Norges Bank Purchases New Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 22,246,323 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $4,336,031,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Oracle during the third quarter worth about $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 76.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $35,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle by 290.9% during the 4th quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

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Oracle Trading Up 10.9%

NYSE ORCL opened at $225.85 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $134.57 and a one year high of $345.72. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $170.81 and a 200-day simple moving average of $178.35. The firm has a market cap of $649.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.55, a PEG ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 35.91%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ORCL. Barclays lowered their price objective on Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. DA Davidson upped their price target on Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, March 13th. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three investment 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.46.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

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.