Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report)’s stock price was down 2.8% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as $141.25 and last traded at $142.44. Approximately 13,905,535 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 52% from the average session volume of 29,114,299 shares. The stock had previously closed at $146.47.
Key Oracle News
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expanded Oracle Health’s electronic health-record contract by up to $17 billion. The deal increases Oracle’s long-term government healthcare revenue opportunity and reinforces its position in digital health infrastructure. Oracle Secures $17 Billion VA Contract Expansion For Health Records
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s reported $638 billion contracted backlog highlights exceptionally strong demand for its cloud and AI infrastructure. The backlog gives investors greater visibility into future revenue growth and suggests that major customers are committing to Oracle capacity well in advance. Oracle Jumps as $638 Billion Backlog Outruns Cash Burn
- Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage emphasizes Oracle’s expanding AI partnerships and cloud positioning as companies increase spending on artificial intelligence. This supports the thesis that Oracle is evolving from a traditional database provider into an AI infrastructure and cloud-services company. Oracle AI Partnerships Strengthen Cloud Focus
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle benefited from a broader technology-sector rebound, while technical analysts identified potential support and improving momentum in the shares. What Is Going on With Oracle Stock on Tuesday?
- Neutral Sentiment: The September 10 earnings report is emerging as a major catalyst that could determine whether investors accept Oracle’s aggressive AI-growth strategy. The upcoming results may provide updated evidence on backlog conversion, margins and cash flow. Oracle: September 10 Will Make or Break the Bull Case
- Negative Sentiment: Oracle must spend heavily on data-center capacity before much of its contracted AI revenue is recognized. That creates near-term pressure on free cash flow and profitability, while project delays could postpone the benefits of the backlog. Oracle Stock Is Now an AI Infrastructure Play
- Negative Sentiment: Several senior OpenAI executives, including its data-center chief, have departed ahead of a potential IPO. Because OpenAI is a key participant in the Stargate venture with Oracle and SoftBank, the turnover raises questions about partnership execution and the pace of planned AI infrastructure deployment. OpenAI Data Center Chief Exits
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of brokerages have weighed in on ORCL. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $284.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, June 5th. CLSA began coverage on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, July 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $145.00 price objective for the company. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Finally, UBS Group reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $263.97.
Oracle Price Performance
The business’s 50 day moving average is $142.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $160.52. The firm has a market cap of $417.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.86, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current year.
Oracle Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.31%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Trading of Oracle
Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its stake in Oracle by 14,636.4% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 382,756,945 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $56,093,030,000 after purchasing an additional 380,159,589 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter worth about $4,336,031,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,911,930,000. Capital Research Global Investors grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 29.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares during the period. Finally, Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its position in Oracle by 882.3% in the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 4,991,010 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $972,798,000 after buying an additional 4,482,934 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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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