Green Ridge Wealth Planning LLC bought a new position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 3,850 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $750,000.
A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Xponance Inc. increased its holdings in Oracle by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 406,544 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $114,336,000 after acquiring an additional 7,320 shares in the last quarter. DDD Partners LLC purchased a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,677,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 28.6% during the third 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 purchasing an additional 246,243 shares in the last quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 76,590 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $14,928,000 after purchasing an additional 3,100 shares during the period. Finally, KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 1,945.8% in the third quarter. KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd now owns 92,736 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $26,081,000 after purchasing an additional 88,203 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Citigroup restated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, TD Cowen raised their target price on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.27.
Key Headlines Impacting Oracle
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s quarterly results showed strong demand for AI infrastructure, with remaining performance obligations jumping to $638 billion, reinforcing the company’s long-term cloud growth story. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reiterated an outperform rating with a $320 price target, saying Oracle’s cloud growth and financing clarity help offset some of the market’s concerns about the AI buildout. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle continues to benefit from large government contracts and strong institutional interest, which supports the investment case but does not directly change the near-term trading narrative. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Negative Sentiment: Investors remain focused on Oracle’s aggressive AI data-center spending and the recently announced $40 billion financing raise, which has raised concerns about margins, dilution, and capital intensity. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Negative Sentiment: Separate commentary noted that the data-center boom is straining insurance capacity, highlighting broader financing and execution risks around the AI infrastructure expansion. Zurich warns data centre boom is outpacing insurance capacity – report
- Negative Sentiment: Insider and congressional trading data showed more selling than buying in ORCL, which may add a slight cautionary tone for sentiment. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
Insider Activity
In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, 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. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Oracle Stock Performance
Oracle stock opened at $184.66 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $188.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $177.39. 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 company has a market cap of $531.10 billion, a PE ratio of 31.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.65.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 56.43%. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Oracle Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 34.31%.
Oracle 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.
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