Piper Sandler Issues Positive Forecast for Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Stock Price

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) had its price target boosted by research analysts at Piper Sandler from $210.00 to $225.00 in a report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an “overweight” rating on the enterprise software provider’s stock. Piper Sandler’s price target indicates a potential upside of 11.92% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on ORCL. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, June 5th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $271.29.

Oracle Trading Down 2.3%

Shares of ORCL opened at $201.04 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $578.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.09, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $134.57 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $183.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $177.98.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous 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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle will post 6.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed 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. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ORCL. HFM Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 290.9% during the 4th quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle delivered a Q4 earnings and revenue beat, with strong cloud infrastructure growth and a record backlog that reinforces demand for its AI/cloud services.
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised guidance for fiscal 2027 profit, signaling confidence in the business outlook despite heavy investment.
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle also won a $396 million U.S. government contract to modernize HR systems, adding another business win but not likely moving the stock on its own.
• Negative Sentiment: Shares fell after Oracle disclosed a steep increase in AI-related capital spending and additional planned fundraising, fueling fears about rising debt and weaker near-term cash flow.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also questioning whether the aggressive spending pace can be sustained without pressuring margins, which has weighed on the broader software sector as well.

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.