Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Stock Jumps 4.3% – Should You Buy?

Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) traded up 4.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday. The stock traded as high as $144.18 and last traded at $143.29. 25,935,313 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 12% from the average daily volume of 29,342,303 shares. The stock had previously closed at $137.39.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst conviction remains strong. Mizuho reaffirmed its $320 price target and “Outperform” rating, suggesting the recent decline may have created an attractive entry point if Oracle delivers on its cloud and AI growth plans. Wall Street analyst updates Oracle stock price target
• Positive Sentiment: Long-term cloud demand provides support. Oracle’s remaining performance obligations reportedly total about $664 billion, indicating substantial contracted future revenue. Recent earnings also showed strong growth, with revenue up 29.6% year over year and earnings exceeding expectations.
• Positive Sentiment: AI data-center expansion continues. Oracle’s Project Jupiter campus has selected Bloom Energy as a primary power source, while Vertex expanded its Oracle Cloud integration through Oracle Marketplace. These developments reinforce Oracle’s role in AI infrastructure and cloud services. Bloom Energy Got Good News From Oracle

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on ORCL shares. Rothschild & Co Redburn decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $155.00 to $110.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective (up from $375.00) on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $284.00 price objective (up from $229.00) on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, September 11th. One investment 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $251.72.

Oracle Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $407.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $145.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $158.89.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. Oracle had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 26.36%. The business had revenue of $19.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.13 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue 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 anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.73 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 31.35%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other news, EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total value of $399,122.70. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 64,357 shares in the company, valued at $9,762,956.90. This represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen Rusckowski purchased 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock worth $5,342,123 over the last three months. Company insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 14,539,366 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,815,242,000 after buying an additional 1,148,698 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.8% during the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 14,680,278 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,151,395,000 after buying an additional 123,294 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in Oracle by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,251,059 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,949,363,000 after buying an additional 384,984 shares during the last quarter. Amundi boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.5% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 9,878,184 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,447,648,000 after acquiring an additional 144,087 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Oracle by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 8,586,492 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,262,827,000 after acquiring an additional 147,048 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

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.