buy' on Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) price target of $32.00.

Analyst, Rick Sherlund, said, "Oracle reported constant-currency license growth of 11% (about 8% on an organic basis) for fiscal Q4 (May), about 1%-3% ahead of our and Street estimates. EPS of $0.82 beat our and Street expectations of $0.78. The 1Q (Aug) license revenue guide of 0% to +10% (including a 5% FX headwind), is 1% below prior consensus estimates. EPS was guided in line with consensus of $0.53 at the mid-point. F13E/F14E EPS from $2.59/$2.79 to $2.64/$2.88. Oracle shares are selling at 9.9x our calendar 2013 EPS estimate of $2.75 per share, or at 8.3x EV/uFCF."

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Shares of Oracle closed at $27.12 yesterday.


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