Grandfield & Dodd LLC Takes Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Grandfield & Dodd LLC acquired a new position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 6,330 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $928,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Auxano Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $709,000. Argyle Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Oracle during the second quarter worth $280,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in Oracle during the second quarter worth $223,000. Focused Alpha LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the second quarter worth $429,000. Finally, B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at $4,659,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the firm’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 value of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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• 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.

Oracle Trading Down 2.5%

NYSE:ORCL opened at $146.71 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $422.59 billion, a PE ratio of 25.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.72. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $148.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $161.26. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $114.50 and a 12-month high of $345.72. 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 the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 in the prior year, the business earned $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 anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ORCL has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Mizuho set a $320.00 price objective on Oracle in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Barclays lifted their target price on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.97.

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.