Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV Boosts Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 17.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 450,037 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 68,240 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV’s holdings in Oracle were worth $126,568,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $47,518,451,000 after purchasing an additional 4,681,626 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,459,391 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $16,060,427,000 after buying an additional 1,252,723 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted 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 valued at $6,555,961,000 after buying an additional 266,588 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Oracle during the second quarter valued at approximately $4,275,378,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in Oracle by 0.8% during the 3rd 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 buying an additional 98,693 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: Blowout Q3 results — Oracle topped EPS and revenue estimates, raised FY guidance and emphasized cloud/AI momentum, which is the primary driver for today’s upside. Oracle Is Soaring After Blowout Earnings. 3 Reasons to Buy the Stock (and 1 Reason to Avoid It).
• Positive Sentiment: “Best quarter in 15 years” narrative — strong cloud revenue growth and a large remaining performance obligation/backlog have shifted sentiment toward sustained AI‑infrastructure revenue expansion. Oracle Just Posted Its Best Quarter in 15 Years — Here’s Why 2026 Could Get Even Better
• Positive Sentiment: Data‑center buildout & OpenAI backlog thesis — coverage notes a large multi‑year AI contract runway (and a cited ~$110B catalyst) with customer prepayments and supplied GPUs reducing near‑term funding risk. This underpins investor conviction in Oracle’s cloud cadence. The $110 Billion Catalyst That Makes It More Likely Oracle Will Hit Its 700% Cloud Infrastructure Revenue Growth Guidance by 2030
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst moves — some firms (e.g., Mizuho) trimmed lofty targets but kept bullish ratings, reflecting optimism on growth with more conservative valuation assumptions. These notes are moderating upside expectations rather than flipping the story. Benzinga: Mizuho PT change
• Neutral Sentiment: Stifel cut its price target (from $275 to $220) while retaining a Buy — a sign analysts are wrestling with higher capex and near‑term margin/valuation tradeoffs even as they remain constructive on AI/cloud. Stifel Cuts PT on Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
• Negative Sentiment: Reported large layoffs (20k–30k) — media reports that Oracle may cut up to ~18% of staff to fund aggressive AI/data‑center capex raise execution and reputational risks; layoffs can create short‑term disruption and investor concern. Oracle Layoff Plan Raises Questions For AI And Cloud Growth Story
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud class actions filed — law firms are soliciting lead plaintiffs over disclosures about data‑center capabilities and capex; litigation risk and related legal costs are a meaningful overhang for investors. Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Class Action Lawsuit Filed

Oracle Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of ORCL opened at $155.97 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $165.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $217.24. The company has a market cap of $448.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS 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 firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on ORCL. Citizens Jmp reduced their price objective on Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Scotiabank cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 9th. Melius Research set a $160.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $265.77.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the sale, the director directly owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064. 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.