Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) shares shot up 3.3% on Friday following insider buying activity. The stock traded as high as $144.86 and last traded at $142.5790. 30,166,054 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 2% from the average session volume of 29,505,369 shares. The stock had previously closed at $138.07.
Specifically, Director Stephen Rusckowski acquired 25,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was bought at an average price of $139.35 per share, with a total value of $3,483,750.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,538,096.50. This represents a 6,410.26% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 25th. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $207.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 4th. Phillip Securities reduced their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $237.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Finally, Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 target price (up from $220.00) on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, June 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $251.72.
Key Oracle News
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Reported $7 billion Tencent AI deal. Tencent reportedly agreed to a five-year lease for access to approximately 100,000 advanced AI chips across Oracle’s Southeast Asian data centers. The deal would support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure demand, add contracted revenue and demonstrate that Oracle can provide scarce AI capacity. Reuters article
- Positive Sentiment: Insider buying provides a confidence signal. Director Stephen Rusckowski purchased 25,000 ORCL shares for roughly $3.5 million at an average price of $139.35. This was Oracle’s first reported open-market insider purchase since July 2025, although other insiders have been net sellers recently. SEC Form 4 filing
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain optimistic. Citizens JMP reaffirmed a Market Outperform rating with a $285 price target. Oracle’s latest quarterly results also exceeded expectations, with revenue up 29.6% year over year and EPS of $1.92 versus the $1.74 consensus.
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle said flooding near its Project Jupiter campus in New Mexico did not damage critical infrastructure and that the project remains on schedule, helping to reduce immediate fears of an AI-capacity delay. Project Jupiter update
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle’s commitment to purchase power from Wisconsin’s Point Beach nuclear plant is expected to save utility customers about $300 million and support reliable, carbon-free electricity. The announcement may help Oracle’s power-access strategy, but its direct financial benefit to shareholders is unclear. Oracle power announcement
- Negative Sentiment: Cash-flow quality is under scrutiny. Oracle receives customer prepayments for cloud services, which boosts operating cash flow before revenue is fully earned. Analysts question how repeatable cash generation will be without those advances.
- Negative Sentiment: AI infrastructure spending is weighing on returns. Large capital expenditures, rising debt and negative free cash flow could pressure margins, particularly if AI-compute prices decline or database customers shift to consumption-based plans.
- Negative Sentiment: Investors continue to monitor potential power and construction delays at Oracle’s large AI campuses. Any slippage would postpone capacity and revenue while increasing the cost of an already aggressive buildout.
Oracle Trading Up 3.3%
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.17. The firm has a market cap of $431.12 billion, a PE ratio of 22.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.78. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $143.94 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $159.57.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.69 EPS for the current year.
Oracle Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 31.35%.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Oracle
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Doliver Advisors LP grew its position in Oracle by 10.7% during the third quarter. Doliver Advisors LP now owns 7,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,018,000 after buying an additional 715 shares during the period. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC raised its position in Oracle by 12.0% in the third quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC now owns 23,587 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,238,000 after acquiring an additional 2,529 shares during the period. Parrish Capital LLC raised its position in Oracle by 8.4% in the third quarter. Parrish Capital LLC now owns 15,113 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,075,000 after acquiring an additional 1,168 shares during the period. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC now owns 188,040 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $27,557,000 after acquiring an additional 1,161 shares during the last quarter. Finally, QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 12.9% during the 2nd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 300,056 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $43,973,000 after acquiring an additional 34,397 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Oracle Company Profile
Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud services and related hardware. Its offerings help businesses manage databases, applications, data, infrastructure and other core information-technology operations.
The company is best known for its Oracle Database, along with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services. Oracle also provides enterprise applications for functions such as finance, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.
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