Meeder Asset Management Inc. Sells 19,915 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Meeder Asset Management Inc. cut its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 21.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 74,145 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 19,915 shares during the period. Oracle comprises approximately 1.2% of Meeder Asset Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position. Meeder Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $20,853,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 189,796 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $53,378,000 after purchasing an additional 2,930 shares in the last quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. boosted its stake in Oracle by 8.4% in the third quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 40,946 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,516,000 after buying an additional 3,184 shares in the last quarter. Gibson Capital LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 33.5% in the third quarter. Gibson Capital LLC now owns 3,164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $890,000 after buying an additional 794 shares in the last quarter. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Oracle by 5.2% during the third quarter. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,602 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,576,000 after acquiring an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Panoramic Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the third quarter worth approximately $224,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. The trade was a 6.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.52, for a total transaction of $1,925,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 144,030 shares in the company, valued at $27,728,655.60. This represents a 6.49% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 126,588 shares of company stock valued at $33,155,596 over the last quarter. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $400 price target, citing confidence in Oracle’s positioning for AI infrastructure — a signal that institutional research sees meaningful upside from Oracle’s cloud/AI strategy. Jefferies’ $400 Oracle (ORCL) Target Reflects Confidence in AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts/upgrades remain bullish on ORCL (coverage noted in roundups), reinforcing demand-side expectations for AI/cloud revenue growth and helping lift the stock. Upgrades: Analysts are Still Bullish on Nvidia (NVDA), Crowdstrike (CRWD) and Oracle (ORCL) Upside
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced a healthcare customer win: Community Memorial Hospital will implement Oracle Health Foundation EHR and the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent — a tangible enterprise adoption case for Oracle’s AI-driven healthcare stack. Customer wins help validate commercial traction and recurring revenue potential. Community Memorial Hospital Chooses Oracle Health to Enhance Patient Care and Power Operational Excellence
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle unveiled an AI-driven Retail Supply Chain Collaboration solution at NRF — another product rollout that supports cross-selling into retail customers and reinforces the company’s AI/cloud monetization narrative. Retailers Help Mitigate Risk with Oracle’s AI-Driven Supply Chain Collaboration
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat and other pieces highlight Oracle as a leading cross-cloud operator with strong hyperscaler-driven gains and a large RPO pipeline — reinforcing bullish forward-growth expectations tied to AI/cloud infrastructure. 5 AI Stocks Positioned to Win, No Matter What
• Negative Sentiment: High-profile investor Michael Burry has taken short positions and put options on Oracle, publicly criticizing its cloud strategy and highlighting ~ $95B of debt tied to data-center expansion — a headline risk that fuels selling pressure and raises governance/financial-concern narratives. Oracle (ORCL) Stock: Burry Takes Short Position on Database Company

Oracle Stock Up 3.1%

NYSE ORCL opened at $204.69 on Tuesday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $588.11 billion, a PE ratio of 38.48, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The business’s 50-day moving average is $207.33 and its 200 day moving average is $242.25.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The business’s revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research reports. HSBC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Scotiabank cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $360.00 to $260.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $305.50.

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.