Investors were obviously impressed by Oracle‘s (NYSE: ORCL) recently announced fiscal fourth quarter in which cloud revenue continued to soar and earnings-per-share (EPS) excluding one-time items obliterated expectations. Oracle shares jumped 8% following the news, and are up 31% in 2017. Toss in Oracle’s 1.5% dividend yield and it makes a strong argument for Oracle being a better stock to buy than Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).