Alight Capital Management LP Sells 7,500 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Alight Capital Management LP cut its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 42.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 10,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 7,500 shares during the quarter. Alight Capital Management LP’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,949,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the third quarter valued at $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 76.9% during the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the third quarter valued at $35,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 290.9% during the fourth quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price target on Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price objective on Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $268.27.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is still drawing support from its strong quarterly results and upbeat analyst reaction after reporting a double beat on earnings and revenue, reinforcing the view that cloud and AI demand remain solid. The Stock Market Is Underestimating the Massive Growth Potential of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Giant That Could Easily Become a $1 Trillion Company
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced new AI capabilities in OPERA Cloud and a new hybrid streaming architecture on OCI, highlighting continued product momentum and broader adoption of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. New AI Capabilities in Oracle OPERA Cloud Supercharge Hotel Operations
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles pointed to Oracle as a trending or potentially undervalued AI/cloud name, with commentary that Wall Street still sees meaningful upside if Oracle can convert its large backlog into revenue. Oracle (ORCL) Has AI Demand. Now It Needs to Prove It Can Scale
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle received additional visibility from business updates such as Lightpath using Oracle Cloud Scale Billing and Oracle’s executive speaking slot at an AI infrastructure panel, which may help sentiment but do not materially change fundamentals. Lightpath Monetizes Digital Services and Powers AI-Driven Innovation with Oracle
• Negative Sentiment: Investor caution remains high after reports that Microsoft walked away from a potential multibillion-dollar Oracle cloud capacity deal, raising concerns about the pace and quality of Oracle’s cloud expansion. Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure talks with Oracle collapse, Business Insider reports
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also focused on Oracle’s leverage and the risks of its hyperscaler strategy, with some analysts arguing the market is underestimating debt and execution challenges. Oracle’s Massive Debt Problem

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $183.31 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $187.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $177.46. The company has a market capitalization of $527.20 billion, a PE ratio of 31.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $134.57 and a 52 week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 56.43% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Oracle Company 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.