Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) issued an update on its first quarter 2027 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.720-1.760 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.610. The company issued revenue guidance of $19.0 billion-$19.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $19.0 billion. Oracle also updated its FY 2027 guidance to 8.050-8.050 EPS.
Oracle Price Performance
Shares of ORCL stock opened at $184.03 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $529.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $134.57 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $183.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $177.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.74% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle will post 6.33 earnings per share for the current year.
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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
ORCL has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Morgan Stanley reiterated a “mixed” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price target on Oracle in a research report on Thursday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.27.
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Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle
In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Trending Headlines about Oracle
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle beat fiscal Q4 earnings and revenue estimates, with revenue up 21% year over year and cloud infrastructure revenue up 93%, showing strong demand for its AI and cloud services.
- Positive Sentiment: The company raised FY2027 revenue and EPS guidance and reported a record $638 billion remaining performance obligation backlog, signaling substantial future demand.
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle also won a $395.8 million U.S. Office of Personnel Management contract to modernize federal HR systems, adding a new government customer win.
- Neutral Sentiment: Analysts at several firms raised or reaffirmed price targets after the report, indicating Wall Street still sees upside despite the selloff.
- Negative Sentiment: Investors reacted negatively to Oracle’s plan to sharply increase AI-related capital expenditures and raise about $40 billion in debt and equity financing, which sparked fears over cash burn and leverage.
- Negative Sentiment: Reports of an active PeopleSoft zero-day attack and Oracle’s urgent patch warning may add near-term cybersecurity concerns, though this is more of a reputational issue than a direct earnings hit.
Institutional Trading of Oracle
A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its position in 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 acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Oracle by 1.9% during the second quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,086 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $675,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Oxford Financial Group LTD. LLC increased its position in Oracle by 1.0% during the second quarter. Oxford Financial Group LTD. LLC now owns 6,317 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,381,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. High Falls Advisors Inc increased its position in Oracle by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. High Falls Advisors Inc now owns 3,540 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $690,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Osterweis Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Oracle by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,919 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $374,000 after acquiring an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other 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.
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