Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by May Hill Capital LLC

May Hill Capital LLC decreased its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,002 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 221 shares during the quarter. May Hill Capital LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $656,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Petra Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the second quarter worth about $234,000. Taylor Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Oracle by 0.6% in the second quarter. Taylor Financial Group Inc. now owns 21,847 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $4,776,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd grew its holdings in Oracle by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd now owns 74,209 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $16,224,000 after acquiring an additional 298 shares in the last quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund increased its position in shares of Oracle by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 271,761 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $59,415,000 after purchasing an additional 14,993 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alexander Labrunerie & CO. Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 4.5% in the 2nd quarter. Alexander Labrunerie & CO. Inc. now owns 2,354 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $515,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Maria Smith sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.62, for a total transaction of $1,403,100.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 47,083 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,212,431.46. This trade represents a 9.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Michael D. Sicilia sold 33,845 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $321.16, for a total value of $10,869,660.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 132,656 shares in the company, valued at $42,603,800.96. This trade represents a 20.33% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 170,769 shares of company stock valued at $50,297,667 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ORCL has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Redburn Partners set a $175.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Rothschild Redb raised Oracle to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, September 8th. Stephens boosted their target price on Oracle from $208.00 to $331.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $323.69.

Oracle Trading Down 0.7%

ORCL opened at $281.25 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The business’s 50 day moving average is $275.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is $222.60. The firm has a market cap of $801.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.53.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 21.08% and a return on equity of 72.93%. Oracle’s revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.39 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 46.30%.

Oracle Company Profile

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.