Insider Buying: Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Director Buys $3,483,750.00 in Stock

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) Director Stephen Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 29th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $139.35 per share, with a total value of $3,483,750.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Oracle Trading Up 3.3%

NYSE ORCL opened at $142.58 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $431.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.35, a PEG ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.17. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.50 and a one year high of $322.54. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $144.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $159.46.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. 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, sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.69 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on ORCL shares. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on Oracle from $241.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 target price (up from $220.00) on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Freedom Broker reduced their price target on Oracle from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 14th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, September 11th. Finally, Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $235.00) on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. One investment 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 assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $251.72.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Oracle

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Polaris Financial Partners bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter worth $103,000. CX Institutional boosted its stake in Oracle by 490.1% during the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 93,876 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $12,889,000 after acquiring an additional 77,968 shares during the last quarter. Doliver Advisors LP grew its holdings in Oracle by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter. Doliver Advisors LP now owns 7,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,018,000 after acquiring an additional 715 shares in the last quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 12.0% during the 3rd quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC now owns 23,587 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,238,000 after acquiring an additional 2,529 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parrish Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. Parrish Capital LLC now owns 15,113 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,075,000 after purchasing an additional 1,168 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reported Tencent deal reinforces AI-cloud demand. Tencent reportedly agreed to a five-year, approximately $7 billion lease for access to 100,000 advanced AI chips across Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia. The agreement would add significant contracted demand and validate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s role in serving customers with limited access to high-end computing capacity. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Flooding appears not to have damaged critical Project Jupiter infrastructure. Oracle said flooding in southern New Mexico affected the surrounding area but did not damage critical infrastructure, and the major AI data-center project remains on schedule. This helped ease a recent execution concern around Oracle’s capacity expansion. Project Jupiter analysis
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying and bullish analyst coverage provided additional support. Director Stephen Rusckowski purchased 25,000 shares for roughly $3.5 million, his first reported open-market purchase since 2025. Citizens JMP also reaffirmed an outperform rating with a $285 price target, citing Oracle’s long-term AI opportunity. SEC Form 4 filing
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle committed to purchasing electricity from Wisconsin’s Point Beach nuclear plant, a move expected to save utility customers about $300 million through 2033. The agreement may improve Oracle’s power-supply profile for data centers and strengthen its public-policy position, but it is not an immediate earnings catalyst. Oracle announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning the quality and sustainability of Oracle’s cash flow. Customer prepayments boost operating cash flow before Oracle delivers contracted cloud services, making reported cash generation less representative of recurring earnings. At the same time, massive infrastructure spending is producing negative free cash flow and increasing financing risk. Cash flow analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle’s shift toward consumption-based cloud databases and AI infrastructure could pressure its historically strong margins. Investors will need evidence that rapidly growing cloud revenue can outpace depreciation, power costs, debt expense and capital requirements. Zacks analysis

Oracle Company Profile

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.