Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stake Lowered by Voya Financial Advisors Inc.

Voya Financial Advisors Inc. decreased its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 60.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,207 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 6,309 shares during the period. Voya Financial Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,190,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the second quarter worth about $28,000. Kilter Group LLC acquired a new position in Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at about $30,000. LGT Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth about $33,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, HighMark Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the second quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 19,758 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $5,927,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 18,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,528,700. The trade was a 51.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Michael D. Sicilia sold 33,845 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $321.16, for a total transaction of $10,869,660.20. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 132,656 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,603,800.96. This trade represents a 20.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 155,190 shares of company stock valued at $45,279,001 over the last 90 days. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the topic of several analyst reports. DA Davidson lowered their target price on Oracle from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $250.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $342.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Wolfe Research increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $307.72.

Oracle Price Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $192.41 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The business’s fifty day moving average is $234.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $241.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $552.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The business had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle named as a managing investor in the U.S. TikTok joint venture — Oracle will host U.S. user data and provide cloud services for the new entity, removing a major regulatory overhang and creating a clear infrastructure contract opportunity. Oracle stock jumps 5% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok’s U.S. business
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/order-flow bullishness: traders flagged a Power Inflow / institutional order‑flow signal that coincided with intraday buying, drawing momentum traders into the name. Oracle Shares Rise Over 2% After Key Trading Signal
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory/utility approvals for the Michigan data center project remain in place — Michigan regulators approved power requests tied to the Oracle/OpenAI campus, supporting the company’s AI‑infrastructure roadmap. Oracle and OpenAI Win Michigan Approval to Power New Data Center
• Neutral Sentiment: ETF and sector flow context — analysts note the TikTok deal is more of an infrastructure/cloud story than a social‑media call, shifting some ETF and institutional flows toward cloud/data‑center exposures. TikTok’s US Deal Puts Oracle In Focus — Here’s Where ETFs Stand
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market lift — S&P 500 and Nasdaq gains this week helped amplify ORCL’s move as tech regained traction. S&P 500, Nasdaq Manage Weekly Wins As Oracle Lifts Tech
• Negative Sentiment: Data‑center financing and leverage risk remain a clear headwind — reports that a funding partner (Blue Owl) backed away from a $10B Michigan project and other financing questions have focused investors on Oracle’s rising debt and negative free cash flow. Funding stalls for Oracle’s Michigan datacenter as Blue Owl bows out: Financial Times
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/market skepticism on the balance sheet and recent cloud revenue softness — commentators and some influential investors have flagged heavy debt levels and execution risk around AI buildouts, which could keep volatility elevated and prompt further downgrades. Jim Cramer on Oracle: “Their Balance Sheet’s Not That Good”

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops and sells database software, cloud engineered systems, enterprise software applications and related services. The company is widely known for its flagship Oracle Database and a portfolio of enterprise-grade software products that support data management, application development, analytics and middleware. Over recent years Oracle has expanded its focus to include cloud infrastructure and cloud applications, positioning itself as a provider of both platform and software-as-a-service solutions for large organizations.

Oracle’s product and service offerings include Oracle Database and the Autonomous Database, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM) and supply chain management (SCM) cloud applications (often grouped under Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications), middleware such as WebLogic, and developer technologies including Java and MySQL.