Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky Boosts Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky raised its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 1.9% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 315,435 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 6,000 shares during the period. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky’s holdings in Oracle were worth $46,403,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. LGT Fund Management Co Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 308.3% during the first quarter. LGT Fund Management Co Ltd. now owns 51,055 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,511,000 after acquiring an additional 38,551 shares during the last quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 13.0% in the 1st quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC now owns 3,883 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $571,000 after acquiring an additional 447 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Oracle by 0.7% in the first quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 16,829 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,444,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares during the last quarter. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Trifecta Capital Advisors LLC now owns 33,197 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $4,884,000 after acquiring an additional 237 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Anchor Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 2.0% during the first quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 41,564 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,115,000 after purchasing an additional 831 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Performance

ORCL opened at $140.69 on Monday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $183.07 and a 200-day simple moving average of $171.67. The firm has a market cap of $405.24 billion, a PE ratio of 24.13, a P/E/G ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $134.57 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be issued 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 dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s record AI backlog, stronger fiscal 2027 outlook, and expanding cloud businesses are being highlighted as reasons long-term investors may want to hold the stock despite the recent selloff. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein reiterated support for Oracle, and several articles point to Oracle’s massive cloud backlog and AI-related demand as evidence that the company still has meaningful growth potential. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle announced new partnerships and innovation initiatives, including IMSA Labs and a racing-focused cloud studio, which expand its cloud ecosystem but are not yet material enough to move the stock on their own. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: S&P Global cut Oracle’s credit rating closer to junk, reinforcing worries about the company’s large debt burden and financing needs for its AI infrastructure buildout. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Recent commentary suggests Oracle may be facing concentration risk in its backlog and investor concern over the scale of spending required to support AI growth, which is keeping pressure on the shares. Article Title

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on ORCL. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $164.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Bank of America upped their target price on Oracle from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Oracle from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The shares were 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 $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.