Wealthspire Advisors LLC Trims Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Wealthspire Advisors LLC cut its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 1.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,701 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 326 shares during the quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,526,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. LGT Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Oracle during the second quarter valued at $34,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Oracle in the second quarter valued at $38,000. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle by 1,770.0% in the second quarter. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 187 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 177 shares during the period. Finally, Orion Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 32.2% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 193 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,222 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.91, for a total value of $641,958.02. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 29,225 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,443,394.75. This trade represents a 7.07% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 19,758 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $5,927,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 18,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,528,700. This trade represents a 51.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 204,254 shares of company stock worth $60,227,807 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Up 0.5%

NYSE ORCL opened at $220.97 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $278.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $235.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.62. The company has a market cap of $629.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.51. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $14.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.39 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, October 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.30%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Erste Group Bank lowered Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on Oracle from $202.00 to $306.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Rothschild Redb upgraded Oracle to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of Oracle from $325.00 to $375.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $246.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $322.26.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.