Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Camden National Bank

Camden National Bank reduced its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 16.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 71,261 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 13,632 shares during the quarter. Oracle accounts for 1.9% of Camden National Bank’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. Camden National Bank’s holdings in Oracle were worth $13,889,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. 3Chopt Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. 3Chopt Investment Partners LLC now owns 10,061 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 288 shares in the last quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC now owns 180,584 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $35,198,000 after buying an additional 973 shares during the period. Beto Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter worth $976,000. Allen Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 104.2% during the fourth quarter. Allen Investment Management LLC now owns 13,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,566,000 after acquiring an additional 6,717 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fielder Capital Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Fielder Capital Group LLC now owns 4,866 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $948,000 after acquiring an additional 223 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the topic of several recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Citigroup upped their price target on Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.46.

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Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $247.45 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $172.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $177.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $711.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.43, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $134.57 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Oracle’s payout ratio is 35.91%.

Oracle Profile

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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.

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.

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