Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Research Coverage Started at Bank of America

Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) in a research report released on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports. The firm issued a buy rating and a $200.00 price objective on the enterprise software provider’s stock.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on ORCL. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. TD Cowen decreased their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Three investment 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 given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.91.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $142.74 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. Oracle has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $157.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $213.15. The company has a market capitalization of $410.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Oracle will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction 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. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,593,000 after purchasing an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 8.1% during the 4th 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 last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its position in Oracle by 21.5% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the period. United Bank increased its position in Oracle by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,288,000 after buying an additional 963 shares during the period. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 19.2% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,556,000 after buying an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reinstated coverage and set a $200 price target, arguing Oracle can gain more than 30% as AI and cloud adoption accelerate — this is a bullish analyst catalyst for upside. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle signed a multi‑year deal to migrate Veritone’s AI solutions to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a client win that validates OCI for enterprise AI workloads and can drive cloud revenue growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle expanded its Nashville footprint with a new 116,000 sq. ft. lease to support hiring and longer‑term talent capacity — a sign of planned growth and local investment. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Industry writeups and analysis (Seeking Alpha, media) highlight Oracle’s multicloud/Exadata strategy and recent product moves into AI “agentic” apps as drivers of recurring, higher‑margin revenue over time. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary notes ORCL underperformed peers intraday, reflecting sector rotation and profit‑taking rather than new company fundamentals. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks and other outlets flagged Oracle in screens of recovery/rebound stories after strong cloud results — useful context but not an immediate price driver. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or publicized securities‑fraud class actions alleging Oracle misstatements about AI/data‑center capex and disclosures for purchases between June–Dec 2025; several firms are soliciting lead‑plaintiff candidates with an April 6 deadline — this legal overhang can pressure the stock and raise uncertainty. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: An analyst note (published today) lowered Oracle’s price target on concerns around revenue conversion and near‑term capital spending for AI infrastructure — a valuation headwind that likely offsets some bullish commentary. Read More.

Oracle Company 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.