JAVA Stock Report
2-Year Price History
Recent Price
(7/2 4:00PM)
-0.1%
$9.21
52-Week Price
$2.60 - $10.94
Market Capitalization
$6.9 Billion
Most Recent Dividend
$0.00
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JAVA Revenue
For a long time, value investors have used the current share price relative to sales per share levels as an important valuation tool. We utilize a historical weighted average methodology that treats recent years more importantly in the calculation. When looking at JAVA through this framework, we can see that our weighted average historical high and low Price to Sales per share ratios over the last 10 years are 1.72x and 0.76x respectively.
Utilizing this range we can see that JAVA’s current Price to Sales per share ratio of 0.52x is significantly below its average levels historically. In fact, with a current price of $9.21, JAVA is a full 59% below its average Price to Sales ratio at comparable sales levels. This is a rare occurrence and, when taken in context of the other areas of our analysis, can be a strong positive for our outlook for JAVA.
JAVA Cash Earnings
Price to Cash Earnings analysis is inappropriate for this company due to anticipated negative cash flows for this year. A negative cash flow presents many complications when comparing the company's current value to historically normal valuations. Clearly, when a company fails to earn a profit, it should be a concern for investors. As such, we have taken a negative view on JAVA from a cash perspective. We should point out that this metric is a significant element in Ockham’s methodology for analyzing the outlook for any company.
Many young companies have come through difficult times like this before; these companies have an opportunity to grow revenue appropriately to bring them around to profitablity. However, for mature company's with a history of positive cash flow this can be much more distressing. Therefore, for JAVA, our overall valutaion is now more dependent on the Price to Sales analysis, and investors should be cautious with a company with very limited, if any, positive cash earnings.
JAVA Dividends
When determining a company's future prospects for success, Ockham Research sees analysis of dividend payments as a key additional factor. Even though it isn't imperative for JAVA to shell out a dividend in order to receive a positive rating, it can be helpful to further our analysis. As far as our investing methodology goes, it is not necessary to pay a dividend in order to get a favorable rating, so as for right now JAVA gets a neutral rating for the dividend portion of the model. As you can see, we are not receiving historical dividend information from our data provider on JAVA at this time.
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“…Down five points. Another rare brain illness case. That taking a hit on the stock. And I also want to talk about oracle and SUN MICROSYSTEMS. They're both up because the department of justice wants more information from java about the merger and they also told oracle that they won't fast-track the so why is it up? Well, the consensus is this deal …” …more details…
“…They are considering making a gadget that would melt this gaming system with a cellphone made by sony erickson. The justice department has extended its investigation into the proposed acquisition of SUN MICROSYSTEMS. The 30 day period to review the 7-1/2 million deal was set to expire on midnight but the justice to ask both companies …” …more details…
“…Revenue basis, 0 to minus 2% on a constant currency basis. Minus 5 to minus 3% revenue decline on a current exchange. The company is anticipating that the deal with SUN MICROSYSTEMS will close on the quarter, but none of this guidance includes the deal for SUN MICROSYSTEMS. That's something that is important to consider because some analysts did model some kind of revenue and eps from that deal. Once again, oracle is saying they do anticipate that deal …” …more details…
“…Expecting the software maker profit and sales drop. Shibani joshi here now, oracle, a big company, a the lot bigger than it used to be a couple years ago. >> yes, because it bought java, SUN MICROSYSTEMS for about seven or 5 billion, depending how you today we are going to get the company's fourth quarter numbers and here is a rough look what the big headline numbers we're looking for, $44 cents in terms …” …more details…
“…From the same quarter last year when the company earned about 47 cents per share, two separate this quarter's revenue drop. First, oracle's recent acquisition of SUN MICROSYSTEMS. Now, remember back in april the company announced a deal with 5.6 billion dollars, analysts will be listening very intently on the earnings call today on how the software company will …” …more details…
“…The hill and gives us update on fomc details coming up tomorrow. Thank you guys so much great seeing you. Up next the latest charges filed in connection with bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. No it is not done yet. Then how the purchase of SUN MICROSYSTEMS may impact oracle's bottom line. You can actually follow me yes, i'm becoming so you can find me on twitter. …” …more details…
“…Recovery can be modest compared with other hardware segments. This constructs a picture of increasing downside risk to the operating estimates for ibm, hewlett packard, dell and SUN MICROSYSTEMS. Next topic, if a company got not one, but two rounds of bailout money. …” …more details…
“…Use those electrons more efficiently, we can allow all those computer people to continue making money, but we can also touch everybody else. >> let me turn this on its side. What makes you think that just because you are over at SUN MICROSYSTEMS that you have that ability, that skill set to look at a start-up, some kid walk not guilty from stanford, throwing out his pitch idea in a minute and 30 seconds and say, that's …” …more details…
