Oracle’s (ORCL) “Market Outperform” Rating Reaffirmed at Citizens Jmp

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)‘s stock had its “market outperform” rating reissued by analysts at Citizens Jmp in a note issued to investors on Friday, Benzinga reports. They presently have a $285.00 price target on the enterprise software provider’s stock. Citizens Jmp’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 98.78% from the company’s current price.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. KeyCorp set a $285.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Freedom Broker lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, September 14th. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday. Finally, Wedbush lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $251.72.

Oracle Trading Up 3.8%

Shares of ORCL traded up $5.31 on Friday, reaching $143.38. 12,159,720 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 29,399,316. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $433.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.78. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $143.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $159.57. Oracle has a 12 month low of $114.50 and a 12 month high of $322.54.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $19.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Oracle will post 6.69 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, Director Stephen Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 25,390 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total transaction of $399,122.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 64,357 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,762,956.90. The trade was a 3.93% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock worth $5,342,123. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its stake in Oracle by 29.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after acquiring an additional 6,826,299 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 0.8% in the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 14,680,278 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,151,395,000 after acquiring an additional 123,294 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 8.6% in the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 14,539,366 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,815,242,000 after acquiring an additional 1,148,698 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in Oracle by 3.0% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,251,059 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,949,363,000 after acquiring an additional 384,984 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its stake in Oracle by 1.5% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 9,878,184 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,447,648,000 after acquiring an additional 144,087 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reported $7 billion Tencent AI agreement strengthens Oracle’s growth case. Tencent reportedly signed a five-year lease for access to approximately 100,000 advanced AI chips through Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia. The deal could provide significant contracted revenue and validate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s ability to serve customers facing chip-access restrictions. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Citizens JMP reaffirmed its “market outperform” rating and set a $285 price target. The target implies substantial upside from the current level, reflecting optimism about Oracle’s cloud and AI opportunity. Benzinga report
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying provides a confidence signal. Director Stephen Rusckowski purchased 25,000 shares for approximately $3.5 million at an average price of $139.35, increasing his direct ownership by more than 6,400%. SEC filing
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle committed to absorb $300 million in Point Beach nuclear-power costs. The agreement is expected to reduce fuel costs for more than 1 million Wisconsin utility customers while supporting reliable power for Oracle’s data-center expansion. Oracle announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle’s latest quarter showed 29.6% year-over-year revenue growth and earnings above consensus, but investors are weighing that performance against the company’s heavy AI infrastructure spending.
• Negative Sentiment: Margin and cash-flow risks remain the primary overhang. A shift toward consumption-based database services may expand growth, but rising infrastructure costs and negative free cash flow could pressure Oracle’s historically strong margins and increase financing risk.
• Negative Sentiment: Data-center execution concerns could delay revenue. Reports flagged potential power-connection delays at Oracle’s 1.3-gigawatt Wisconsin campus, while flooding near its New Mexico AI project added another risk, despite no reported critical infrastructure damage. Aterio report

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud services and related hardware. Its offerings help businesses manage databases, applications, data, infrastructure and other core information-technology operations.

The company is best known for its Oracle Database, along with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services. Oracle also provides enterprise applications for functions such as finance, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.