Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Verus Capital Partners LLC

Verus Capital Partners LLC reduced its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 16.4% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 20,045 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 3,936 shares during the period. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $2,949,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Vestor Capital LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 2,723.5% in the first quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 11,153 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,641,000 after purchasing an additional 10,758 shares during the period. CCM Investment Advisers LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 74.9% during the first quarter. CCM Investment Advisers LLC now owns 68,215 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $10,035,000 after purchasing an additional 29,217 shares during the period. SHUTTLEWORTH & Co raised its stake in Oracle by 1.5% during the first quarter. SHUTTLEWORTH & Co now owns 13,993 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,059,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares during the period. Western Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 57.3% in the 1st quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,951 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,200,000 after purchasing an additional 5,444 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Silicon Valley Capital Partners boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 72.5% in the 1st quarter. Silicon Valley Capital Partners now owns 146,150 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $21,500,000 after purchasing an additional 61,408 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, 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 company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the subject of several research reports. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Arete Research set a $255.00 price target on Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $265.03.

Oracle Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of ORCL opened at $129.99 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $114.50 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $163.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $164.42. 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 stock has a market cap of $374.42 billion, a PE ratio of 22.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. 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 6.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.5%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded Google Cloud AI partnership: Oracle and Google Cloud will make Google’s Gemini models available across Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications and NetSuite. The integration could help thousands of enterprise customers automate workflows, improve decision-making and build agentic applications, strengthening Oracle’s cloud platform and AI monetization prospects. Oracle to Make Gemini Models Available to Thousands of Enterprise Applications Customers
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Coverage points to a consensus price target near $248 and notes that three Wall Street analysts have targets of $400. The forecasts reflect confidence that Oracle’s cloud growth and AI-related demand are not fully reflected in its depressed valuation. 3 Wall Street Analysts Have Oracle Going to $400
• Positive Sentiment: Backlog viewed as undervalued: Bullish commentary argues that Oracle’s large, OCI-driven remaining performance obligations and cloud backlog are receiving little credit from the market. If converted into revenue as expected, the backlog could support stronger long-term growth. Oracle’s Massive Backlog Gets No Credit
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader AI-cloud rebound: Oracle’s move occurred alongside a sharp recovery in AI infrastructure stocks, suggesting that sector-wide risk appetite and technical factors are also contributing, rather than the movement being driven solely by company fundamentals. AI Cloud Names Snap Back
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and capital-spending risks remain: Reporting highlights the substantial debt Oracle has taken on to build data centers for AI workloads. Heavy investment could pressure cash flow and returns if cloud demand or utilization falls short of expectations. Five Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Larry Ellison’s A.I. Gamble

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.