Oracle Corporation (ORCL), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), CA, Inc. (CA): Consider This Technology Stock

CA Technologies competes with IBM in its IT operations and management segment, where IBM holds a 18.2% market share while CA Technologies has 11.7% market share. The market looks mature in this area, and analysts do not expect the companies to gain any significant share from each other.

Bottom Line

If you want to have exposure to new technologies but do not want to take risky bets, CA Technologies is your choice. The company has attractive valuations and pays good dividends. The company has a very solid cash position. CA Technologies has $2.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents, while it has $1.3 billion of debt. The company is also active in repurchasing its own stock. It is currently authorized to repurchase $505 million worth of stock, which is always positive for the stock price. When the hype about smaller cloud-related companies settles down one can expect a flight to quality, and CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) would benefit from that as well.

The article Consider This Technology Stock originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Vladimir Zernov.

Vladimir Zernov has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM). and Oracle. Vladimir is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network — entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.

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