Oracle Corporation $ORCL Position Lessened by Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC

Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC reduced its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 15.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 19,341 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 3,539 shares during the quarter. Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $5,439,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Kampmann Melissa S. boosted its stake in Oracle by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Kampmann Melissa S. now owns 11,910 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,350,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. McLean Asset Management Corp boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 0.7% during the third quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp now owns 5,319 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,551,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the period. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. grew its holdings in Oracle by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. now owns 5,281 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,485,000 after buying an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $317,000 after buying an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Avion Wealth raised its stake in Oracle by 16.6% during the 3rd quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 260 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $73,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was 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 directly owned 144,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,728,655.60. This represents a 6.49% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 62,223 shares of company stock worth $12,136,764 in the last quarter. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Mizuho set a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, December 15th. KeyCorp dropped their price target on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, January 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $300.46.

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Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $172.89 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $496.72 billion, a PE ratio of 32.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 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. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $195.63 and a 200-day moving average of $238.35. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 company posted $1.47 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

Oracle Company Profile

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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.

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