Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stake Lowered by Curated Wealth Partners LLC

Curated Wealth Partners LLC reduced its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 94.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 11,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 187,298 shares during the quarter. Curated Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,522,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. Purus Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Oracle in the third quarter valued at about $204,000. Mainsail Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 32.9% during the third quarter. Mainsail Asset Management LLC now owns 4,917 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $712,000 after acquiring an additional 1,217 shares in the last quarter. C2P Capital Advisory Group LLC d.b.a. Prosperity Capital Advisors grew its stake in Oracle by 59.8% in the third quarter. C2P Capital Advisory Group LLC d.b.a. Prosperity Capital Advisors now owns 5,527 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $759,000 after acquiring an additional 2,068 shares during the period. HBW Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle by 15.1% during the third quarter. HBW Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,753 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $378,000 after purchasing an additional 362 shares during the period. Finally, Howard Financial Services LTD. raised its holdings in Oracle by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. Howard Financial Services LTD. now owns 2,548 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $350,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. KeyCorp set a $285.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $290.00 target price (down from $320.00) on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, September 10th. Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, September 14th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $220.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Finally, Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $285.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $251.72.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s approximately $664 billion remaining performance obligation backlog and strong cloud demand remain major long-term growth supports. Mizuho reaffirmed an Outperform rating and a $320 price target, arguing that the recent AI-related selloff may create an attractive entry point. Wall Street analyst updates Oracle stock price target
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle continues advancing Project Jupiter, including a proposed electricity agreement and its reaffirmation of Bloom Energy as the campus’s primary power source. Vertex also made its tax engine available through Oracle Cloud Marketplace, supporting the company’s ecosystem and cloud adoption. Oracle Project Jupiter power agreement
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle is urging regulators to approve a New Mexico natural-gas pipeline needed for Project Jupiter. Approval could help avoid construction delays, but the request highlights the project’s dependence on major power and regulatory infrastructure. Oracle urges FERC to expedite New Mexico gas pipeline
• Negative Sentiment: Hotter-than-expected September inflation revived interest-rate concerns and pushed Treasury yields higher. Higher rates reduce the present value of long-duration technology growth and increase the cost of funding Oracle’s capital-intensive AI buildout. Oracle tumbles on hotter CPI data
• Negative Sentiment: CoreWeave’s bonds reportedly yielded nearly 15%, intensifying fears that rising AI financing costs could weaken demand, delay projects or pressure the value of Oracle’s backlog. Investors are also concerned that heavy infrastructure spending is pushing free cash flow negative. Oracle fell as CoreWeave bond concerns spread
• Negative Sentiment: An outside law firm is investigating potential customer claims related to an alleged Oracle Health data breach. The investigation does not establish liability, but it introduces legal, reputational and compliance risk. Oracle Health data breach investigation

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total value of $399,122.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 64,357 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,762,956.90. The trade was a 3.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Michael Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total transaction of $3,420,173.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 182,929 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,730,207.11. The trade was a 10.98% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. Company insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL stock traded up $2.89 during trading on Thursday, hitting $133.44. The company had a trading volume of 18,448,268 shares, compared to its average volume of 29,402,604. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $145.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $158.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $403.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.17. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.50 and a one year high of $322.54.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.18. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.13 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.35%.

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.