Evolve Private Wealth LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Evolve Private Wealth LLC increased its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 22.8% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 26,869 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,989 shares during the quarter. Evolve Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,953,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after buying an additional 100,494 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew 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 buying an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its position in Oracle by 21.5% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares in the last quarter. United Bank increased its stake in Oracle by 6.8% in the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,288,000 after acquiring an additional 963 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its stake in Oracle by 19.2% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,556,000 after acquiring an additional 8,530 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Up 0.2%

ORCL opened at $184.66 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $134.57 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $188.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $177.23. The company has a market cap of $531.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.65.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Barclays lifted their price target on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Scotiabank reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $190.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $268.27.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s quarterly results showed strong demand for AI infrastructure, with remaining performance obligations jumping to $638 billion, reinforcing the company’s long-term cloud growth story. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reiterated an outperform rating with a $320 price target, saying Oracle’s cloud growth and financing clarity help offset some of the market’s concerns about the AI buildout. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle continues to benefit from large government contracts and strong institutional interest, which supports the investment case but does not directly change the near-term trading narrative. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain focused on Oracle’s aggressive AI data-center spending and the recently announced $40 billion financing raise, which has raised concerns about margins, dilution, and capital intensity. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Separate commentary noted that the data-center boom is straining insurance capacity, highlighting broader financing and execution risks around the AI infrastructure expansion. Zurich warns data centre boom is outpacing insurance capacity – report
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and congressional trading data showed more selling than buying in ORCL, which may add a slight cautionary tone for sentiment. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans

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.