Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stock Position Boosted by Janus Henderson Group PLC

Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 8.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 14,539,366 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 1,148,698 shares during the quarter. Oracle comprises about 1.3% of Janus Henderson Group PLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $2,815,242,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of ORCL. Xponance Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the third quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 406,544 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $114,336,000 after buying an additional 7,320 shares during the last quarter. DDD Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at $1,677,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 28.6% in the 3rd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,107,586 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $311,497,000 after acquiring an additional 246,243 shares during the period. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board raised its stake in Oracle by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 76,590 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $14,928,000 after acquiring an additional 3,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd raised its stake in Oracle by 1,945.8% in the 3rd quarter. KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd now owns 92,736 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $26,081,000 after acquiring an additional 88,203 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible 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.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $183.31 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $527.20 billion, a PE ratio of 31.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $187.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $177.46.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 56.43% and a net margin of 25.37%.Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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. Sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is still drawing support from its strong quarterly results and upbeat analyst reaction after reporting a double beat on earnings and revenue, reinforcing the view that cloud and AI demand remain solid. The Stock Market Is Underestimating the Massive Growth Potential of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Giant That Could Easily Become a $1 Trillion Company
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced new AI capabilities in OPERA Cloud and a new hybrid streaming architecture on OCI, highlighting continued product momentum and broader adoption of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. New AI Capabilities in Oracle OPERA Cloud Supercharge Hotel Operations
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles pointed to Oracle as a trending or potentially undervalued AI/cloud name, with commentary that Wall Street still sees meaningful upside if Oracle can convert its large backlog into revenue. Oracle (ORCL) Has AI Demand. Now It Needs to Prove It Can Scale
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle received additional visibility from business updates such as Lightpath using Oracle Cloud Scale Billing and Oracle’s executive speaking slot at an AI infrastructure panel, which may help sentiment but do not materially change fundamentals. Lightpath Monetizes Digital Services and Powers AI-Driven Innovation with Oracle
• Negative Sentiment: Investor caution remains high after reports that Microsoft walked away from a potential multibillion-dollar Oracle cloud capacity deal, raising concerns about the pace and quality of Oracle’s cloud expansion. Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure talks with Oracle collapse, Business Insider reports
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also focused on Oracle’s leverage and the risks of its hyperscaler strategy, with some analysts arguing the market is underestimating debt and execution challenges. Oracle’s Massive Debt Problem

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Oracle from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $268.27.

About Oracle

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.