Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by 111 Capital

111 Capital lessened its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 73.7% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 2,967 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 8,317 shares during the period. 111 Capital’s holdings in Oracle were worth $578,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. HFM Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 290.9% during the 4th quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Investors Research Corp raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 465.5% during the 4th quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle still has strong momentum in cloud and AI infrastructure, with recent articles highlighting robust demand, a very large backlog, and bullish analyst targets that imply significant upside if execution stays on track. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: BTIG reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $400 price target, signaling confidence that Oracle can continue benefiting from AI demand and cloud growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s recent Q3 revenue growth of about 22% year over year supports the view that the company is still expanding quickly despite the pullback in the shares. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle has several articles pointing to the upcoming fiscal Q4 report as a key catalyst, with investors watching revenue, cloud growth, remaining performance obligations, and guidance for signs of whether the AI buildout is paying off. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle remains a heavily discussed AI beneficiary, but some commentary frames the stock as having already rallied sharply this year, which may leave the setup vulnerable to profit-taking before results. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: RBC Capital Markets said Oracle faces questions about the pace of its AI data center buildout and whether it can overcome capacity constraints, reinforcing concerns that growth could be limited by execution. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also worried about the scale of Oracle’s AI spending, with reports suggesting capex could rise dramatically and potentially pressure free cash flow, leverage, and the company’s credit profile. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Recent coverage also notes broader tech-sector weakness and insider selling, adding to the cautious tone around ORCL heading into earnings. Article Title

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $213.41 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $134.57 and a one year high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $613.78 billion, a PE ratio of 38.31, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $179.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $178.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The business had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Tuesday. Melius Research set a $160.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, February 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Oracle from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on shares of Oracle from $229.00 to $284.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $269.71.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was 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 directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Profile

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.