".....For many investors, Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is an aging institution in a rapidly evolving technology sector. While no one questions their technical and business acumen, ORCL stock appears increasingly irrelevant. This is especially the case due to new-guard competitors, such as salesforce.com, inc. (NASDAQ:CRM) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), dominating the cloud....."
...But at the end of the day, it’s performance that matters to shareholders. This is where ORCL stock gets dicey for prospective buyers. We all know that Amazon is enjoying yet another brilliant showing in 2018. Microsoft shares are up 17% year-to-date. Even boring SAP has gained nearly 6%.
ORCL stock? Databasing and cloud-computing is all it does, and yet shares are disappointingly down almost 4% YTD.....
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