Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Free Report) by 28.8% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 15,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,473 shares during the quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,028,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of ORCL. Xponance Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 406,544 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $114,336,000 after buying an additional 7,320 shares during the period. Stonegate Investment Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. Stonegate Investment Group LLC now owns 99,400 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $27,955,000 after buying an additional 3,065 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 62.1% in the 3rd quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 483,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $135,839,000 after buying an additional 184,996 shares during the period. DDD Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,677,000. Finally, William Blair Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 28.6% in the 3rd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,107,586 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $311,497,000 after buying an additional 246,243 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
ORCL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Bank of America initiated coverage on Oracle in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $200.00 price objective for the company. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $254.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Melius Research set a $160.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.46.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Oracle News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: 24/7 Wall St. reiterated a bullish view on Oracle (ORCL), setting a 12-month price target of about $245 and pointing to strong backlog growth and accelerating cloud infrastructure economics as key upside drivers.
- Positive Sentiment: Wedbush said Oracle is building a durable position for the next phase of the AI cycle, suggesting the market may be underestimating its role in future AI demand.
- Positive Sentiment: Coverage focused on Oracle’s “AI heavyweight” status as investors increasingly view its legacy software base, cloud expansion, and AI infrastructure exposure as a major advantage. Oracle Went From Tech Dinosaur to AI Heavyweight
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle also drew attention for expanding its agentic AI push through U.S. defense partnerships, reinforcing the idea that its AI platform is gaining traction in high-value government and enterprise use cases. Oracle Expands Its Agentic AI Push Through U.S. Defense Partnerships
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle added Cleveland Clinic CEO Tomislav Mihaljevic to its board, which may support its healthcare strategy but is unlikely to be an immediate stock-moving catalyst. Oracle adds Cleveland Clinic CEO to board of directors
Oracle Price Performance
ORCL stock opened at $193.13 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $162.96 and a 200 day moving average price of $182.92. The stock has a market cap of $555.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.67, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.55. 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 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The firm’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Oracle Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s payout ratio is 35.91%.
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.
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