Indivisible Partners acquired a new position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 7,395 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,441,000.
Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 2,062.4% in the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,595,072,000 after purchasing an additional 8,800,546 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in Oracle by 333.7% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,473,137,000 after acquiring an additional 4,030,382 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in Oracle by 32.9% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 9,636,090 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,809,609,000 after acquiring an additional 2,385,556 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its holdings in Oracle by 921.6% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,311,815 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $450,596,000 after acquiring an additional 2,085,514 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms recently issued reports on ORCL. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Mizuho reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 16th. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight 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, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $259.56.
Key Headlines Impacting Oracle
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Massive Michigan data?center financing wrapped up — a $14B bond sale (part of a reported $16B package) reduces short?term funding uncertainty and signals commitment to Oracle’s hyperscaler AI buildout. Oracle (ORCL) Secures Financing for Data Center in Michigan
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle secured a classified AI contract with the U.S. Defense Department — a high?margin, strategic win that validates Oracle’s government AI positioning and supports revenue visibility in enterprise/government AI workloads. Oracle secures classified AI deal with US Defense Department
- Positive Sentiment: Project Jupiter / Bloom Energy partnership — Oracle is deploying on?site fuel cells and microgrids for AI campuses, cutting operating risk from grid constraints and improving ESG profile for its New Mexico buildout. This reduces long?term operating cost risk for energy?hungry AI infrastructure. Oracle Project Jupiter Puts AI Power Costs And Valuation In Focus
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Wedbush reiterated Outperform and told investors to ignore short?term OpenAI panic — that endorsement and a $225 price target help buyer confidence amid recent volatility. Ignore the OpenAI Panic and Keep Buying Oracle Stock, Says Wedbush
- Neutral Sentiment: Corporate PR / noncore wins: Oracle is supporting the Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) trial — positive for corporate brand and non?material revenue but helpful for ESG/community relations. Oracle Supports Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) to Advance a New Era of Clinical Research, Launches First Trial
- Neutral Sentiment: Regional affiliate news — Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS) set a dividend record date (India) — positive for that unit’s shareholders but largely immaterial to ORCL’s core U.S. valuation. Dividend alert! Last date to buy OFSS shares for Rs 270 dividend
- Negative Sentiment: OpenAI execution concerns: reports of missed OpenAI targets have pressured AI?ecosystem stocks and dented sentiment around Oracle’s AI growth thesis (OpenAI is a major customer/partner), prompting some profit?taking. What Oracle Investors Need to Know About OpenAI’s Struggles
- Negative Sentiment: Local/political risk in Michigan: a Saline Township vote initially rejected the project, highlighting community opposition and permitting risk even as construction reportedly began — underlines potential regulatory, legal and PR headwinds for the campus. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Workforce/layoff backlash: commentary on mass layoffs and the “train your replacement” backlash raises reputational and execution risk that could affect morale and longer?term execution costs. The Backlash to “Train Your Replacement” Begins
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.
Oracle Trading Up 2.8%
Shares of ORCL opened at $185.42 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $134.57 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $155.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $187.37. The firm has a market cap of $533.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.55.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Oracle Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.91%.
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.
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