Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stock: Valley Wealth Managers Inc. Raises Stake

Valley Wealth Managers Inc. increased its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 147,787 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 7,281 shares during the period. Valley Wealth Managers Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $20,291,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in Oracle during the second quarter valued at approximately $625,454,000. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. raised its position in Oracle by 8.7% in the second quarter. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. now owns 79,008 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,579,000 after acquiring an additional 6,296 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in Oracle by 4.6% in the second quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 80,686 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,825,000 after acquiring an additional 3,584 shares during the period. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 37.9% during the 1st quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC now owns 43,004 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,326,000 after acquiring an additional 11,820 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rayburn West Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $5,487,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on ORCL. Phillip Securities reduced their price objective on Oracle from $275.00 to $237.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $290.00 price target (down from $320.00) on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, September 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on Oracle from $190.00 to $165.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 11th. HSBC lowered their price objective on Oracle from $345.00 to $316.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, June 12th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $251.72.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: A bullish analyst view helped support the recovery. Mizuho added Oracle to its top-picks list with a $320 price target, citing strong demand for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AI services. Oracle added to Mizuho Top Picks
• Positive Sentiment: Investors continue to point to Oracle’s growing cloud backlog, recent earnings beats and strong infrastructure growth as evidence that the long-term AI opportunity remains intact despite the stock’s decline from its yearly high. Oracle cloud backlog and potential upside
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is using trucked natural gas to keep data-center construction moving while pipeline infrastructure is delayed, including consideration of the approach for its 2.45-gigawatt New Mexico project. This could reduce schedule risk, though it may raise operating costs. Oracle trucks natural gas to AI data centers
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle signed a virtual power-purchase agreement for Texas wind power, supporting its goal of investing in more than 1.7 gigawatts of renewable-energy projects. The agreement may improve the company’s energy profile but is unlikely to materially affect near-term earnings. Oracle Texas wind-power agreement
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI’s reported annualized revenue of roughly $50 billion was below the previously circulated $68 billion figure. Although the difference reportedly reflects measurement and accounting rather than weaker demand, it renewed concerns about Oracle’s exposure to a small number of major AI customers. OpenAI revenue report pressures AI stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Oracle is pursuing large-scale private financing to buy AI chips have raised concerns about leverage, fixed-margin cloud contracts and the risk of overbuilding capacity. Separately, unusual options activity appeared tilted toward bearish call spreads, while Mar Vista disclosed exiting its Oracle position as the stock’s rally reduced its margin of safety. Oracle AI chip financing

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $141.56 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $428.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.78. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $146.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $159.03. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $114.50 and a fifty-two week high of $322.54. 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 (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. The company had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 31.35%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Michael Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total value of $3,420,173.58. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 182,929 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,730,207.11. The trade was a 10.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen Rusckowski purchased 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 29th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $139.35 per share, with a total value of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 25,390 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,538,096.50. The trade was a 6,410.26% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 36,075 shares of company stock worth $5,342,123. Corporate insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

About Oracle

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.