Oracle Corp. Dividend yield

Oracle Corp. is part of Software and Computer Services business, which is part of Technology industry. Oracle Corp. is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Oracle Corp. stock dividend

Oracle Corp. paid a total dividend of 4,320 million USD last year, for a market value of 325,053 millions (Market Cap 182,825 millions). Oracle Corp. dividend per share is 1.60 USD, and his stock market price 120.39 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Oracle Corp. has a dividend yield of 1.33%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Technology industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Oracle Corp. stocks dividend with other Software and Computer Services companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Oracle Corp. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Oracle Corp. to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.60 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.33%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Oracle Corp. payout on ernings is currently 35.71%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures show that Oracle Corp. is in a good position to keep maintaining his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Oracle Corp. is USD 6.37 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.60, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Oracle Corp., compared againt world market average, USA companies, Technology industry and Software and Computer Services sector companies.

Oracle Corp. Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Oracle Corp.'s dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.33%	1.60	35.71%	2,700
2022	1.57%	1.28	43.84%	2,696
2021	1.47%	1.28	22.90%	2,734
2020	1.48%	0.96	24.37%	3,011
2019	1.81%	0.96	25.20%	3,283
2018	1.68%	0.76	22.89%	3,789
2017	1.61%	0.76	29.12%	4,174
2016	1.49%	0.60	23.44%	4,150
2015	1.54%	0.60	20.91%	4,269

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Oracle Corp. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Software and Computer Services stocks.

Oracle Corp. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Oracle Corp. showed a return of 2.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 62.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Software and Computer Services firms.