CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
June 25, 2008
Financial News
Oracle Reports Q4 GAAP EPS Up 27% to 39 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS Up 27% to 47 Cents
Oracle Corporation today announced that fiscal 2008 Q4 GAAP earnings per share were up 27% to $0.39, compared to the same quarter last year. Fourth quarter GAAP revenues were up 24% to $7.2 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 27% to $2.0 billion. Total GAAP software revenues were up 26% to $6.0 billion. GAAP new software license revenues were up 27% with database and middleware new license revenues up 23% and applications new license revenues up 36%. GAAP software license updates and product support revenues were up 25% to $2.8 billion. GAAP service revenues were up 18% to $1.3 billion.
Fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings per share were up 27% to $0.47, and non-GAAP net income was up 27% to $2.4 billion.
For fiscal year 2008, GAAP earnings per share were up 30% to $1.06. Fiscal year 2008 GAAP revenues were up 25% to $22.4 billion, while annual GAAP net income was up 29% to $5.5 billion. Total GAAP new software license revenues for the year were up 28% to $7.5 billion with database and middleware new license revenues up 24% and applications new license revenues up 38%. For the year, GAAP software license updates and product support revenues were up 24% to $10.3 billion. Annual GAAP service revenues were up 21% to $4.6 billion. GAAP operating margins were up nearly 200 basis points to 35% in FY08.
Fiscal year 2008 non-GAAP earnings per share were up 29% year over year to $1.30. Annual non-GAAP net income was up 28% to $6.8 billion compared to fiscal year 2007.
"Non-GAAP operating margins were up 200 basis points in FY08 to a record 43.0%," said President and CFO Safra Catz. "Non-GAAP earnings per share were up 29% for the year and non-GAAP EPS has tripled over the last five years. Oracle has delivered solid results year-after-year."
"Oracle's application new software license revenues grew 38% in FY08, while SAP's new software license revenues grew only 13% in their most recent fiscal year," said President Charles Phillips. "This is the third consecutive year we've taken applications market share from SAP."
"Four years ago we publicly announced a five year plan to deliver non-GAAP earnings per share at a compound annual growth rate of 20%," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "During the past four years we exceeded our plan and delivered a non-GAAP EPS CAGR of over 26%."
Q4 Earnings Announcement
Oracle will hold a conference call and web broadcast today, June 25th, to discuss these results at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) / 5:00 p.m. (EDT). To access the live web broadcast of this event, please visit the Oracle Investor Relations website at http://www.oracle.com/investor. Please hold down your control key while pressing refresh to ensure that the weblink is visible.
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