Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Shares Up 3.5% – Time to Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s share price traded up 3.5% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $133.90 and last traded at $132.3550. 48,233,332 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 67% from the average session volume of 28,826,076 shares. The stock had previously closed at $127.94.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle reportedly emerged as the frontrunner for a highly classified cloud infrastructure contract with the Japanese government, a potentially meaningful win that would validate its security-focused cloud offering and expand its enterprise/government footprint. Oracle leads race to supply Japan with top-secret cloud services
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle also announced an AI-native builder for Fusion Applications, extending its push into agentic AI tools inside its core cloud software platform and potentially supporting future growth in AI-related cloud revenue. Oracle Introduces AI-Native Builder Experience to Create and Run Agentic Applications in Oracle Fusion Applications
• Positive Sentiment: Loews Hotels expanded its Oracle OPERA Cloud rollout, another example of Oracle winning customer adoption for its cloud applications in the hospitality sector. Oracle OPERA Cloud Central Implements Additional Systems to Further Loews Hotels Delivery of Exceptional Guest Experiences
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles framed Oracle as a deeply discounted AI/cloud play after the recent selloff, suggesting some investors see rebound potential, but these pieces were mostly opinion-driven rather than new fundamental catalysts. Oracle Stock Is Down 60%: Why Its AI Cloud Explosion Makes It a Compelling Buy
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle remains under pressure from worries about heavy AI infrastructure spending, rising debt, and execution risk, with multiple reports highlighting doubts about whether its backlog can be converted into cash fast enough. Here’s Why Oracle Stock Slumped Today
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment was also hurt by the launch of inverse leveraged ETFs on ORCL, which underscores bearish trader positioning and reflects how volatile the stock has become. Tradr’s 2X Short Leveraged ETFs on AAOI and ORCL Begin Trading

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on ORCL shares. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Stephens reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a $164.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $284.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

Oracle Stock Up 3.5%

The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $181.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $170.74. The company has a market capitalization of $381.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.70, a PEG ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $4,336,031,000. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in Oracle by 29.3% during the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,874,070,000 after purchasing an additional 6,826,299 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. boosted its position in Oracle by 882.3% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 4,991,010 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $972,798,000 after buying an additional 4,482,934 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FIL Ltd boosted its position in Oracle by 1,605.7% in the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 3,976,441 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $775,048,000 after buying an additional 3,743,314 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.