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During the past 12 months, Oracle's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 17.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Oracle was 68.70% per year. The lowest was 9.90% per year. And the median was 14.50% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
WAR:ORCL vs PLTR, PANW, CRWD: Forward Dividend Yield % Comparison
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Oracle's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Oracle Forward Dividend Yield % vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Oracle's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Oracle's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Oracle Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.500000
2026-07-10
2026-07-10
2026-07-24
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:PLN 3.734224
USD 0.500000
2026-04-09
2026-04-09
2026-04-24
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:PLN 3.734224
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Oracle's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
7.468448
/
581.80
=
1.28 %
Current Share Price is zł581.80. Oracle's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as zł1.867112 * 4 = zł7.468448.
Oracle's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
3.734224
/
581.80
=
0.64 %
Current Share Price is zł581.80. Oracle's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is zł3.734224.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
What does a Forward Dividend Yield % of 1.31% mean?
Oracle (WAR:ORCL) has a Forward Dividend Yield % of 1.31% as of Sep. 07, 2026. Forward dividend yield is the ratio of company's expected dividends to the share price. View historical data on Oracle and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Oracle ranks #701 out of 1001 companies in the Software industry, placing it in the top 70%.
Is Oracle's Forward Dividend Yield % too high?
Oracle's current Forward Dividend Yield % is 1.31%. The Software industry median Forward Dividend Yield % is 2.38. Oracle's value of 1.31% is 45% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Oracle ranks #701 out of 1001 companies in the Software industry, which is below the industry midpoint. Overall, Oracle has a GF Score™ of 74/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Oracle's Forward Dividend Yield % compare to PLTR and PANW?
According to the Software industry distribution chart, Oracle ranks #701 out of 1001 companies for Forward Dividend Yield %. This places Oracle in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Forward Dividend Yield % is 2.38. Oracle's value of 1.31% is 45% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Forward Dividend Yield % for a Software company?
The median Forward Dividend Yield % among Software companies is 2.38, based on 1,001 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Forward Dividend Yield % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Forward Dividend Yield % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Oracle's current Forward Dividend Yield % of 1.31% is 45% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Forward Dividend Yield % mean?
A high Forward Dividend Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Forward dividend yield is the ratio of company's expected dividends to the share price. View historical data on Oracle and its competitors. For the Software industry, the median Forward Dividend Yield % is 2.38 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Oracle's current Forward Dividend Yield % is 1.31%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Oracle stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Oracle (WAR:ORCL) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is zł617.95, compared to a current price of zł581.80 — trading 5.8% below its estimated fair value. The current Forward Dividend Yield % is 1.31% and 45% below the Software industry median of 2.38. Oracle's overall GF Score™ is 74/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Forward Dividend Yield % calculated?
Forward Dividend Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Oracle (WAR:ORCL), the current Forward Dividend Yield % is 1.31% as of Sep. 07, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Is Oracle (WAR:ORCL) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Oracle stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of zł581.80 is trading 5.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of zł617.95.
GuruFocus considers Oracle to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for WAR:ORCL:
Forward Dividend Yield %: 1.31%
GF Value™: zł617.95 vs. price of zł581.80 (5.8% below fair value)
Industry Position: 45% below the Software median (#701 of 1001)
No single metric tells the full story. See the WAR:ORCL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Oracle provides enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings through a variety of flexible IT deployment models, including on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system, which is commonly used by the world's largest companies for high-volume online transaction processing workloads. Besides databases, Oracle also sells enterprise resource planning platforms and cloud infrastructure that play an increasingly important role in large language model training and inferencing.
74GF Score
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