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NetSuite Inc.
Type
Subsidiary of Oracle Corporation
Industry Computer software
Founded California (1998)
Headquarters San Mateo, California, United States
Key people
Zachary (Zach) Nelson (CEO)
Evan Goldberg (Chairman / CTO)
Lawrence (Larry) J. Ellison Stakeholder
Services Cloud-based business management platform
Revenue Increase US$741.1 million (2015)
Operating income
Decrease (US$115.6) million (2013)
Net income
Decrease (US$124.7) million (2015)
Number of employees
4,603 (December 2015)
Website www.netsuite.com

NetSuite Inc. is an American cloud computing company based in San Mateo, California, that sells a group of software services used to manage a business's financials, operations and customer relations. NetSuite's services are aimed at small to medium-sized businesses, although larger enterprises can also benefit from the consolidated ERP, CRM and e-commerce features. Oracle Corporation offered to purchase NetSuite for approximately $9.3 billion USD in July 2016, with the deal finalizing in November 2016.

NetSuite was founded in 1998 by Evan Goldberg as NetLedger, web-hosted accounting software. Oracle licensed the software under the banner of The Oracle Small Business Suite for a short time before that was cancelled. NetSuite is widely seen as the first cloud computing software company, with the company’s 1999 founding pre-dating that of Salesforce.com by about a month. Goldberg was the chairman and chief technology officer up until the Oracle acquisition.

In July 2002, Zach Nelson was appointed CEO. Nelson had deep background in sales and marketing, holding a variety of executive positions at Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp. Prior to joining NetSuite, Nelson ran an early provider of business applications over the Internet called MyCIO.com, a division of McAfee Corp. This experience led him to the belief that all software would be delivered over the internet, and he left McAfee to join NetSuite. Nelson led the company from about $1 million in revenue to a billion-dollar run-rate prior to its acquisition by Oracle Corp.

On January 4, 2007, NetSuite named Moneyball General Manager Billy Beane of Major League Baseball's Oakland A's to its board of directors. Evan Goldberg cited Beane's ability to combine facts with instinct as an important factor in the decision to involve him in the company.

NetSuite became a publicly traded company after its initial public offering (IPO) of 6.2 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2007. Though NetSuite has shown a 149% increase in revenue in the five-year period from 2009 to 2014 it has incurred annual operating losses since inception.

NetSuite had 2,550 employees as of March 31, 2014, a 31% increase over March 31, 2013, when it had 1,953. One quarter of its employees are based in its Philippine office. NetSuite has additional offices in Denver, Las Vegas, Austin, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Toronto, the UK, Spain, the Czech Republic, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Uruguay.

On July 28, 2016, Oracle announced it had offered to purchase NetSuite for $9.3 billion USD. The deal faces intense scrutiny because Oracle founder, Larry Ellison, owns nearly 40% of NetSuite. This conflict of interest has led the board of both companies to establish independent committees to review the deal from the perspective of independent shareholders. Some major NetSuite shareholders, such as T. Rowe, have notified Oracle they will not be tendering their shares under the current terms of the proposed deal. In early October 2016, Oracle extended the deadline for shareholders of NetSuite to tender their shares to November 4.

Even prior to the July 28, 2016 announcement that Oracle Corporation would acquire NetSuite Inc., the two firms shared a close relationship. Both founder Goldberg and CEO Nelson worked at Oracle Corp. prior to forming NetSuite. Goldberg joined Oracle immediately after graduating from Harvard College in 1987, and held a variety of positions in R&D. Nelson joined Oracle in 1992 as Vice President of Marketing, ultimately working directly for Larry Ellison.

In 1998 Evan Goldberg received approximately $125 million in initial financial backing from Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation through Ellison's venture capital entity Tako Ventures. Other initial investors were StarVest Partners ADP and UBS PaineWebber. The NetSuite software also relies on database software licensed from Oracle.

Ellison and family members own approximately 47.4% of NetSuite's common stock as of December 31, 2014. The firm's 10-Q filing on March 2, 2015, states that "Mr. Ellison is able to exercise control over approval of significant corporate transactions, including a change of control or liquidation."

