Focused Investors LLC Purchases 274,100 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Focused Investors LLC grew its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 79.9% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 617,150 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 274,100 shares during the period. Oracle comprises about 3.0% of Focused Investors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest position. Focused Investors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $90,789,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Sheets Smith Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 5.8% in the 1st quarter. Sheets Smith Wealth Management now owns 1,691 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $249,000 after buying an additional 92 shares during the period. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 10.5% during the 1st quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,474 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $217,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. Triad Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 7.6% during the 1st quarter. Triad Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,881 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $718,000 after buying an additional 345 shares during the period. Fortem Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 3.7% during the first quarter. Fortem Financial Group LLC now owns 6,159 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $906,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 8.9% during the first quarter. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,842 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $565,000 after acquiring an additional 313 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president directly 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 SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Oracle from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Mizuho set a $320.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.27.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL opened at $184.66 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization 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 Corporation has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a 50 day moving average of $188.84 and a 200-day moving average of $177.23. 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 (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 56.43%. The firm’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. 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, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current fiscal 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. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

More Oracle News

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 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.