Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) traded up 1.3% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $177.76 and last traded at $177.3470. 22,122,866 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 21% from the average session volume of 28,131,092 shares. The stock had previously closed at $175.06.
Key Oracle News
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched a new suite of agentic AI applications — positioning the company to convert AI interest into product-led growth and help defend its enterprise relationships as AI demand rises. As Oracle Launches New Agentic AI Tools, Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold ORCL Stock?
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and comparison pieces highlight Oracle’s surging cloud revenue, a record backlog (~$550–553B) and an aggressive AI push that give it an edge versus peers like ServiceNow — supporting expectations for continued top‑line strength. Oracle vs. ServiceNow: Which Cloud Software Stock Has an Edge Now?
- Positive Sentiment: Market momentum and bullish price models (including recent price targets and buy signals) have driven rapid gains over the past week, drawing investor attention to upside potential while analysts increasingly emphasize Oracle’s role in the AI infrastructure supply chain. Oracle Price Prediction: How High Can The Tech Stock Go In 2026?
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle named Hilary Maxson as CFO to oversee heavy AI infrastructure spending and transformation — a governance/execution move that could help scale investments but also signals ongoing large capital requirements. Oracle Taps Hilary Maxson As CFO To Steer AI Infrastructure Push
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Health achieved CMS Aligned Network status — a steady, niche win for government/healthcare contracts that supports recurring revenue but is not a major immediate earnings driver. Oracle Health Demonstrates Interoperability Leadership, Achieves CMS Aligned Network Status
- Negative Sentiment: Unconfirmed reports of large-scale layoffs (as many as ~30,000) and AI-driven role selection have raised governance and execution risk questions; if real, restructuring could create near‑term costs and PR/regulatory scrutiny. Oracle Layoff Reports Put AI Governance And Investor Risks In Focus
- Negative Sentiment: Short‑term retreats tied to macro/geopolitical shocks (e.g., U.S.–Iran tensions) and investor caution about heavy infrastructure spending have pressured the stock at times despite positive AI headlines. Why Is Oracle Stock Trading Lower Monday?
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
ORCL has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Oracle from $205.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Melius Research set a $160.00 price target on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $260.71.
Oracle Stock Performance
The stock has a market capitalization of $510.06 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84, a PEG ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.60. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $152.10 and a 200-day moving average price of $195.79.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Oracle Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35.91%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle
In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Institutional Trading of Oracle
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. MBM Wealth Consultants LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the first quarter worth about $33,000. Brian Low Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 9.7% in the 1st quarter. Brian Low Financial Group LLC now owns 13,638 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,006,000 after purchasing an additional 1,208 shares during the period. Heritage Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the 1st quarter. Heritage Wealth Management Inc. now owns 13,668 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,011,000 after purchasing an additional 244 shares during the period. Greenup Street Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 293.9% in the 1st quarter. Greenup Street Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,255 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,144 shares during the period. Finally, BTC Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 15.0% in the 1st quarter. BTC Capital Management Inc. now owns 51,874 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,629,000 after purchasing an additional 6,770 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.
Oracle Company 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.
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