Picton Mahoney Asset Management Sells 4,360 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Picton Mahoney Asset Management trimmed its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 6.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 62,570 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 4,360 shares during the quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management’s holdings in Oracle were worth $17,597,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Oracle during the second quarter worth about $4,275,378,000. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 2,062.4% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,595,072,000 after buying an additional 8,800,546 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $47,518,451,000 after buying an additional 4,681,626 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 333.7% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,473,137,000 after buying an additional 4,030,382 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 42.1% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,839,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,932,507,000 after acquiring an additional 2,619,722 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI backlog and cloud growth boost revenue visibility — reports show Oracle’s AI backlog surged, cloud revenue up ~34% y/y and roughly $4B in new AI deals that underpin fiscal‑2027 growth expectations, supporting longer‑term revenue trajectories. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Industry recognition for Financial Services unit — Oracle Financial Services ranked top vendor in the 2026 Chartis RiskTech100 report (leadership in AI and risk/AML categories), reinforcing competitive strength in regulated verticals. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial momentum: F1/AI partnership — Oracle’s expanded work with Oracle Red Bull Racing to deliver cloud and AI solutions highlights enterprise demand and brand positioning in high‑visibility AI deployments. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings date set (catalyst) — Oracle will report Q3 FY2026 results on March 10 after the close and host a 4:00 p.m. webcast; results and commentary on AI deal conversion and capital spending will likely drive short‑term moves. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Data center demand visible but financed off‑balance — Applied Digital is marketing $2.15B of junk bonds to fund a 200MW facility leased to Oracle, showing demand for Oracle compute capacity but adding no direct Oracle capex visibility. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Widespread securities‑fraud lawsuits — Multiple firms have filed/class notices alleging Oracle misled investors about AI data‑center capabilities and capex plans (class period June 12–Dec 16, 2025) and are soliciting lead plaintiffs before an April 6 deadline; this legal overhang increases litigation risk, potential settlements and short‑term selling pressure. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive/contract risks: Java and support alternatives — Azul’s win (customer cut Java licensing from Oracle) and third‑party support wins (Rimini Street) highlight pockets of revenue pressure from customers reducing Oracle licensing/support spend. Article Title

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. This represents a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, January 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their target price on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $287.94.

Oracle Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $148.99 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $428.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.66. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $118.86 and a 52-week high of $345.72. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $172.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $222.44.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The firm had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

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.