Geode Capital Management LLC Buys 665,374 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 1.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 665,374 shares during the quarter. Oracle comprises 0.5% of Geode Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. Geode Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $7,328,754,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC raised its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the third quarter valued at about $35,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 290.9% in the fourth quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Collier Financial bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the third quarter valued at about $38,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wedbush lifted their price target on Oracle from $225.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Arete Research set a $255.00 price target on Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Scotiabank cut their price target on Oracle from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $261.46.

Insider Activity

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

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle was upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), signaling improving earnings optimism and helping support the stock’s longer-term outlook. Oracle (ORCL) Upgraded to Buy: Here’s Why
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is being tied to massive AI infrastructure spending, with a report highlighting hyperscale cloud investments from firms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Meta, and Oracle as a key driver of rapid co-packaged optics market growth. Co-Packaged Optics Market Size to Hit USD 1,923.64 million by 2035 | SNS Insider
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched a new campaign for its Project Jupiter data center, emphasizing community investment, cleaner energy, and lower water usage, which may help ease local concerns around expansion. Oracle Launches New Campaign Highlighting Commitments to Doña Ana County
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Financial Services Software finalized a perpetual license deal with a global U.S. bank, but the item appears to relate to the separately listed subsidiary rather than being a direct catalyst for ORCL shares. Oracle Financial Services Software Finalises Perpetual Licence Deal With Global U.S. Bank
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also focusing on Oracle’s heavy debt and private-credit funding tied to rapid AI data-center expansion, which has raised financing-risk questions. Oracle Project Jupiter Puts AI Growth And Debt Risks In Focus
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle was mentioned alongside job cuts in a broader discussion of AI and layoffs, which can keep sentiment cautious around corporate spending and restructuring. Sam Altman Says AI Will Not Lead To A Global ‘Jobs Apocalypse’

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $190.73 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $548.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.24, a P/E/G ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.55. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $134.57 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $168.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $178.27.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

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.