NetSuite groups its services into four main suites plus NetSuite OneWorld:

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS

Ratings

2016-07-13 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Underperform
2016-06-23 Initiated Coverage Cowen and Company Underperform $70.00
2016-06-15 Reiterated Rating BMO Capital Markets Hold
2016-06-14 Initiated Coverage BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $90.00
2016-05-23 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Sell $68.00
2016-05-23 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Sell $68.00
2016-05-19 Reiterated Rating Morgan Stanley Sell
2016-05-18 Boost Price Target Mizuho Neutral $67.00 to $70.00
2016-05-18 Boost Price Target SunTrust Neutral $67.00 to $70.00
2016-05-18 Reiterated Rating Deutsche Bank Buy
2016-05-18 Reiterated Rating Deutsche Bank AG Buy
2016-05-18 Boost Price Target SunTrust Banks Inc. Neutral $67.00 to $70.00
2016-05-05 Reiterated Rating SunTrust Buy $93.00
2016-05-02 Lower Price Target FBN Securities Outperform $100.00 to $90.00
2016-04-30 Reiterated Rating Morgan Stanley Sell
2016-04-29 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy $100.00
2016-04-29 Boost Price Target MKM Partners Buy $82.00 to $92.00
2016-04-29 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $90.00 to $94.00
2016-04-29 Boost Price Target FBR & Co Outperform $90.00 to $94.00
2016-04-26 Initiated Coverage Macquarie Neutral $69.00
2016-04-12 Initiated Coverage Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Buy $80.00
2016-04-01 Reiterated Rating Piper Jaffray Neutral $65.00
2016-04-01 Reiterated Rating Piper Jaffray Cos. Neutral $65.00
2016-03-28 Upgrade Deutsche Bank Hold to Buy $95.00 to $125.00
2016-03-03 Reiterated Rating RBC Capital Buy
2016-03-03 Reiterated Rating Royal Bank Of Canada Buy
2016-02-17 Reiterated Rating Piper Jaffray Underweight $72.00 to $40.00
2016-02-10 Lower Price Target Barclays Equal Weight $97.00 to $65.00
2016-02-10 Lower Price Target Barclays PLC Equal Weight $97.00 to $65.00
2016-02-01 Lower Price Target BNP Paribas Neutral $75.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Susquehanna Neutral $93.00 to $70.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target SunTrust Buy $100.00 to $77.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Stephens $75.00 to $70.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target RBC Capital Outperform $90.00 to $80.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Nomura Neutral $110.00 to $95.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target MKM Partners Buy $95.00 to $82.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target JMP Securities Market Outperform $115.00 to $100.00
2016-01-29 Reiterated Rating FBR & Co. Outperform $105.00 to $90.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $110.00 to $80.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Credit Suisse $120.00 to $85.00
2016-01-29 Upgrade Canaccord Genuity Hold to Buy $100.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Nomura Holdings Inc. Neutral $110.00 to $95.00
2016-01-29 Lower Price Target Credit Suisse Group AG $120.00 to $85.00
2016-01-26 Reiterated Rating Piper Jaffray In-Line $78.00 to $72.00
2016-01-26 Downgrade Bank of America Neutral to Underperform $95.00 to $80.00
2016-01-26 Reiterated Rating DA Davidson Buy
2016-01-26 Downgrade Bank of America Corp. Neutral to Underperform $95.00 to $80.00
2016-01-25 Downgrade Stephens Overweight to Equal Weight
2016-01-19 Lower Price Target MKM Partners Buy $125.00 to $95.00
2015-12-17 Initiated Coverage SunTrust Buy $100.00
2015-11-12 Reiterated Rating Mizuho Hold $90.00
2015-10-25 Upgrade Nomura Hold $110.00
2015-10-23 Reiterated Rating William Blair Buy
2015-10-23 Lower Price Target Barclays Equal Weight $98.00 to $97.00
2015-10-23 Lower Price Target Susquehanna Neutral $104.00 to $93.00
2015-10-23 Lower Price Target Societe Generale $94.00 to $85.00
2015-10-23 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Hold $100.00
2015-10-23 Lower Price Target Benchmark Co. Hold $100.00 to $95.00
2015-10-23 Lower Price Target RBC Capital Outperform $113.00 to $108.00
2015-10-23 Lower Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $115.00 to $105.00
2015-10-23 Reiterated Rating Mizuho Neutral $100.00 to $90.00
2015-10-20 Reiterated Rating Brean Capital Hold
2015-10-09 Lower Price Target Barclays $99.00 to $98.00
2015-09-11 Reiterated Rating BTIG Research Buy $92.00
2015-09-10 Initiated Coverage BTIG Research Neutral
2015-09-04 Downgrade Raymond James Market Perform to Underperform
2015-09-04 Downgrade Raymond James Financial Inc. Market Perform to Underperform
2015-08-28 Boost Price Target BNP Paribas $100.00
2015-08-27 Upgrade BNP Paribas Underperform to Neutral $100.00
2015-08-19 Initiated Coverage Susquehanna Neutral $104.00
2015-07-27 Reiterated Rating Brean Capital Hold
2015-07-24 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Hold $105.00
2015-07-21 Reiterated Rating Brean Capital Hold
2015-07-20 Lower Price Target RBC Capital Outperform $124.00 to $110.00
2015-07-20 Lower Price Target Barclays Equal Weight $109.00 to $98.00
2015-07-06 Downgrade Piper Jaffray Neutral to Underweight $83.00 to $79.00
2015-04-26 Reiterated Rating Brean Capital Hold
2015-04-26 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Hold $105.00
2015-04-24 Boost Price Target BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $91.00 to $94.00
