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Oracle
(NasdaqNM: ORCL)
USA
In the Oracle history book, 2005 will either go down as the year gutsy Chief Executive Lawrence Ellison finally vaunted the company from just a database company to the one software company corporate America can't live without, or it will be recorded as the beginning of a disastrous melding together of disparate software applications and cultures. The company spent near $18 billion acquiring other companies, including PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems. The new spoils helped boost revenues 22%. Particularly strong were applications revenues, up 77% when Oracle reported third quarter earnings in March. That was good timing as database revenue growth came in lower than expected, at just 4%. But Wall Street still wants more proof that the deals will pay off. Total shareholder returns were a paltry 11%.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | 38 |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 13,407.0 |
| Sales Growth (over prev. year) |
22 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 3,103.0 |
| Return on Equity | 20.6 % |
| Total Return on Sales (12-mo.) | 11.1 |
| Share Price As of 5/31/06 | 14.22 |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NasdaqNM: ORCL |
| No. of Employees | 49,872 |
| Industry | Software |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Oracle, an enterprise software company, through its subsidiaries, provides solutions for various tiers of a business, including database, middleware, business intelligence, business applications, and collaboration. It licenses database and middleware software, as well as applications software to businesses of various sizes, government agencies, educational institutions, and resellers. The company's database and middleware software includes database management software, application server software, analytics, development tools, and collaboration software. Its applications software provides enterprise information that enables companies to manage their business cycles and provide intelligence in functional areas such as financials, human resources, maintenance management, manufacturing, customer relationship management, order fulfillment, product lifecycle management, procurement, projects, and supply chain planning. The company also provides consulting services to customers in the design, implementation, deployment, and upgrade of its database, middleware, and applications software, as well as software and hardware management, and maintenance services for its products. In addition, it provides customers configuration and performance analysis, personalized support, and annual onsite technical services, as well as instructor led, media-based, and Internet-based training in the use of its software products. Oracle offers its products and services worldwide. The company was founded in 1977. It was formerly known as Ozark Holding and changed its name to Oracle Corporation in 2006. The company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif.
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