Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT Sells 7,072 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT trimmed its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 16.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 36,209 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 7,072 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for about 2.4% of Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT’s holdings in Oracle were worth $10,183,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in ORCL. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Oracle in the second quarter valued at approximately $4,275,378,000. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 2,062.4% during the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,595,072,000 after purchasing an additional 8,800,546 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $47,518,451,000 after buying an additional 4,681,626 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 42.1% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,839,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,932,507,000 after buying an additional 2,619,722 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 21,239.6% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,729,145 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $378,043,000 after buying an additional 1,721,042 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Down 5.5%

Oracle stock opened at $148.00 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $178.15 and a two-hundred day moving average of $227.68. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $425.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.82, a PEG ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.59%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Melius Research set a $160.00 target price on Oracle in a report on Monday, February 9th. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned 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 $290.97.

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Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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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.

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