Sanders Morris Harris LLC Buys 23,499 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Sanders Morris Harris LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 408.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,249 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,499 shares during the period. Sanders Morris Harris LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,014,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.8% in 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 last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its holdings in Oracle by 8.6% during the fourth 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 buying an additional 1,148,698 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in Oracle by 3.0% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,251,059 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,949,363,000 after acquiring an additional 384,984 shares during the period. Amundi raised its position in Oracle by 1.5% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 9,878,184 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,447,648,000 after acquiring an additional 144,087 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in Oracle by 1.7% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 8,586,492 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,262,827,000 after acquiring an additional 147,048 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reaffirmed its $320 price target and “Outperform” rating, arguing that Oracle’s long-term cloud and AI opportunity remains attractive despite regulatory and infrastructure challenges. Wall Street analyst updates Oracle stock price target
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle continues to cite strong cloud demand and approximately $664 billion in remaining performance obligations as support for future growth, although the company’s elevated AI spending is weighing on near-term cash flow. Will Rising Capex Weigh on Oracle’s Free Cash Flow Outlook?
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle urged federal regulators to expedite approval of the Green Chile natural-gas pipeline, which is intended to supply its Project Jupiter data-center campus in New Mexico. Delays could postpone the facility’s launch, while approval would support its AI capacity buildout. Oracle urges FERC to expedite New Mexico gas pipeline
• Negative Sentiment: September inflation came in hotter than expected, lifting Treasury yields and reviving expectations for higher interest rates. That pressured growth and technology stocks, including Oracle, by increasing discount rates and potentially raising financing costs. Stock Market Today, Oct. 14: Oracle Tumbles on Hotter CPI Data Lifting Treasury Yields
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that aggressive AI data-center investment will push free cash flow negative and increase balance-sheet risk. Similar worries intensified after heavily indebted AI cloud provider CoreWeave saw its bond yields approach 15%, highlighting the financing risks across the sector. CoreWeave stock falls as AI borrowing faces new test
• Negative Sentiment: Uncertainty surrounding pipeline approval and Project Jupiter’s construction timeline added to concerns about whether Oracle can convert its large AI commitments into revenue quickly enough to justify the required capital spending. Oracle stock tumbles: What’s going on?
• Negative Sentiment: A law firm is investigating potential customer claims related to an alleged Oracle Health data breach, creating a separate legal and reputational risk. Oracle Health Data Breach investigation

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. President Capital cut their price objective on Oracle from $360.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Rothschild & Co Redburn decreased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $155.00 to $110.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on Oracle from $241.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $251.72.

Oracle Trading Down 8.8%

ORCL traded down $12.60 on Wednesday, hitting $130.60. The company had a trading volume of 51,920,017 shares, compared to its average volume of 29,453,773. The company has a market cap of $394.90 billion, a PE ratio of 20.47, a PEG ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.78. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $114.50 and a 12-month high of $322.54. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $146.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $158.98.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. The company had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.13 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 26.36%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.69 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 31.35%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Michael D. Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total transaction of $3,420,173.58. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 182,929 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,730,207.11. This represents a 10.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen H. Rusckowski purchased 25,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 25,390 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their position. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. 38.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud services and related hardware. Its offerings help businesses manage databases, applications, data, infrastructure and other core information-technology operations.

The company is best known for its Oracle Database, along with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services. Oracle also provides enterprise applications for functions such as finance, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.