Clarity Capital Partners LLC Trims Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Clarity Capital Partners LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 41.0% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,163 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 809 shares during the period. Clarity Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $254,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after buying an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 8.1% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $903,000 after purchasing an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Lake Street Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 21.0% in the 1st quarter. Lake Street Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,544 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $216,000 after purchasing an additional 268 shares in the last quarter. Vest Financial LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 65.5% in the 1st quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 47,567 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,650,000 after purchasing an additional 18,824 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foster Group Inc. boosted its stake in Oracle by 4.9% in the 1st quarter. Foster Group Inc. now owns 7,843 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,097,000 after purchasing an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Roth Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, June 18th. William Blair reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 12th. Finally, Westpark Capital lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $195.00 to $246.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $304.71.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 3,303 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.32, for a total value of $770,655.96. Following the transaction, the director owned 31,447 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,337,214.04. This represents a 9.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director William G. Parrett sold 11,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $306.00, for a total transaction of $3,519,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 17,764 shares in the company, valued at $5,435,784. The trade was a 39.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 104,314 shares of company stock valued at $31,272,223 over the last three months. Company insiders own 42.20% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $286.23 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $815.99 billion, a PE ratio of 66.26, a PEG ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 1.53. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $262.53 and a 200 day moving average of $205.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.62. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48 by ($0.01). Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The business had revenue of $14.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.04 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.39 EPS. Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 9th will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 46.30%.

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.