Todd Asset Management LLC Has $18.88 Million Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Todd Asset Management LLC cut its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 29.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 96,859 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 40,463 shares during the quarter. Todd Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $18,879,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Wealthquest Corp bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at $416,000. First National Trust Co raised its stake in Oracle by 33.1% during the 4th quarter. First National Trust Co now owns 80,087 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $15,610,000 after buying an additional 19,932 shares during the period. Private Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $238,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 13.4% during the fourth quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,256,536 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $244,912,000 after acquiring an additional 148,950 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prospera Financial Services Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 15.5% in the 4th quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 83,305 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $16,242,000 after purchasing an additional 11,159 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have commented on ORCL shares. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Mizuho lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Stephens reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $254.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.46.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $192.13 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $166.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $179.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $134.57 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $552.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The business’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 insiders.

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.