Applied Finance Capital Management LLC Raises Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Applied Finance Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 2.1% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 233,335 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,863 shares during the period. Oracle makes up 3.5% of Applied Finance Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Applied Finance Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $51,005,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the first quarter worth approximately $732,692,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Oracle by 2.2% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 160,925,413 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $22,498,982,000 after acquiring an additional 3,513,464 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new stake in Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $731,512,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Oracle by 79.2% during the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 4,638,951 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $648,572,000 after acquiring an additional 2,049,687 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 840.7% in the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,119,473 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $463,380,000 after purchasing an additional 1,894,157 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $271.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of Oracle from $340.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Rothschild & Co Redburn assumed coverage on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. They set a “sell” rating and a $175.00 price target on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $246.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $368.00 in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $307.00.

Oracle Trading Up 2.9%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $312.53 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $118.86 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $890.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 72.34, a P/E/G ratio of 3.26 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $270.87 and a 200-day simple moving average of $214.33.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48 by ($0.01). Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The company had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.04 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.39 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, October 9th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 46.30%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,222 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.91, for a total value of $641,958.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 29,225 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,443,394.75. This trade represents a 7.07% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director William G. Parrett sold 11,500 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $306.00, for a total transaction of $3,519,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 17,764 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,435,784. The trade was a 39.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 120,769 shares of company stock worth $36,428,967 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.