Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Trading Up 3% – Should You Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s stock price was up 3% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $200.71 and last traded at $195.4830. Approximately 22,249,161 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 20% from the average daily volume of 27,850,893 shares. The stock had previously closed at $189.76.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: 24/7 Wall St. reiterated a bullish view on Oracle (ORCL), setting a 12-month price target of about $245 and pointing to strong backlog growth and accelerating cloud infrastructure economics as key upside drivers.
• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush said Oracle is building a durable position for the next phase of the AI cycle, suggesting the market may be underestimating its role in future AI demand.
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage focused on Oracle’s “AI heavyweight” status as investors increasingly view its legacy software base, cloud expansion, and AI infrastructure exposure as a major advantage. Oracle Went From Tech Dinosaur to AI Heavyweight
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle also drew attention for expanding its agentic AI push through U.S. defense partnerships, reinforcing the idea that its AI platform is gaining traction in high-value government and enterprise use cases. Oracle Expands Its Agentic AI Push Through U.S. Defense Partnerships
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle added Cleveland Clinic CEO Tomislav Mihaljevic to its board, which may support its healthcare strategy but is unlikely to be an immediate stock-moving catalyst. Oracle adds Cleveland Clinic CEO to board of directors

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on ORCL shares. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $254.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Mizuho lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $229.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.46.

Oracle Trading Down 1.3%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The company’s fifty day moving average is $162.96 and its 200-day moving average is $182.92. The stock has a market cap of $555.44 billion, a PE ratio of 34.67, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. The firm’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, analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Estuary Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle during the first quarter worth about $38,613,000. Saba Capital Management L.P. increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 46.9% during the first quarter. Saba Capital Management L.P. now owns 21,307 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,134,000 after purchasing an additional 6,807 shares in the last quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 257.5% during the first quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,179 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $615,000 after purchasing an additional 3,010 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Watch Advisors INC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 115.2% during the first quarter. Wealth Watch Advisors INC now owns 1,599 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $235,000 after purchasing an additional 856 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quadcap Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 23.0% during the first quarter. Quadcap Wealth Management LLC now owns 19,370 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,850,000 after purchasing an additional 3,620 shares in the last quarter. 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.