Apps & Software

Larry Ellison Shows Oracle's Earnings Worth (ORCL)

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) reported earnings after the close of trading today.  Its earnings were $0.47 non-GAAP EPS on $7.2 Billion revenues.  The First Call estimates for the enterprise software giant were $0.44 EPS on $6.86 Billion in revenues in its year-end quarterly report for Fiscal May 2008. 

Individual segments were as follows:

  • Total GAAP software revenues were up 26% to $6.0 billion.
  • GAAP new software license revenues were up 27% with database and middleware new license revenues up 23% and applications new license revenues up 36%.
  • GAAP software license updates and product support revenues were up 25% to $2.8 billion.
  • GAAP service revenues were up 18% to $1.3 billion.

Estimates for next quarter (the company’s throw away quarter) are $0.27 EPS on $5.47 Billion in revenues (up about $40 million from last week).  For the year ahead, its May-2009 estimates are expected to be $1.50 EPS on $25.79 Billion (up $130 million last week) in estimates.

Shares closed up 1.44% at $22.55 in normal trading and shares are initially up almost 2% more  at $22.90.

Jon C. Ogg
June 25, 2008

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