Cardano Risk Management B.V. Sells 4,475,051 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Cardano Risk Management B.V. decreased its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 89.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 515,959 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 4,475,051 shares during the quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $75,902,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Oracle by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after buying an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,527,759 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $14,916,026,000 after buying an additional 3,216,915 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,328,754,000 after buying an additional 665,374 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 29.3% in the 4th 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. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 27,125,099 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,286,953,000 after acquiring an additional 495,146 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on ORCL shares. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $284.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.27.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle reported a record $638 billion backlog, which strengthens long-term revenue visibility and supports the bull case that AI cloud demand is translating into future sales. Oracle’s Contract Backlog Swells: Is Long-Term Revenue Growth Secured?
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle strengthened its defense ecosystem by adding new companies focused on mission-ready AI, cyber, and secure cloud capabilities, highlighting expanding demand for Oracle’s infrastructure and AI platform. Oracle Strengthens Defense Ecosystem to Help Emerging Technology Companies Scale Mission-Ready Capabilities
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle Health announced an AI collaboration with Theator, extending Oracle’s cloud and AI footprint into surgical intelligence and healthcare workflow automation. Oracle Health Extends AI into the Operating Room in Collaboration with Theator
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles argued that Oracle could still be a major long-term AI winner, but these were mostly opinion pieces and valuation debates rather than new hard fundamentals. Can Oracle Become a $1 Trillion Company?
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle cut about 21,000 jobs, and the layoffs have fueled investor worries that the company’s AI transition is coming with disruption, restructuring risk, and potential pressure on sentiment. Oracle Reveals 21,000 Job Cuts as AI Adoption Reshapes Workforce
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also highlighted Oracle’s growing capital intensity, AI spending, and a warning that preferred-stock conversions or ATM issuance could dilute shareholders and weigh on the stock. Oracle: Becoming A Highly Capital-Intensive NG-Dependent Wholesale Colocation Utility (Rating Downgrade)

Oracle Stock Down 3.0%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $152.82 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $189.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $175.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.12. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $134.57 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The company has a market capitalization of $440.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.65.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.