“…Speaking of j.P. Morgan, they're coming out with a call on the server industry here, that's weighing on some of the tech names, the likes of ibm. Hpq and dell, SUN MICROSYSTEMS saying they see less demand for computer servers and you're seeing that on tech names in today's trading and keep an eye also a look at talbots selling …” …more details…
“…Getting rave reviews. 90% of the world's pc run on windows. Or call ce about larry ellison's say it may purchase SUN MICROSYSTEMS to get into the business the software could be used on the network station network switches and expensive laptop trying to get …” …more details…
“…For those who don't know, open source is where you allow to distribute software without a fee. I'm looking at oracle's bead on job, on SUN MICROSYSTEMS and wondering whether you guys might be interested in java if oracle decides not to? >> well, we'll see. Larry called java the single …” …more details…
“…Restructuring since last year being hurt by the credit crisis. Sun microsystem up, takeover bid from oracle, valued at $7.6 billion after SUN MICROSYSTEMS spurned a bid by ibm. >>> we're coming back with the closing countdown next. >>> mary talked about the winners and losers. We're going to talk about the …” …more details…
“…I have five stocks here that I diversified in. >> caller: I have the a.D.S. Corporation, apollo investment, wells fargo, oracle, and SUN MICROSYSTEMS. I've got to tell you, some of these are very hard. When I say they're very hard, I …” …more details…
“…>> jim, big badger state boo-yah >> badgers rock and one day i'll get that right. I don't call them bison anymore, go ahead. >> since microsoft didn't acquire SUN MICROSYSTEMS, what are your thoughts about them possibly acquiring emc? Well, I don't think, microsoft wasn't involved. …” …more details…
“…Two top product growing 27% and 50% respectfully. Gilead higher. Capital one lower. Back to you. >> thanks so much, matt nesto. >>> meantime, oracle's deal to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS putting m&a back in the activity while most has been focused on the could be ripe for marriages. The take of tom barnett, director of research of wall …” …more details…
“…Recognize that at some point we need to take more decisive >> josh and douglas, thanks so much for debating with us today. >>> up next on the "closing bell," oracle buying up SUN MICROSYSTEMS and broadcom launching a hostile bid. Up next we discuss whether a wave of m&a activity is about to hit wall street and which sectors may see the most action. …” …more details…
“…The information technology company reported after the bell that first quarter revenue dropped 11% to 21.7 billion dollars. Following the news it lost a bid to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS after oracle snagged the company it is the latest tech merger that presents a new challenge data services which of course was a acquired by hewlett-packard last year. …” …more details…
“…Ibm beat up at $1.70 a share. Revenue came in 11% below the company also reaffirmed its guidance for the full year. Ibm did not have any specific comments on oracle's deal to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS. They had been in talk with sun for weeks before withdrawing the offer. Ibm is called lower, but texas instruments, at least on last check, had been called higher. …” …more details…
“…>> coming up this morning, a picture from the pits. The futures pits. First, though, a look at yesterday's -- were there any winners? We'll probably focus -- >> oh, yes. SUN MICROSYSTEMS. >> you had to get taken over to be a winner yesterday. That's what happened with pepsi and sun. Wow, big rip roaring more in …” …more details…
“…Jonathan, what do you think. >> well, there is a lot of money on the sideline, neil. Deals are good. I understand the situation. It was antitrust concerns. Ibm was supposed to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS but antitrust concerns essentially kiboshed and scuttled that when you think of antitrust with whole foods and wild …” …more details…
“…Neil: big blue might have found it a big complete waste of time but the sun has not set on sun with oracle agreeing to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS for $7.4 about in cash on the same day pepsi is showing a lot of interest in paying a lot of money for a lot of its bottlers.Ne something bottled up in this market that we're missing? …” …more details…
“…It's on the anti list for that. No bikini index there for sure. Continuing on, drop for dell down 7%. Guy. Where is georgetown on that >> listen, SUN MICROSYSTEMS got bought, took some of the air out of the dell story. Dell's a pop one day, drop the next day. I've been so wrong on this stock now i'd like to move on. >> general electric, parent of …” …more details…
“…Tonight, stocks staging a steep selloff again. Investors worried about the health of the banks. What ken lewis, the chairman and ceo said about business coming >>> oracle acquiring SUN MICROSYSTEMS for $7.4 billion. Days after ibm backs away from acquiring one of sill come valley's biggest names. >>> dow component and texas …” …more details…
“…The market came down. Gold reacts in an adverse gold up 11%. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, or call saying they are going to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS for $9.50 a share. Less than i.B.M. Offered, but stock up 37.5%. …” …more details…
“…All the internals, philly semi conductor index down 5%, shows where the weakness is. The bigger story of the day is oracle buying SUN MICROSYSTEMS. The market believes it's going to happen. It's a situation where oracle well off the lows of the day. Say it's going to be in the first full year they have they're expected to close over …” …more details…
