Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) EVP Sells $399,122.70 in Stock

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total value of $399,122.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 64,357 shares in the company, valued at $9,762,956.90. This represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Oracle Stock Down 3.2%

NYSE ORCL traded down $4.76 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $144.44. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 22,584,953 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,638,724. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $114.50 and a fifty-two week high of $322.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.17. The company has a market cap of $436.75 billion, a PE ratio of 22.64, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.74. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $142.39 and its 200-day simple moving average is $160.34.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.18. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The company had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. Oracle’s revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.67 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.35%.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle expanded its Digital Assets Data Nexus, adding payment execution integrations, wallet and smart-contract controls, Swift Ledger integration, and AI-assisted risk oversight. The offering could help banks modernize digital-money operations and create additional demand for Oracle’s banking software. Oracle Expands Digital Assets Data Nexus
• Positive Sentiment: New Oracle Health initiatives apply AI to oncology electronic health records, revenue-cycle management, and life-sciences research. These products may strengthen Oracle’s position in healthcare technology and support longer-term recurring cloud revenue. Oracle Oncology EHR
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is collaborating with the Buck Institute on aging research using Oracle Life Sciences Data Intelligence, while a Wipro partnership expands managed pharmacovigilance services. The deals support Oracle’s strategy of monetizing real-world healthcare data and specialized cloud workloads. Oracle and Buck Institute Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle’s reported 50,000-GPU deployment and relationship with AMD highlight strong AI infrastructure demand, but investors are still assessing whether the resulting revenue and returns can justify the required capital spending. AMD and Oracle GPU Deployment
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy debt issuance to fund data-center and AI expansion is reportedly carrying a 37-basis-point financing premium. Higher borrowing costs could pressure cash flow and reduce the near-term returns from Oracle’s cloud investments. Oracle AI Debt Financing Costs
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of more than 500 layoffs in Oracle’s cloud infrastructure division, including engineers and data-center support staff, raise questions about operating efficiency, workforce requirements, and execution during rapid expansion. Oracle Cloud Layoffs

Institutional Trading of Oracle

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Oracle by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,328,754,000 after purchasing an additional 665,374 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in Oracle by 29.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at about $4,336,031,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 0.8% during the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 14,680,278 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,151,395,000 after buying an additional 123,294 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 14,539,366 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,815,242,000 after acquiring an additional 1,148,698 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on ORCL. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Oracle from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $225.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $220.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $252.58.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation is a global enterprise technology company that develops and provides database software, cloud infrastructure, business applications and related technology services. Its offerings help organizations manage data, run applications, support business operations and build technology environments across on-premises, hybrid and cloud-based settings.

The company’s products include Oracle Database, MySQL, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud applications for enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.