Oracle Corporation (ORCL), Teradata Corporation (TDC) & More: Three Stocks Near 52-Week Lows Worth Buying

Overflowing with data
At times I can be very critical of the cloud-computing revolution because the valuations of cloud-based companies are often years ahead of their time. For data warehouse company Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) , which helps analyze and store data for multiple industries, everything appears ripe for a rebound.

Pessimism has been the name of the game in recent months as Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC)’s fourth-quarter report shed light on the fact that Asia-Pacific and U.S. growth is slowing. Europe, Africa, and the Middle East delivered 21% growth in the fourth quarter, but that region only accounts for 24% of total revenue. All told, Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) guided toward sales growth of 6% to 10% in 2013, which was below what Wall Street was expecting.

Still, there are plenty of positive takeaways even following these results. For one, Teradata is in far better shape than its peer Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) , which missed revenue estimates by 4% and saw online and cloud-based software subscriptions (which would include data warehousing) drop by 2% during its latest quarter. It’s not often a company can claim dominance of Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL), but Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) is in much better shape at the moment.

From a financial perspective, Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) is also attractive with a net cash position of $455 million and a forward P/E of 17. With sales growth expectations ranging from 8% to 11% over the next two years, there seems to be ample room for bottom-line growth, and perhaps the introduction of a dividend. All told, I don’t feel much of the pessimism surrounding Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) is warranted.

Foolish roundup
This week was all about forgiving and forgetting. We know all three companies punted their most recent quarterly reports, but the future of the Brazilian steel industry, global data warehousing, and domestic gas transport and processing infrastructure looks strong.

The article 3 Stocks Near 52-Week Lows Worth Buying originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Sean Williams.

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