Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Shares Up 2.4% – Time to Buy?

Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) shot up 2.4% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $180.16 and last traded at $178.08. 20,977,230 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 1% from the average session volume of 21,287,482 shares. The stock had previously closed at $173.88.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s role in the approved TikTok U.S. divestiture is being framed as a cloud-infrastructure win: Oracle (reported ~15% stake) will be the “trusted technology partner,” effectively locking TikTok’s compute and storage demand into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and validating big AI/data-center investments. This secures recurring, high-volume tenancy for OCI and reduces execution risk on Oracle’s capex. US, China agree to spin off TikTok’s US operation
• Positive Sentiment: Independent ISG research shows accelerating enterprise adoption of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure across the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, supporting durable revenue growth for OCI and multicloud database consumption. This underpins Oracle’s long-term cloud monetization thesis. U.S. Enterprises Are Increasing Adopting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary and sector write-ups highlight Oracle as a “picks-and-shovels” beneficiary of the AI buildout (OCI, GPUs, Stargate-related infrastructure), reinforcing investor interest in ORCL as an AI-infrastructure play. ORCL, MU and AVGO Forecast
• Neutral Sentiment: Market volatility from macro/geopolitical headlines (a broader market sell-off tied to “Greenland” tariff/fear headlines) pressured equities generally; Oracle moves partly reflect sector flows rather than company-specific news. 2 Stocks to Watch as Stock Markets Plummet Over Greenland
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms (Rosen) publicized class action claims tied to Oracle’s senior note shelf offering; separate bondholder litigation and a reported downtick in investor appetite for Stargate-related debt have raised disclosure and funding concerns — these legal and financing overhangs pressured the stock last session. ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Oracle Investors
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage highlighted Oracle’s heavy cash outflows to build AI data centers while still returning capital to shareholders; concerns about cash burn vs. debt funding choices add skepticism among bond investors and some analysts. Oracle’s Cash Is Vanishing

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Stephens raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $208.00 to $331.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. TD Cowen cut their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. DA Davidson lowered their target price on Oracle from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on Oracle from $250.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $303.51.

Oracle Stock Up 2.4%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $200.07 and a 200 day moving average of $240.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $511.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.65.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. The firm had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The business’s revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Jeffrey Berg sold 49,365 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.02, for a total transaction of $13,971,282.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 151,999 shares in the company, valued at $43,018,756.98. This trade represents a 24.52% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 111,588 shares of company stock worth $26,108,046. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Oracle

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle during the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 130.0% during the third quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 65 shares during the period. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 76.9% during the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter worth about $35,000. Finally, Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Company 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.