Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO Has $4.43 Million Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO lowered its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 18.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 15,753 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 3,471 shares during the quarter. Oracle accounts for 1.5% of Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,430,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Oracle by 189.3% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after acquiring an additional 100,494 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $903,000 after purchasing an additional 404 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 21.5% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the period. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. grew its position in Oracle by 0.9% during the second quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 8,230 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,799,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Finally, jvl associates llc acquired a new stake in Oracle during the second quarter worth approximately $236,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $168.98 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $194.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $237.87. The stock has a market cap of $485.50 billion, a PE ratio of 31.76, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. The company had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have weighed in on ORCL. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. HSBC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. KeyCorp decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of Oracle from $380.00 to $290.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $300.46.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced a new Oracle Life Sciences AI Data Platform to unify huge real?world health datasets and generative AI analytics — a product win that can drive enterprise AI revenue in healthcare. Oracle Life Sciences AI Data Platform
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s OPERA Cloud was approved by IHG Hotels & Resorts as an approved property?management provider — a commercial win that supports recurring cloud revenue and cross?sell in hospitality. IHG OPERA Cloud approval
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/features pieces argue Oracle has AI infrastructure advantages (cost and HPC niches) and remains on analysts’ lists for upside — a reminder the sell?off has left potential valuation upside if AI demand normalizes. The AI Infrastructure Stock That’s Stealing Market Share in 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary notes ORCL is retreating alongside mixed broader market cues — situational selling rather than company?specific news in some sessions. Shares Retreat While S&P 500 Digests Mixed Cues
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes Oracle unveiled an AI analytics platform for life sciences even as shares trended lower — product momentum exists but hasn’t halted the broader sell?off. Oracle Stock Is Trending
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple outlets report ORCL has fallen more than 50% from last year’s peak as investors dump AI names and fret over Oracle’s OpenAI ties — the share collapse is the primary driver of negative sentiment. Oracle Stock Drops by More Than Half Amid AI Concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Commentary explains Thursday’s slump was driven by a broader AI sell?off and investor concern, not just Oracle fundamentals — accelerating downside momentum. Why Oracle Stock Slumped on Thursday
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/investor?action notices: Girard Sharp and Pomerantz both issued investigation alerts related to losses tied to Oracle’s 2025 AI buildout deals and other claims — potential litigation risk/settlement exposure. Girard Sharp Investigation Notice Pomerantz Investor Alert
• Negative Sentiment: Operational noise: Oracle reported a data?center outage that impacted some U.S. TikTok users — operational incidents can weigh on near?term confidence. Data Center Outage
• Negative Sentiment: Context/market narrative: features on Buffett’s move (saying it cost Berkshire billions) and pieces questioning whether ORCL can recover have amplified negative sentiment and press coverage. Buffett Broke Investing Rule

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total transaction of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 25,596 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.52, for a total value of $1,925,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 144,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,728,655.60. The trade was a 6.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 62,223 shares of company stock worth $12,136,764 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.