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Ex-Div Reminder for Oracle Corp. (ORCL)

By Dividend Channel Staff, Thursday, July 7, 10:45 AM ET
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On 7/11/11, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.06, payable on 8/3/11. As a percentage of ORCL's recent stock price of $33.58, this dividend works out to approximately 0.18%.

Below is a dividend history chart for ORCL, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.06 declared by Oracle Corp.:

ORCL Dividend History
Date Div*
04/11/11 0.060
01/14/11 0.050
10/04/10 0.050
07/12/10 0.050
04/12/10 0.050
01/14/10 0.050
10/09/09 0.050
07/13/09 0.050
04/06/09 0.050
* Data may be adjusted for splits; we are not responsible for data errors; always verify data with the company.

In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from ORCL is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 0.71% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, ORCL makes up 15.57% of the Software HOLDRS ETF (SWH) which is trading higher by about 1.1% on the day Thursday.

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ORCL operates in the Application Software sector, among companies like Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) which is up about 0.6% today, and Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) trading lower by about 0.2%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of ORCL, versus CHKP and ATVI.

ORCL,CHKP,ATVI Relative Performance Chart In Thursday trading, Oracle Corp. shares are currently up about 1.1% on the day.


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