Stock price when the opinion was issued
Taken to the woodshed this week, mainly due to Trump and Stargate last week. He's been buying this week. No one's brought their price targets down. Monday may have been difficult, but it's a great opportunity to put some cash to work.
Pivoted nicely the way MSFT and IBM did years ago. Fourth main player in the cloud, which gives them recurring revenue. Best at cross-selling.
Hasn't had a chance to look closely at yesterday's earnings. Stock's at a 52-week, if not all-time, high today. Looks interesting, given the cloud space it's in. Not expensive at 2x PEG, with forward PE of 29-30x. Earnings growth rate ~16%.
Technically, meets his criteria. 200-day MA is trending higher, and price is above that. High beta, volatile.
IBM vs ORCL? Everyone is looking for the next MSFT. He would go with IBM. There are some new high level managers, who he feels will best take them into that direction. The problem with IBM is that the shares are trading near where analysts are setting their target price. He might buy 1/3 of a position here.