Fisher Funds Management LTD Sells 23,259 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Fisher Funds Management LTD decreased its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 15.9% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 123,319 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 23,259 shares during the quarter. Fisher Funds Management LTD’s holdings in Oracle were worth $18,144,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. CWC Advisors LLC. boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. CWC Advisors LLC. now owns 2,874 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $423,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Focused Investors LLC increased its stake in Oracle by 79.9% in the first quarter. Focused Investors LLC now owns 617,150 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $90,789,000 after acquiring an additional 274,100 shares during the period. Sheets Smith Wealth Management increased its stake in Oracle by 5.8% in the first quarter. Sheets Smith Wealth Management now owns 1,691 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $249,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares during the period. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Oracle by 10.5% in the first quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,474 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $217,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Triad Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Oracle by 7.6% in the first quarter. Triad Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,881 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $718,000 after purchasing an additional 345 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Oracle from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Stephens reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $164.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. DA Davidson raised their target price on Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Scotiabank reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal 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 currently owned by insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

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

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 56.43%. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. Oracle’s 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

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.