Oracle Corporation heeft de resultaten aangekondigd over het eerste kwartaal van boekjaar 2006

Omzet uit nieuwe applicatie-licenties stijgt met 84%; 33% meer licenties verkocht voor middleware
 
De Meern, 23 september 2005 – De winst per aandeel bedroeg 0,10 dollar (GAAP) en steeg met 38% tot 0,14 dollar (non-GAAP) in het eerste kwartaal van boekjaar 2006. Het nettoresultaat in het eerste kwartaal is 519 miljoen dollar (GAAP) en 738 miljoen dollar (non-GAAP). De GAAP-omzet steeg in het eerste kwartaal met 25% tot 2,77 miljard dollar en de non-GAAP omzet nam 31% toe tot 2,91 miljard dollar. 

Hieronder volgt het volledige persbericht:

ORACLE REPORTS Q1 GAAP EPS OF 10 CENTS, NON-GAAP EPS OF 14 CENTS, UP 38 PERCENT 

Applications New License Revenue up 84 Percent; Middleware New License Revenue up 33 Percent
 
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 23-SEP-2005 Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced fiscal 2006 Q1 GAAP earnings per share of $0.10. Non-GAAP earnings per share were $0.14, up 38 percent over the prior year. Quarterly GAAP net income was $519 million while non-GAAP net income was $738 million, up 38 percent compared with the same quarter last year. GAAP operating income for the quarter was $712 million, while non-GAAP operating income was up 36 percent to $1.02 billion. Total GAAP revenues increased 25 percent to $2.77 billion while total non-GAAP revenues increased 31 percent to $2.91 billion for the quarter.
 
First quarter GAAP total software revenues were up 23 percent to $2.13 billion while non-GAAP total software revenues were up 31 percent to $2.27 billion. Quarterly GAAP database and middleware new license revenues were up 1 percent to $492 million, while GAAP applications new license revenues were up 84 percent to $127 million. GAAP services revenues were up 34 percent to $637 million.
 
"Our standards based Fusion Middleware new license sales grew 33 percent in the quarter and 26 percent over the last year while BEA's middleware license sales declined over the last year," said Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison. "We are optimistic about becoming number one in the middleware business."
 
"This week at Oracle OpenWorld, 35,000 customers and partners embraced our innovative next-generation Fusion Middleware with hot-pluggable components," said Oracle President, Charles Phillips. "Hot-pluggable interoperability with IBM middleware puts us in a strong and unique position in the middleware business."
 
"This quarter delivered exceptionally strong applications performance driven by the successful integration of PeopleSoft," said Oracle President and CFO, Greg Maffei. "Cash flow and margins also reached record levels."
 
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