Gabelli Funds LLC Sells 26,452 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Gabelli Funds LLC lessened its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 21.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 96,456 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 26,452 shares during the quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $14,190,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. 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 valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle won a nearly $7 billion, 10-year U.S. Department of Defense software contract, a meaningful revenue win that could strengthen its government business and support sentiment around its cloud and enterprise software platform. Oracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billion
• Positive Sentiment: Retail traders and some analysts see the Pentagon award as a potential catalyst for more federal AI and enterprise-software deals, which could improve Oracle’s growth outlook near term. What’s Going On With Oracle Stock on Friday?
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary around Oracle’s AI infrastructure strategy remains mixed: supporters point to a large AI order backlog, while skeptics question whether the company can turn that demand into profits quickly enough. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Opinions on AI Infrastructure Investments and Stock Decline
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish articles continue to highlight Oracle’s large capex burden, rising debt load, and concerns that free cash flow may stay pressured as it builds out AI data centers. Here’s why Oracle stock may still hit $100 despite the Pentagon contract
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle is also facing broader investor concern over slowing web traffic and weak sentiment around its AI spending, with some commentary framing the company as overextended. Ca$htag$: ORCL Becoming AI “House of Cards” as CapEx Concerns Swell

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of ORCL opened at $114.90 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $170.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $166.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $330.97 billion, a PE ratio of 19.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.75 and a one year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. 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, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on ORCL. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 target price on Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $265.03.

About Oracle

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.