Syntax Research Inc. Lowers Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Syntax Research Inc. reduced its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 81.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 3,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 13,711 shares during the period. Syntax Research Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $469,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after buying an additional 100,494 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $903,000 after buying an additional 404 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 21.5% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the period. United Bank raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 6.8% in the second quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,288,000 after acquiring an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 19.2% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $11,556,000 after acquiring an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the 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 completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Jefferies maintained a Buy rating and set a $290 price target, while other analysts remain optimistic that Oracle’s AI-cloud growth can offset concerns about elevated spending and leverage. Bernstein also expects a potential recovery toward the company’s prior high. Oracle Stock Could Be Software’s Next Big Winner
• Positive Sentiment: Lower interest rates could provide outsized relief: Oracle has taken on tens of billions of dollars in debt to finance AI data-center construction. A lower-rate environment could reduce financing costs and improve the economics of its capital-intensive expansion. Why Is Oracle Stock Up Today?
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains strong: Oracle is expanding its multi-year relationship with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deploy Juniper networking equipment across global AI data centers. The arrangement supports Oracle’s planned infrastructure buildout and could improve visibility into future capacity expansion. HPE and Oracle Deepen Networking Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings are the next major test: Investors will look for evidence that Oracle’s large cloud backlog is converting into revenue, along with updates on capital expenditures, debt and AI-cloud margins. The company’s latest reported quarter exceeded EPS and revenue estimates, but the market now expects execution against significantly higher AI-related expectations. Oracle Sets Earnings Date
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and spending remain key risks: Oracle’s heavy AI-data-center investment has contributed to rising leverage and negative free cash flow concerns. Analysts have lowered some price targets, including TD Cowen’s reduction to $240, while investors remain cautious about whether future cloud growth will justify the spending. TD Cowen Lowers Oracle Price Target

Oracle Price Performance

ORCL opened at $154.50 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $139.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is $160.32. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $114.50 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $445.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.74.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The business 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 revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 34.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on ORCL. DA Davidson increased their target price on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. CLSA began coverage on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, July 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $145.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, June 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.61.

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.