Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Acquired by Westpac Banking Corp

Westpac Banking Corp lifted its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 96.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 29,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 14,360 shares during the quarter. Westpac Banking Corp’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,279,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Korea Investment CORP boosted its holdings in Oracle by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 1,216,939 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $178,342,000 after acquiring an additional 44,191 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 203.2% during the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 466,837 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $68,415,000 after purchasing an additional 312,863 shares in the last quarter. Ieq Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 17.1% during the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 275,760 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $40,413,000 after purchasing an additional 40,179 shares in the last quarter. Burnham & Co LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at approximately $405,000. Finally, Keebeck Wealth Management boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 19.0% in the second quarter. Keebeck Wealth Management now owns 9,775 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,433,000 after purchasing an additional 1,560 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, 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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ORCL. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of Oracle from $235.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Oracle from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $263.97.

Oracle Stock Up 3.3%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $146.70 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $114.50 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $144.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $160.61. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The stock has a market cap of $422.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure expansion supports the growth story. Oracle’s collaboration with Amazon Web Services now offers Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure through Oracle AI Database@AWS across 22 AWS regions. The partnership could broaden Oracle’s cloud reach and help attract enterprise AI workloads. Oracle Corporation versus Amazon AI infrastructure article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive. Oracle has received an average “Moderate Buy” rating, while one report highlighted a consensus price target substantially above the current trading level. The valuation case depends on sustained cloud and AI execution. Oracle analyst rating article Oracle Wall Street target article
• Positive Sentiment: Healthcare AI provides another potential growth avenue. Oracle is making a fresh push into healthcare applications, reinforcing the view that AI could expand demand beyond its traditional database and enterprise software businesses. Oracle healthcare AI article
• Neutral Sentiment: The key debate is timing. One analysis characterizes Oracle as inexpensive relative to its long-term opportunity but argues that the most important improvement may not arrive until 2027. This supports the long-term thesis but suggests near-term upside may require patience. Oracle valuation and 2027 inflection article
• Negative Sentiment: AI financing risks are weighing on the broader theme. Michael Burry warned that circular financing, off-balance-sheet vehicles and captive insurers could be creating excessive leverage in AI data centers. Separately, Bank of America reported a sharp increase in investment-grade debt issued to fund AI projects. Oracle’s substantial infrastructure spending and high debt-to-equity ratio make the company potentially sensitive to higher funding costs or weaker AI demand. Michael Burry AI buildout warning AI bond market risks article

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.