Federated Hermes Inc. Raises Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 50.8% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 291,312 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 98,088 shares during the quarter. Federated Hermes Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $81,929,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Swiss National Bank increased its stake in Oracle by 7.6% in the 2nd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,113,526,000 after buying an additional 360,000 shares in the last quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 626.1% in the third quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,245,000 after acquiring an additional 9,948 shares during the period. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 9.2% during the second quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 3,817 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $835,000 after purchasing an additional 321 shares in the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 32,937 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,201,000 after purchasing an additional 1,515 shares during the period. Finally, Cascade Investment Group Inc. purchased a new position in Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $239,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. The trade was a 6.02% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 62,223 shares of company stock worth $12,136,764. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $172.89 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $496.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.50, a PEG ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $118.86 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $195.63 and a 200 day moving average price of $238.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 37.59%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on ORCL. Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 price objective for the company. HSBC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $382.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Scotiabank decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $360.00 to $260.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, DA Davidson reduced their target price on Oracle from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $300.46.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure tailwind — coverage highlights Oracle’s high-performance computing cost advantage and market-share gains in AI infrastructure, supporting the long-term growth story. The AI Infrastructure Stock That’s Stealing Market Share in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: New business win — Alrajhi Medicine selected Oracle Health Foundation EHR and Fusion Cloud, a concrete enterprise win that supports recurring cloud/healthcare revenue expansion. Alrajhi Medicine to Digitize its Healthcare Operations with Oracle
• Positive Sentiment: CapEx ramp backing AI growth — Analysts note Oracle is ramping cloud CapEx toward ~$50B to build GPU-rich data centers aimed at accelerating revenue growth from FY2027 onward. This supports the long-term AI revenue thesis (but increases near-term financing needs). The Zacks Analyst Blog Oracle’s, Amazon and Alphabet
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/coverage attention — Zacks includes Oracle among names tied to AI and VMware integration in its research picks; supportive but not an immediate catalyst. The Zacks Analyst Blog Broadcom, Oracle, Mastercard, Geospace and Gencor
• Negative Sentiment: Operational outage — A weather-related power outage at an Oracle data center disrupted U.S. TikTok users, raising short-term reliability and reputational concerns (repeated coverage). Oracle says outage at data center causes issues faced by US TikTok users
• Negative Sentiment: Credit-market stress — Credit default swaps on Oracle have surged to levels not seen since the COVID era, signaling investor unease about the company’s rising debt load to fund cloud/GPU expansion. Chamath Palihapitiya’s Nervous ‘Gulp’ A Sign Of Things To Come? Oracle’s Credit Default Swaps Surge Past COVID-19 Levels
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/SEC risk — Multiple investor law firms (Rosen, Pomerantz) have filed/investigated class actions tied to Oracle’s senior note offering documents, adding legal exposure and headline risk. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst cut & execution concerns — At least one analyst sharply cut its price target and investor letters/notes (Polen) flagged execution risks, amplifying near-term selling pressure. Why 1 Analyst Just Slashed Their Price Target on Oracle Stock by More than 30%
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction summary — Zacks notes the stock fell more than the market in the latest session, reflecting a combination of the above operational, credit and legal headlines. Here’s Why Oracle (ORCL) Fell More Than Broader Market

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.