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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Oracle 4Q Earnings Beat Analyst Expectations
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Database and software company, Oracle Corp. beat analyst expectations when it reported its fiscal fourth quarter adjusted earnings of 47 cents per share on $7.2 billion in revenue, Wednesday after the closing bell.
That’s an increase of 27% in earnings per share from the same period one-year ago
Analysts were expecting the California-based company to post profit of 44 cents per share on revenue of $6.86 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.
In April Oracle’s (ORCL) completed its purchase of BEA Systems Inc., a smaller rival, for $8.5 billion. The merger diversified the company’s software products. The company has spent more than $35 billion acquiring smaller rivals in recent years.
Shares of Oracle were up 1% in after-hours trading.
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