Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Trading Up 2.1% – Here’s What Happened

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s share price traded up 2.1% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $185.34 and last traded at $181.2750. 38,642,033 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 37% from the average session volume of 28,272,861 shares. The stock had previously closed at $177.58.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Veritone selected Oracle Cloud as its preferred cloud provider, a client win that validates OCI for AI workloads and can drive incremental revenue and data‑center demand. Why Veritone Is Moving Its AI Services to Oracle Cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched a suite of agentic AI applications — analysts say these extend its product moat and help sustain long‑term cloud/AI growth. Product momentum supports the growth narrative. Agentic AI Tools
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts point to accelerating cloud revenue and a record ~$550–553B backlog, positioning Oracle well vs. peers (e.g., ServiceNow) and underpinning expectations for sustained AI/cloud top‑line growth. Oracle vs. ServiceNow
• Positive Sentiment: Reports show large value funds adding to ORCL after the pullback — institutional accumulation can amplify momentum and reduce downside. Legendary Value Fund Bet
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts flag a potential “cash‑flow waterfall” as OCI and AI monetize — an argument some bulls use to say the market is underpricing future free cash flow. Cash‑Flow Waterfall
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle named Hilary Maxson as CFO to manage capital allocation for heavy AI infrastructure spending — experienced hire but signals higher capex and execution focus ahead. CFO Appointment
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Health achieved CMS “Aligned Network” status, supporting steady healthcare revenue but unlikely to move the stock materially by itself. Oracle Health CMS Status
• Negative Sentiment: An EVP sold 15,000 shares under a pre‑arranged 10b5‑1 plan; ongoing insider sales can create negative optics even if routine. SEC filing: SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of large layoffs and employee concerns that an “algorithm” targeted option‑holders have raised governance and execution risk, attracting negative press and investor scrutiny. Layoff Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term macro/geopolitical volatility (e.g., U.S.–Iran tensions) is cited as a headwind that can temper momentum despite company‑specific positives. Macro/Geopolitical Headwinds

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on ORCL. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Barclays reduced their price target on Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Citizens Jmp lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $260.71.

Oracle Stock Up 2.1%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $152.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $195.00. The company has a market capitalization of $521.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.60.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) 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. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.47 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.07 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Oracle

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Oracle by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,527,759 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $14,916,026,000 after buying an additional 3,216,915 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,328,754,000 after buying an additional 665,374 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 29.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its position in Oracle by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 27,125,099 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,286,953,000 after buying an additional 495,146 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.