Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stock Holdings Trimmed by Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT lowered its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 8.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 228,022 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 20,724 shares during the quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT’s holdings in Oracle were worth $33,544,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 3,216,915 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 665,374 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in Oracle by 29.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,874,070,000 after purchasing an additional 6,826,299 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Oracle by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 27,125,099 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,286,953,000 after purchasing an additional 495,146 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the topic of a number of research reports. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $235.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, June 8th. UBS Group increased their price objective 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, Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $265.03.

Oracle Trading Down 4.3%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $114.90 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $170.31 and its 200 day moving average price is $166.88. The company has a market cap of $330.97 billion, a PE ratio of 19.71, a P/E/G ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $114.75 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS 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 firm had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle won a nearly $7 billion, 10-year U.S. Department of Defense software contract, a meaningful revenue win that could strengthen its government business and support sentiment around its cloud and enterprise software platform. Oracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billion
• Positive Sentiment: Retail traders and some analysts see the Pentagon award as a potential catalyst for more federal AI and enterprise-software deals, which could improve Oracle’s growth outlook near term. What’s Going On With Oracle Stock on Friday?
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary around Oracle’s AI infrastructure strategy remains mixed: supporters point to a large AI order backlog, while skeptics question whether the company can turn that demand into profits quickly enough. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Opinions on AI Infrastructure Investments and Stock Decline
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish articles continue to highlight Oracle’s large capex burden, rising debt load, and concerns that free cash flow may stay pressured as it builds out AI data centers. Here’s why Oracle stock may still hit $100 despite the Pentagon contract
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle is also facing broader investor concern over slowing web traffic and weak sentiment around its AI spending, with some commentary framing the company as overextended. Ca$htag$: ORCL Becoming AI “House of Cards” as CapEx Concerns Swell

About Oracle

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.