2015-04-22 Lower Price Target Stephens Overweight $120.00 to $108.00
2015-03-16 Initiated Coverage Brean Capital Hold $105.00
2015-02-17 Initiated Coverage BNP Paribas Underperform $87.00
2015-01-30 Boost Price Target JMP Securities Market Outperform $104.00 to $115.00
2015-01-30 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $110.00 to $120.00
2015-01-30 Boost Price Target Northland Securities Outperform $110.00 to $125.00
2015-01-30 Lower Price Target BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $96.00 to $91.00
2015-01-23 Boost Price Target Mizuho Neutral $80.00 to $100.00
2015-01-06 Downgrade Barclays Overweight to Equal Weight $105.00 to $111.00
2014-12-30 Initiated Coverage Bank of America Neutral
2014-12-15 Initiated Coverage Bank of America Neutral
2014-12-12 Initiated Coverage Piper Jaffray Neutral $117.00
2014-12-02 Initiated Coverage JPMorgan Chase & Co. Overweight
2014-11-17 Reiterated Rating DA Davidson Buy $109.00 to $130.00
2014-10-27 Reiterated Rating FBN Securities Outperform $115.00 to $125.00
2014-10-24 Reiterated Rating Credit Suisse Outperform $115.00 to $125.00
2014-10-24 Boost Price Target MKM Partners Buy $105.00 to $115.00
2014-10-24 Boost Price Target Canaccord Genuity Hold $85.00 to $100.00
2014-10-24 Boost Price Target Northland Securities Outperform $100.00 to $110.00
2014-10-24 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $105.00 to $115.00
2014-10-09 Initiated Coverage MKM Partners Buy $105.00
2014-10-02 Initiated Coverage Societe Generale Sell
2014-09-16 Initiated RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $111
2014-09-15 Initiated Coverage RBC Capital Outperform $111.00
2014-09-04 Boost Price Target Barclays Overweight $96.00 to $104.00
2014-08-27 Initiated DA Davidson Buy $109
2014-08-26 Initiated Coverage DA Davidson Buy $109.00
2014-07-25 Boost Price Target BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $80.00 to $84.00
2014-07-25 Reiterated Rating Deutsche Bank Buy $90.00 to $100.00
2014-07-25 Reiterated Rating Credit Suisse Outperform $125.00 to $115.00
2014-07-25 Boost Price Target Barclays Overweight $94.00 to $96.00
2014-07-25 Lower Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $120.00 to $105.00
2014-06-02 Initiated Coverage Mizuho Neutral $80.00
2014-05-23 Reiterated Rating Barclays Overweight $116.00 to $94.00
2014-05-22 Lower Price Target Goldman Sachs $115.00 to $92.00
2014-05-15 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $100.00 to $90.00
2014-04-29 Reiterated Northland Capital Outperform $125 to $100
2014-04-29 Reiterated Rating BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $115.00 to $80.00
2014-04-29 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $130.00 to $100.00
2014-04-29 Reiterated Rating JMP Securities Outperform $121.00 to $101.00
2014-04-29 Reiterated Rating Credit Suisse Outperform $135.00 to $125.00
2014-04-29 Reiterated Rating Morgan Stanley Outperform $121.00 to $101.00
2014-04-29 Reiterated Rating Nomura Neutral $100.00
2014-04-29 Lower Price Target Northland Securities Outperform $125.00 to $100.00
2014-04-29 Lower Price Target Canaccord Genuity Hold $125.00 to $85.00
2014-04-23 Reiterated Rating FBR & Co. Outperform $150.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target JMP Securities $116.00 to $121.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $125.00 to $130.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target Credit Suisse $125.00 to $135.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target BMO Capital Markets $112.00 to $115.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target Barclays Overweight $115.00 to $116.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target Maxim Group Buy $130.00 to $135.00
2014-01-31 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $125.00 to $150.00
2014-01-23 Initiated Coverage BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $112.00
2014-01-22 Upgrade Deutsche Bank Hold to Buy $95.00 to $125.00
2014-01-21 Upgrade Maxim Group Hold to Buy $112.00 to $130.00
2014-01-16 Upgrade FBR & Co. Market Perform to Outperform $110.00 to $125.00
2013-10-28 Boost Price Target FBN Securities Outperform $105.00 to $115.00
2013-10-25 Reiterated Northland Capital Outperform $100 to $125
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target Lazard Capital Markets Buy $110.00 to $121.00
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target Credit Suisse $105.00 to $125.00
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target Canaccord Genuity Hold $85.00 to $110.00
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Hold $80.00 to $95.00
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target Northland Securities Outperform $100.00 to $125.00
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target Benchmark Co. Hold $85.00 to $100.00
2013-10-25 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Market Perform $84.00 to $100.00
2013-10-22 Boost Price Target JMP Securities Market Outperform $98.00 to $115.00
2013-07-26 Reiterated BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $80 to $90
2016-07-13 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Underperform
2016-06-23 Initiated Coverage Cowen and Company Underperform $70.00
2016-06-15 Reiterated Rating BMO Capital Markets Hold
2016-06-14 Initiated Coverage BMO Capital Markets Market Perform $90.00
2016-05-23 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Sell $68.00