“…Split. It must have been beaten down tremendously. It has java that nobody else is that the cash cow, the center of what SUN MICROSYSTEMS is? >> certainly all reports will point to that aspect of the company as being point of acquisition and from oracle …” …more details…
“…Not many people did. >> I definitely did not see this conglomeration coming. >> david: what did you think was wrong with the ibm deal before we go to the oracle >> i'm not a SUN MICROSYSTEMS analyst in a specific sense. >> david: you play one on tv. >> I can play one on tv. In a company specific sense, SUN MICROSYSTEMS has issues. Over the last ten years or so it's done nothing but destroy shareholder value. I'm not going to comment specifically what ibm saw or didn't see but they saw …” …more details…
“…Seeing a fourth quarter charge of 5 cents to 7 cents per share. Ibm left out in the cold after oracle swooping in to acquire SUN MICROSYSTEMS in an all cash deal. Shibani joshi breaks down the latest developments. This took everybody by surprise. >> it did. It was a stunny start to the busy week we have in the trading session. We had oracle announcing before the market opened it would acquire SUN MICROSYSTEMS for $7.6 billion in . No one had suspected thisthis. Not eveven ibm. …” …more details…
“…The nyse and chicago trading pits in a moment. But first, larry ellison giving SUN MICROSYSTEMS an offer it can't refuse. Will the tech sector lead us out of a recesrecession? We'll head to the nasdaq. But first, nicole petallides, …” …more details…
“…Citigroup is down almost 19%. A moment ago we brought you bank of america. It is down 19%. Selloff across the board on banks. Oracle corporation will buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS and it will pay $5.6 billion. Shibani joshi has the latest on this from the nasdaq. Looks like these mergers, a lot of them, pretty positive I guess overall. >> certainly. Giving a new meaning to the term merger monday. Certainly a hefty merger monday today as we're hearing that oracle will buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS in cash for a value of about $9.50 a pop. This new move will give SUN MICROSYSTEMS java, one of the most important technology brands, give it over to oracle that's looking to bolster its position in the hardware section, take on competition …” …more details…
“…We'll read your comments on the air every day. Here's what we have for you the rest of the hour on "fox business." who needs banks? Not oracle. Software giant is going to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS with its own cash. Also many put some blame on congressman barney frank on the housing crisis because he pressured banks to give mortgages to low-income …” …more details…
“…Venezuelans thinking they were getting high interest rates and hiding their cash from certain >> much higher than anticipated cd rates. >>> and we'll look at the oracle deal with SUN MICROSYSTEMS. We have larry ellison waiting for ibm to walk away, and he just scoops in. >> I think -- the personalities …” …more details…
“…And write it better themselves. Hard to say whether pepsi can write it better than those of >> tom: I want to go back to sun is one of those stories where SUN MICROSYSTEMS has been one of those companies that sat there and never did anything. Scott mcneilly, great, smart people but never went anywhere. Is this one of those companies …” …more details…
“…>> sounds yahoo-microsoftish. Happened with ibm and oracle in their fight to take over and buy the company, SUN MICROSYSTEMS. Ibm is out and oracle is in, buying the company for $7.4 billion in cash, it's a done deal, announced today, expected …” …more details…
“…0 >> cheryl: our partners at the quoting source that is they're saying ibm is not, probably not gonna make a new bid for SUN MICROSYSTEMS. Oracle is going to be going after sun for $7.4 billion. Ibm not getting into the frey, the fight with this. But both stocks are trading …” …more details…
“…Pretty much the lows of the if you look at advance/declines, a 5/1 ratio at this time. We are definitely struggling a little bit. Of course, jim goldman mentioned the story today is SUN MICROSYSTEMS and oracle. I will point out that oracle is off the lows of the session. Analysts are saying the fact you can boost sun's software sales, there's no doubt about it. …” …more details…
“…The oracle deal came out of left field for some but for others it was just a matter of time and follows the company's strategy of, well, picking off near dead companies for a song. That certainly seems to be the case with SUN MICROSYSTEMS. Shopping itself to just about everyone, pulling out of the deal of ibm and then oracle swooping in with a $9.50 a share …” …more details…
“…The story today, right now, bill, is definitely a rough day. We've snapped that four-day winning streak. >> it is the big deal of the we're all talking about SUN MICROSYSTEMS being bought by -- no, not ibm. It was oracle systems. Price tag $7.4 billion. Our silicon valley bureau chief jim goldman joins us now. …” …more details…
“…Presence in the server business, shifting the company from a business software provider to one that now is able to take on ibm, as well as hp, in the world of servers. Now, SUN MICROSYSTEMS board has already unanimously agreed and approved the deal, which is expected to close, later on this summer, this is oracle's largest acquisition to date. …” …more details…
“…Enthusiasm about the deal that finally got done with sun sun, falling into the hands of not like the likely suspect, ibm, but in the hands of oracle, agreed to buy SUN MICROSYSTEMS for 7.4 billion dollars in cash, that news crossing the wires this morning, definitively ending ibm's intent to take over the offa maker, oracle calls the …” …more details…