Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Trading 3.3% Higher – Should You Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) shares rose 3.3% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $146.76 and last traded at $146.0310. Approximately 21,140,743 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 21% from the average daily volume of 26,779,734 shares. The stock had previously closed at $141.31.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street analysts still show a moderately optimistic view on Oracle despite the stock’s underperformance vs. the tech sector, which can attract buyers looking for value/mean‑reversion. Oracle Stock: Is ORCL Underperforming the Technology Sector?
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is drawing investor attention on market screens (increased search/coverage), which can fuel short‑term demand from retail and event‑driven traders. Oracle Corporation (ORCL) is Attracting Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage about “oracles” in Ethereum/DeFi (permissionless oracle security) is getting attention — this is about blockchain oracles, not Oracle Corp’s business, but could cause name‑confusion in headlines. Investors should not conflate the two. DeFi Remains Central to Ethereum’s Vision, Says Vitalik Buterin
• Neutral Sentiment: Software sector volatility persists (e.g., Workday earnings and broader software weakness), which affects sentiment for hyperscalers and enterprise software names including Oracle. Sector pressure can amplify moves in ORCL. Workday Reports Earnings While Software Stocks Crumble
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or issued notices about securities‑fraud class actions tied to Oracle’s disclosures on AI infrastructure and related spending; these suits raise potential legal, disclosure and reputational risk and include upcoming deadlines for lead‑plaintiff motions. Oracle Lawsuits Put AI Spending Risks And Disclosure In Spotlight
• Negative Sentiment: Press questioning Oracle’s “Stargate” AI data‑center initiative and the scale of AI capex has weighed on the stock; investors worry about execution risk and whether spending will dilute returns. Oracle stock falls amid Stargate project concerns
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile criticism (e.g., Michael Burry) and broader coverage of a hyperscaler AI capex/debt binge are increasing investor scrutiny on whether hyperscalers — including Oracle — are overinvesting, which could pressure multiples and sentiment. How the AI debt binge shattered hyperscalers’ ‘unspoken contract’ with investors

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on ORCL. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a $375.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $270.00 to $230.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price target on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Erste Group Bank lowered Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.97.

Oracle Stock Performance

The firm has a market cap of $419.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.45, a PEG ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.64. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $177.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is $226.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value 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 represents a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Swiss National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 7.6% during the 2nd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,113,526,000 after acquiring an additional 360,000 shares during the period. Patton Fund Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Oracle by 626.1% during the third quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,245,000 after acquiring an additional 9,948 shares during the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 4.8% during the second quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 32,937 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,201,000 after acquiring an additional 1,515 shares during the period. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 45.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC now owns 3,723 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $814,000 after purchasing an additional 1,161 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Meeder Advisory Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 40,946 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $11,516,000 after purchasing an additional 3,184 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

About Oracle

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.