Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Bought by AustralianSuper Pty Ltd

AustralianSuper Pty Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 1,273.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 76,722 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 71,135 shares during the quarter. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd’s holdings in Oracle were worth $21,577,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after acquiring an additional 100,494 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in Oracle by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $903,000 after purchasing an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 21.5% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $951,000 after purchasing an additional 768 shares during the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. increased its position in shares of Oracle by 0.9% in the second quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 8,230 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,799,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Finally, jvl associates llc acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth $236,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Bank of America reduced their price target on shares of Oracle from $368.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Mizuho set a $400.00 target price on Oracle in a report on Monday, December 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given 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 $300.46.

Oracle Trading Down 2.2%

Shares of ORCL opened at $168.98 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The company has a market capitalization of $485.50 billion, a PE ratio of 31.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.65. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $194.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $237.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91.

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

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched a generative AI-enabled Life Sciences AI Data Platform that stitches massive de‑identified EHR and commercial data to accelerate R&D and commercialization — a product win that supports recurring cloud/vertical revenue. Oracle Life Sciences AI Data Platform
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle OPERA Cloud was approved by IHG Hotels & Resorts as an approved property‑management system for multiple regions — a commercial reference that can drive hospitality cloud bookings. Oracle Approved by IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and outlets note Oracle is ramping cloud capex toward ~ $50B to support GPUs/AI infrastructure — this underpins future growth but also explains rising leverage and near‑term margin/cash‑flow pressure. Zacks: Oracle ramps cloud CapEx
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple outlets report a broad AI-driven sell‑off hitting Oracle as investors pull back over AI market uncertainty and Oracle’s OpenAI ties — a main driver of today’s downside. Oracle Stock Drops by More Than Half Amid AI Concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Credit market stress: reports show Oracle’s credit‑default swaps have surged to post‑2008 highs, signaling investor concern about debt levels used to fund AI data centers. CDS surge coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory / legal risk: multiple firm notices/advisories say bondholders and shareholders suffering losses tied to Oracle deals are being invited to contact law firms — potential litigation that could distract management or create liabilities. Investigation notice re: bondholders Pomerantz investor alert
• Negative Sentiment: Operational risk: a power outage at an Oracle data center disrupted TikTok U.S. users — an incident that raises reliability and PR concerns as Oracle hosts critical customer infrastructure. Data center outage coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary: several outlets question whether Oracle’s stock has further to fall given valuation swings, execution scrutiny and the broader tech rotation away from AI overhang. Is Oracle still worth chasing?

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 62,223 shares of company stock valued at $12,136,764. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.