Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Free Report) by 79.0% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 10,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,470 shares during the quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,974,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Greenspring Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 115.8% during the 4th quarter. Greenspring Advisors LLC now owns 7,439 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,450,000 after buying an additional 3,992 shares in the last quarter. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in Oracle by 201.3% in the 4th quarter. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $220,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares in the last quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 4,552 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $887,000 after purchasing an additional 465 shares in the last quarter. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Oracle by 14.8% in the 4th quarter. BlackDiamond Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,832 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $552,000 after buying an additional 366 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Elgethun Capital Management raised its position in Oracle by 70.7% in the 4th quarter. Elgethun Capital Management now owns 5,142 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,002,000 after buying an additional 2,130 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on ORCL shares. TD Cowen decreased their target price on Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $254.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Oracle from $213.00 to $207.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.62.
Oracle Stock Down 5.7%
Shares of ORCL opened at $230.53 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. The business has a fifty day moving average of $176.08 and a 200 day moving average of $178.21. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $134.57 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $663.02 billion, a PE ratio of 41.39, a P/E/G ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.65.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last released 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. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current year.
Oracle Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.91%.
Insider Activity at Oracle
In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.
Key Oracle News
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its price target on Oracle to $285 from $250 and kept a buy rating, saying AI momentum remains strong and could support further upside. Benzinga article
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle continues to be viewed as a major AI infrastructure winner, with analysts and market commentary highlighting cloud demand, multi-megawatt data center expansion, and its growing role in AI workloads. TheStreet article
- Positive Sentiment: Arm said Oracle is among the customers using its data center CPU chips, reinforcing Oracle’s position in the AI cloud ecosystem. Reuters article
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle shares are under pressure ahead of earnings, with investors focusing on whether AI spending will translate into enough growth and margin improvement to justify recent gains. Yahoo Finance article
- Neutral Sentiment: There is also elevated market caution around earnings expectations and options activity, with unusually heavy put trading suggesting some traders are hedging or betting on a near-term pullback. Barchart article
- Negative Sentiment: Oracle has been slipping on concerns that the company’s aggressive AI infrastructure spending could pressure near-term profitability before the June 10 report. Invezz article
About Oracle
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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