Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC Acquires 3,149 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 4.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 69,582 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,149 shares during the quarter. Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $13,562,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Investors Research Corp raised its stake in Oracle by 465.5% during the fourth quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 76.9% in the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, YANKCOM Partnership lifted its holdings in Oracle by 304.7% in the fourth quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 174 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 131 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have weighed in on the company. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on Oracle from $205.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Stephens reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $254.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Citigroup lifted their target price on Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Mizuho dropped their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $261.46.

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Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $189.81 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $161.22 and its 200-day moving average is $183.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $545.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.08, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

About Oracle

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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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