Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) shares dropped 8.6% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $175.28 and last traded at $184.0270. Approximately 63,141,874 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 130% from the average daily volume of 27,465,563 shares. The stock had previously closed at $201.26.
Key Headlines Impacting Oracle
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle beat fiscal Q4 estimates, with adjusted EPS of $2.11 and revenue of $19.18 billion, while cloud infrastructure revenue jumped 93% year over year and the company cited a record $638 billion remaining performance obligation, signaling strong demand for its AI and cloud services.
- Positive Sentiment: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management awarded Oracle a $395.8 million federal HR modernization contract, expanding Oracle’s government cloud footprint and adding a new revenue stream tied to more than 2 million federal employees. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Several recent analyst notes remained bullish, with firms like Guggenheim, Piper Sandler, BMO Capital Markets, and Cantor Fitzgerald reiterating constructive ratings and higher price targets, suggesting Wall Street still sees upside despite the selloff.
- Neutral Sentiment: Zacks noted that the broader earnings revisions trend for 2026 has been improving, especially in Technology, which may support sentiment for Oracle and other software/cloud names.
- Negative Sentiment: Oracle’s stock fell sharply because management said AI-related capital expenditures will be far higher than expected, with FY2027 capex potentially reaching $95 billion and plans to raise about $40 billion more through debt and equity financing, raising concerns about dilution, leverage, and free cash flow.
- Negative Sentiment: Investors also reacted to warnings that margins may step down as Oracle ramps data-center buildout, while a cyber issue in PeopleSoft and reports of active exploitation added a small layer of operational risk. Article Title
Analyst Ratings Changes
ORCL has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, June 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $268.27.
Oracle Trading Down 0.1%
The company has a market cap of $529.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.65. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $184.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $177.93. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 56.43% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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. Research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.33 earnings per share for the current year.
Oracle Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 35.91%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle
In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’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 $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Oracle
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. HFM Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 290.9% during the 4th quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Oracle during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Oracle during the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Oracle during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new stake in Oracle during the 4th quarter worth $29,000. 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.
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