Alexis Investment Partners LLC Buys 1,249 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Alexis Investment Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 38.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 4,540 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,249 shares during the period. Alexis Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $954,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. increased its holdings in Oracle by 7.2% during the 2nd quarter. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. now owns 643 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $141,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 5.7% in the second quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 798 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $174,000 after acquiring an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. MFA Wealth Services grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.0% in the second quarter. MFA Wealth Services now owns 4,563 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $998,000 after acquiring an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Davis Investment Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.7% in the second quarter. Davis Investment Partners LLC now owns 6,930 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,517,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acropolis Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 2.6% in the second quarter. Acropolis Investment Management LLC now owns 1,850 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $404,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ORCL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their target price on Oracle from $271.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Mizuho increased their price objective on Oracle from $300.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on Oracle from $220.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Berenberg Bank increased their price objective on Oracle from $202.00 to $306.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on Oracle from $367.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $323.40.

Oracle Trading Down 6.7%

NYSE:ORCL opened at $291.95 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $832.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.58, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.53. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $271.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $216.40. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.62.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $14.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The company’s revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.39 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, October 9th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 46.30%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,222 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $288.91, for a total value of $641,958.02. Following the sale, the director owned 29,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,443,394.75. This trade represents a 7.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director William G. Parrett sold 11,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $306.00, for a total value of $3,519,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 17,764 shares in the company, valued at $5,435,784. This trade represents a 39.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 120,769 shares of company stock valued at $36,428,967 in the last ninety days. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.