4,700 Shares in Oracle Corporation $ORCL Acquired by Pingora Partners LLC

Pingora Partners LLC bought a new position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 4,700 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $689,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter worth $4,336,031,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in Oracle during the second quarter valued at about $1,911,930,000. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in 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. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares during the period. Finally, Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its holdings in Oracle by 882.3% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 4,991,010 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $972,798,000 after acquiring an additional 4,482,934 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Oracle Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $146.71 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $114.50 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $422.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.72. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $148.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $161.26.

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 firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.Oracle’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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. Sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $284.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.97.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s expanding partnership with Amazon Web Services now supports Oracle AI Database@AWS across 22 regions, strengthening its cloud distribution and enterprise AI positioning. As Oracle Deepens Its Partnership with AWS
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish investment thesis argues that the market continues to value Oracle like a legacy database provider even as it builds hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure. Strong demand visibility and backlog conversion could support long-term growth. Oracle as a Tier-1 Hyperscaler
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually large, long-dated call-option activity may indicate institutional investors are positioning for a recovery, although the trades could also represent covered-call strategies rather than outright bullish bets. Unusual Oracle Call Options
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle and other software shares sold off as the AI trade rotated toward favored chip and infrastructure companies, making software stocks less attractive in the near term. Oracle and Software Stocks Drop
• Negative Sentiment: Investor concerns are growing over Oracle’s aggressive AI infrastructure commitments, potential additional debt or equity financing, negative free cash flow, execution timelines and customer concentration. Separate commentary also highlighted heavy AI spending across big technology companies and higher interest-rate risks. Oracle AI Data Center Investment Commentary
• Negative Sentiment: Reported insider activity showed Oracle insiders selling shares without recorded purchases during the past six months, adding a potentially cautious signal for investors.

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.