71 West Capital Partners Purchases Shares of 8,528 Oracle Corporation $ORCL

71 West Capital Partners purchased a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 8,528 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,662,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Xponance Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 406,544 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $114,336,000 after acquiring an additional 7,320 shares during the period. DDD Partners LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,677,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 28.6% during the 3rd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,107,586 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $311,497,000 after purchasing an additional 246,243 shares during the last quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board lifted its holdings in Oracle by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 76,590 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $14,928,000 after purchasing an additional 3,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd lifted its holdings in Oracle by 1,945.8% during the 3rd quarter. KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd now owns 92,736 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $26,081,000 after purchasing an additional 88,203 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s latest quarter showed a double beat on revenue and earnings, and the company reported record remaining performance obligations of $638 billion, reinforcing its long-term cloud and AI growth story. Oracle Is (ORCL) Down Despite Revealing $638 Billion Worth Of Orders, Is The Market Wrong On This One?
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is seeing renewed bullish commentary from analysts, with reports noting that BofA and Goldman Sachs remain constructive on the AI cloud infrastructure opportunity despite the recent pullback. Why Is Oracle Stock Surging On Monday?
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle landed a new U.S. government contract for a human-resources platform, which bulls see as evidence that demand for its Fusion Cloud offerings remains strong. Oracle Is (ORCL) Down Despite Revealing $638 Billion Worth Of Orders, Is The Market Wrong On This One?
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle continues to win enterprise adoption, including a new deployment by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health using Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, but this is more of a steady business update than a major stock catalyst. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Optimizes Operations and Patient Care with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle’s new AI pricing model and ongoing coverage on income/dividend appeal may support investor interest, but these items are unlikely to move the stock materially on their own. Is Oracle (ORCL) One of the Best S&P 500 Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now?
• Negative Sentiment: Several reports say the stock remains under pressure because investors are uneasy about Oracle’s heavy AI capex and the planned capital raise, which could dilute returns and weigh on near-term margins and cash flow. Oracle’s Stock Is Plummeting. Is This an Opportunity or a Red Flag?
• Negative Sentiment: Recent analyst target cuts, including from Wedbush and Scotiabank, suggest the market is still reassessing Oracle’s valuation after the selloff. Oracle Stock Has Shed More Than 20% in Just 5 Days. Bulls Are Hoping a New Federal Government Win Can Turn Things Around.

Oracle Trading Up 4.3%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $192.11 on Tuesday. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $134.57 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $552.52 billion, a PE ratio of 32.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84. The company has a 50-day moving average of $185.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $177.73.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 56.43%. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on ORCL shares. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Wedbush cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

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.