The company name is Oracle Corp ORCL (XNYS)this is group assignment and my work is:VIII. Analysts OpinionsNumber of analysts following...

STOCK ANALYSIS - Oracle Corp ORCL (XNYS)

The company name is Oracle Corp ORCL (XNYS)

this is group assignment and my work is:

VII.Ratios

•Return on equity

•Return on assets

•Return on total capital

•Operating profit margin

•Net profit margin

•Debt/equity

•P/Free CF 

•P/E 

•P/CF 

•P/Sales 

•Price/Book 

•Forward P/E

(You can obtain most of these ratios from MSR page 6 under valuation, profitability, and financial health. Use sector median (as industry average) while comparing a particular ratio against the industry. Also, YFC under “industry peers” and “VL” will give you some of the above info. 

These ratios for a firm should be compared against industry averages or sector median.  

VIII.Analysts Opinions

•Number of analysts following the stock (YFC under analysts) 

•Value line analysts (Middle of the page of VL)  

•WSJ analysts

•Morning Star Analysts (Well, you cannot afford to just write MSR has awarded 3 stars. You have to read the first 5 or 6 pages of the report to develop some sense as to why SCHY received 3 stars).  

IX.Morning Star Report

•Economic moat 

•Valuation

•Uncertainty 

•Financial health  

•(All the above you can find in MSR , the first page)  

•Explain briefly the methodology used by the analysts to assess the company (Look at pages 7-10 of MSR) 

X.Qualitative Analysis

•Recent news and analysis

•Favorable (or unfavorable) industry outlook/trend

•Degree of competition (market share), threat from competitors 

•Litigation?

•Change in technology if any (impact)

•Change in demographics if any (impact)

•Change in key executives if any (impact)

•Quality of earnings

I will upload the MORNING STAR REPORT and VALUE LINE ANALYSTS