RFG Advisory LLC Sells 5,250 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

RFG Advisory LLC lessened its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 21.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,335 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 5,250 shares during the period. RFG Advisory LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,769,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake 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 valued at $34,070,674,000 after buying an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in Oracle by 1.2% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 23,310,827 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,555,961,000 after acquiring an additional 266,588 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.8% during the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 11,938,457 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,357,572,000 after acquiring an additional 98,693 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,696,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,289,595,000 after acquiring an additional 381,572 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 16.6% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 10,303,992 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,897,895,000 after purchasing an additional 1,464,826 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Up 4.8%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $194.20 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm has a market cap of $558.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.86, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.55. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $134.57 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $156.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $186.54.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ORCL. Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $160.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $259.56.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Massive contracted backlog — independent coverage highlights a $553 billion backlog that grew ~325% year-over-year, which investors view as multi-year revenue visibility and a key reason to buy ORCL shares. Oracle’s $553 Billion Backlog
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure case and technical breakout — analysis argues Oracle’s chart has flipped to a breakout driven by AI-infrastructure demand and recent rally momentum, supporting further upside. Oracle Stock’s Breakout Is Real
• Positive Sentiment: New defense and AI contract headlines — reporting ties a classified U.S. defense deal and broader AI spending catalysts to Oracle’s surge, underlining government as an incremental demand source. Why Is Oracle Stock Surging
• Positive Sentiment: Major Michigan data?center build for Oracle/OpenAI moves forward — construction reports on the $16B campus (built for Oracle and OpenAI) reinforce tangible capex and long-term capacity expansion supporting cloud/inference revenue. Walbridge Is Building the Largest Project
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and Wall Street tone is mixed-to-positive — coverage roundup pieces assess whether the Street is broadly bullish or bearish; some firms (Wedbush) reaffirm Outperform while others caution on concentration risk. Oracle stock outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/peer context — Microsoft’s strong AI/cloud revenue growth underscores the competitive and capex environment Oracle competes in; investors weigh margin pressure and higher industry capex when valuing ORCL. Microsoft Q3 Revenues Jump
• Negative Sentiment: Concentration and spending concerns — articles note that a major AI customer dominates Oracle’s story and some investors worry about AI spending concentration and potential margin/cost pressures. Oracle Stock Is Still Down YTD
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/backlash risk tied to layoffs and “train your replacement” themes — commentators suggest social and operational pushback could create headlines that pressure sentiment. The Backlash to “Train Your Replacement” Begins

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.