Florida Financial Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Florida Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 26.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 16,703 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,446 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for 0.9% of Florida Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest position. Florida Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,249,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Rothschild Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 33.1% in the fourth quarter. Rothschild Wealth LLC now owns 2,382 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $464,000 after purchasing an additional 593 shares during the period. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 13,012 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,535,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the period. Rockline Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. Rockline Wealth Management LLC now owns 60,052 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $11,705,000 after purchasing an additional 3,050 shares during the period. PARUS FINANCE UK Ltd grew its position in shares of Oracle by 13.4% in the fourth quarter. PARUS FINANCE UK Ltd now owns 116,770 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $22,760,000 after purchasing an additional 13,820 shares during the period. Finally, Verity & Verity LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 16.5% in the fourth quarter. Verity & Verity LLC now owns 13,692 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,669,000 after purchasing an additional 1,943 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is benefiting from renewed enthusiasm for AI-related software stocks, with investors viewing the company as a key AI/cloud infrastructure winner alongside peers like Snowflake and ServiceNow. Snowflake, Oracle, ServiceNow Stocks Rally As AI Trade Heats Up Again
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish trading signals and unusual options activity point to stronger near-term sentiment, including a Power Inflow alert and a big jump in call buying. Oracle Shares Rise 4% After Key Trading Signal
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary continue to highlight Oracle’s AI cloud backlog and improving outlook, suggesting investors are focusing more on growth potential than on recent volatility. Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights Oracle, Intuit and Progress Software
• Positive Sentiment: Several recent pieces frame Oracle as a possible undervalued AI beneficiary, reinforcing the case for continued investor interest in the stock. Is Oracle Stock an Undervalued Stock to Buy?
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle is also drawing regulatory scrutiny over TikTok U.S. data safeguards and recommendation-algorithm concerns, which is not a direct business hit but could add headline risk. Democratic senator wants TikTok US JV, Oracle to answer questions on platform safeguards
• Neutral Sentiment: Some investors are still focused on Oracle’s debt load and capital spending for AI data centers, a longer-term concern that could cap enthusiasm if profitability doesn’t keep up. Concerns Over Debt Weigh on Oracle (ORCL) Amid AI Data Center Expansion

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Monness Crespi & Hardt reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price objective on Oracle from $205.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Citizens Jmp lowered their price objective on Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on Oracle from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, DA Davidson lifted their target price on Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.46.

Insider Activity at Oracle

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

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $225.85 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $649.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.55, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $170.81 and its 200 day moving average price is $177.91.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

About Oracle

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.