Interchange Capital Partners LLC Boosts Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Interchange Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 3.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,369 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 217 shares during the quarter. Interchange Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,611,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. LGT Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth about $33,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth about $34,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth about $38,000. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1,770.0% in the 2nd quarter. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 187 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 19,758 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $5,927,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 18,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,528,700. This represents a 51.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director William G. Parrett sold 11,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $306.00, for a total value of $3,519,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 17,764 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,435,784. This represents a 39.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 170,769 shares of company stock worth $50,297,667 over the last three months. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of several analyst reports. Stephens increased their target price on Oracle from $208.00 to $331.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. TD Cowen increased their target price on Oracle from $325.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Berenberg Bank increased their target price on Oracle from $202.00 to $306.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Oracle from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on Oracle from $360.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $323.69.

Oracle Trading Up 1.2%

ORCL opened at $283.45 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $274.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $221.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $808.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.61, a PEG ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.62. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72.

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

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 46.30%.

Oracle 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.