Intellus Advisors LLC Increases Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Intellus Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 34.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,960 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 497 shares during the quarter. Intellus Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $429,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new position in Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth $14,591,000. Prudential Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 83.9% in the second quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 1,934,529 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $422,946,000 after purchasing an additional 882,823 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Oracle by 24.9% in the second quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 88,836 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $19,422,000 after buying an additional 17,687 shares during the last quarter. Providence Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $180,000. Finally, Barings LLC purchased a new position in Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $222,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.64, for a total transaction of $11,065,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 154,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,610,859.20. The trade was a 20.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Jeffrey Berg sold 49,365 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.02, for a total value of $13,971,282.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 151,999 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,018,756.98. The trade was a 24.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 204,254 shares of company stock valued at $60,227,807. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on ORCL. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $367.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Oracle from $330.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price objective on Oracle from $271.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Rothschild Redb upgraded Oracle to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Finally, BNP Paribas set a $377.00 target price on Oracle in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $322.26.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $198.54 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $566.00 billion, a PE ratio of 45.96, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 1.51. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $272.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $236.78.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $14.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.39 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.30%.

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.