Comparing Oracle’s and Peers’ Valuation
On June 6, Oracle’s (ORCL) market capitalization was $194.9 billion, whereas Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), and Accenture (ACN), had market caps of $787.5 billion, $132.8 billion, and $104.6 billion, respectively, as shown in the graph below. Oracle was trading at a forward EV1-to-EBITDA multiple of ~9.9x on June 6, while Microsoft, IBM, and Accenture had forward EV-to-EBITDA multiples of ~16.3x, ~8.8x, and, ~15.3x, respectively. Oracle was trading at a forward PE multiple of ~19.2x, while Microsoft, IBM, and Accenture had forward PE multiples of ~28.5x, ~12.2x, and ~27.6x, respectively.