Bridgeway Capital Management LLC Sells 7,804 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Bridgeway Capital Management LLC cut its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 5.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 124,979 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 7,804 shares during the quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $24,360,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,627 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,708,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 4,988 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,403,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 76.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Clarion Wealth Managment Partners LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Clarion Wealth Managment Partners LLC now owns 3,563 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,002,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the period. Finally, Verum Partners LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Verum Partners LLC now owns 2,409 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $470,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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• Negative Sentiment: Investor caution remains high after reports that Microsoft walked away from a potential multibillion-dollar Oracle cloud capacity deal, raising concerns about the pace and quality of Oracle’s cloud expansion. Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure talks with Oracle collapse, Business Insider reports
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also focused on Oracle’s leverage and the risks of its hyperscaler strategy, with some analysts arguing the market is underestimating debt and execution challenges. Oracle’s Massive Debt Problem

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on ORCL. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Mizuho set a $320.00 price target on Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated a “mixed” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.27.

Oracle Stock Down 2.7%

Shares of ORCL opened at $183.31 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $527.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $134.57 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $187.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $177.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 56.43% and a net margin of 25.37%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 34.31%.

Oracle Company Profile

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.