Alan B Lancz & Associates Inc. Acquires 100 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Alan B Lancz & Associates Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 2.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,619 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for about 1.0% of Alan B Lancz & Associates Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Alan B Lancz & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,010,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at about $34,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth about $38,000. Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Oracle in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Oracle in the 1st quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Iron Horse Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 284.9% in the 1st quarter. Iron Horse Wealth Management LLC now owns 204 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 151 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Melius Research boosted their price objective on Oracle from $270.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on Oracle from $195.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on Oracle from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $310.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $355.00 target price on shares of Oracle and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $323.40.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $291.95 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $271.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $216.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $832.28 billion, a PE ratio of 67.58, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.62. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48 by ($0.01). Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The company had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.04 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.39 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 46.30%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 19,758 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $5,927,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 18,429 shares in the company, valued at $5,528,700. This represents a 51.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Michael D. Sicilia sold 33,845 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $321.16, for a total value of $10,869,660.20. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 132,656 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,603,800.96. This represents a 20.33% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 120,769 shares of company stock worth $36,428,967 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.