Madison Asset Management LLC Decreases Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Madison Asset Management LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 98.1% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,471 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 130,600 shares during the period. Madison Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $364,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 76.9% in the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Verum Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Verum Partners LLC now owns 2,409 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $470,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,486 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,069,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Sherman Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 5.5% in the 1st quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $155,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Finally, Southern Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 1.3% in the first quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $654,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Some analysts remain bullish, arguing Oracle’s massive backlog and cloud growth support long-term upside despite the selloff. Oracle stock is still a buy: Analyst outlines his bull case
• Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reiterated an outperform/buy view, saying Oracle’s risk/reward looks attractive and that the stock may have become oversold. Mizuho analyst on Oracle stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Several recent pieces say Oracle may be deeply oversold and could rebound technically if selling pressure eases. Oracle Corp. (ORCL) Price Forecast
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Oracle could face a $7 billion collateral bill for its Wisconsin data center have intensified funding and execution worries. Oracle could face $7bn collateral bill for Wisconsin data centre
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also worried that AI-related spending is consuming free cash flow across big tech, including Oracle, which could pressure margins and capital returns. Analysis-AI investment boom puts Big Tech’s free cash flow under pressure

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have issued reports on ORCL. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, June 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $265.03.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE:ORCL opened at $125.86 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $173.38 and its 200 day moving average is $167.78. The firm has a market cap of $362.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.59, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $120.03 and a 52-week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.70 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The transaction 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.

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.