NEW YORK, March 13 - Analysts at JMP Securities maintain their "strong buy" rating on Oracle Corporation (ORCL.NAS), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price is set to $22.
In a research note published yesterday, the analysts mention that the company has been benefiting continuously from the consolidation of the enterprise software market and the sale of a bigger span of products into its installed base. Oracle is expected to post robust F3Q results in North America, the analysts say. The EPS estimates for FY07 and FY08 have been raised from $0.97 to $0.98 and from $1.13 to $1.14, respectively.