Amid multiple positive news for Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL), including partnerships with major names in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), it is hardly a surprise that ORCL shares have reached a new all-time high (ATH) in price, and analysts are optimistic its gains will continue.
Indeed, Oracle has recently announced multicloud partnerships with technology behemoths OpenAI, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) with a goal of offering better and faster AI cloud services to their target audiences, triggering a massive rally for ORCL stocks.
Oracle stock price forecast
In this context, a group of 21 Wall Street analysts has provided their ratings for ORCL shares over the past three months, jointly giving it a score of ‘moderate buy,’ based on 10 votes for a ‘buy,’ 11 recommendations to ‘hold,’ and no suggestions for a ‘sell,’ as per TipRanks data on June 13.
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At the same time, the experts have offered their Oracle stock price targets for the next 12 months, with a consensus around the average price of $146, which would suggest an increase of nearly 4% from its current price, with the lowest target at $105 (-25.37%) and the highest at $171 (+21.54%).
Among these is experts is KeyBanc’s Jackson Ader, who has maintained a ‘buy’ rating on ORCL stock, with a price target of $165, as well as Barclays’s Raimo Lenschow, who also rated it as a ‘buy,’ whereas JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens retained a ‘hold’ rating.
Oracle stock price analysis
For the time being, the price of Oracle shares stands at $140.70, recording a 13.31% increase on the day, gaining 13.86% across the past week, adding up to the advance of 16.31% on its monthly chart and growing 35.10% since the year’s turn, as per the latest data on June 13.
It is also worth noting that renowned market expert Peter Brandt has observed a daily breakaway gap for Oracle shares, with the initial target at $167.61, indicating his optimism that the computer technology company will continue to advance its price in the future, as per his recent X post.
All things considered, Oracle stock might continue down the path set by the Wall Street (and other) analysts, or it might do a 180 and take them by surprise, so doing one’s own research, weighing all the risks, and keeping up with any relevant news is critical when investing.
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