Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by DJE Kapital AG

DJE Kapital AG trimmed its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 49.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 49,604 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 47,644 shares during the period. DJE Kapital AG’s holdings in Oracle were worth $6,987,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 76.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Verum Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Verum Partners LLC now owns 2,409 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $470,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,486 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,069,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 5.5% in the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $155,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Southern Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.3% in the first quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $654,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Mizuho set a $320.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $265.03.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $121.38 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $349.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.82, a P/E/G ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $120.03 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $175.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $168.74.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% 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 quarter in the previous year, the business 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. Equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Negative Sentiment: CLSA initiated coverage on Oracle with a Hold rating and a $145 price target, warning that the company’s AI cloud expansion could require hundreds of billions of dollars in investment and may be difficult to fund without significant borrowing. Article title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports say Oracle is falling on concerns about rising debt, massive AI infrastructure capex, and potential credit risk linked to large AI customers such as OpenAI, reinforcing fears that the company’s growth strategy could pressure profitability and balance-sheet flexibility. Article title
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also reacting to Oracle’s recent credit downgrade toward junk territory and the broader selloff in the stock, which has highlighted execution risk despite the company’s large backlog and AI demand narrative. Article title
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle also announced a partnership with IMSA Labs and launched an Oracle Cloud Innovation Studio, showing continued efforts to expand its AI and cloud ecosystem, though this news is not strong enough to offset the current sentiment drag. Article title

Oracle 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.