Global X Japan Co. Ltd. Trims Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Global X Japan Co. Ltd. trimmed its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 39.3% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 6,314 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 4,089 shares during the period. Global X Japan Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,231,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,593,000 after purchasing an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in Oracle by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $903,000 after buying an additional 404 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its position in Oracle by 21.5% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the period. United Bank lifted its stake in Oracle by 6.8% in the second quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,288,000 after buying an additional 963 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 19.2% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,556,000 after acquiring an additional 8,530 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reinstated coverage and set a $200 price target (roughly +30% upside), citing Oracle’s AI/cloud opportunity — a bullish analyst call that can support buying interest. Bank of America Resets Oracle Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: Veritone signed a multi-year agreement to migrate its AI platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), validating OCI demand from AI-native customers and potentially lifting cloud revenue/consumption. Veritone Announces Strategic Agreement with Oracle
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle signed a new 116,000 sq ft lease in Nashville to expand office capacity to ~2,000 seats — a sign of hiring and on‑the‑ground investment that supports long‑term cloud/engineering growth. Oracle Scales Up Nashville Offices
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison was named to the new presidential tech advisory committee — positive for regulatory/policy access but neutral near term for revenues. Trump Appoints 13 Tech Leaders to Emerging Technologies Advisory Committee
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or announced investor alerts and class actions alleging misstatements about AI/data center capex and disclosures, with April 6 lead-plaintiff deadlines — litigation risk and potential settlements could pressure the stock. Class Action Deadline Notice
• Negative Sentiment: An article reports ORCL price-target cuts/concerns over revenue conversion and near-term margin/capex tradeoffs tied to AI infrastructure — a catalyst for analyst downgrades and selling pressure. Oracle Price Target Lowered on Revenue Conversion Concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Market context: U.S. futures fell and Oracle underperformed peers in recent sessions, increasing downside sensitivity to macro headlines and sector rotation. Market Futures Drop / Oracle in Focus

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently commented on ORCL shares. DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $229.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $200.00 target price for the company. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Mizuho lowered their target price on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.91.

Oracle Trading Down 2.2%

NYSE:ORCL opened at $142.74 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $157.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $213.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $410.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.63, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.91%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Company Profile

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.