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Major Shareholders

Name Relationship Total Shares Holding stocks
McGeever James Chief Operating Officer 0.45%  (344968) CSOD / N /
NELSON ZACHARY President & CEO 0.39%  (298708) N /
Goldberg Evan CTO & Chairman of the Board 0.28%  (213143) N /
Gill Ronald S Chief Financial Officer 0.12%  (88106) N /
Huffman Marc President WW Sales and Distrib 0.11%  (81986) ECOM / N /
Ramsey James Burr SVP Worldwide Sales & Distrib. 0.09%  (71303) N / SPSC / VEEV /
Dilley Timothy EVP & Chief Customer Officer 0.09%  (67140) N /
Solomon Douglas P. SVP, General Counsel & Sec. 0.06%  (49184) N /
Forman Michael SVP, Global Controller 0.03%  (23884) N /
Beane William L. III 0.02%  (12452) N /
KINNEY CATHERINE R 0.02%  (12009) MET / MSCI / N / QTS /
FARRINGTON DEBORAH A 0.01%  (11066) CLCT / N / NCR /
GOMO STEVEN J 0.01%  (10981) ENPH / N / SNDK /
THOMPSON KEVIN B 0.01%  (9600) CUDA / N / SWI /
ZANDER EDWARD J 0.01%  (7232) N / STX /