Vivid Wealth Management LLC Sells 6,514 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Vivid Wealth Management LLC decreased its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 40.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,497 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 6,514 shares during the period. Vivid Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $2,671,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth $4,275,378,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 164,278,874 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $35,916,290,000 after purchasing an additional 3,353,461 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $731,512,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Oracle by 42.1% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,839,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,932,507,000 after acquiring an additional 2,619,722 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 840.7% in the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,119,473 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $463,380,000 after purchasing an additional 1,894,157 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.64, for a total value of $11,065,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 154,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,610,859.20. The trade was a 20.62% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Maria Smith sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.62, for a total transaction of $1,403,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 47,083 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,212,431.46. This trade represents a 9.60% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 126,588 shares of company stock worth $33,155,596. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and bullish price targets: Goldman Sachs reportedly upgraded ORCL to a “strong‑buy” and Jefferies maintains a $400 target, reinforcing buy-side conviction around Oracle’s AI and cloud infrastructure opportunity. Zacks Upgrade Note
• Positive Sentiment: Market positioning: MarketBeat highlights Oracle as a leading cross‑cloud/AI infrastructure play with client wins and strong RPO that underpins multi‑year revenue upside. MarketBeat: 5 AI Stocks
• Positive Sentiment: Customer traction: Community Memorial Hospital selected Oracle Health and Clinical AI Agent for EHR and documentation automation — a tangible, revenue‑generating health‑care win. PR Newswire: Oracle Health Win
• Neutral Sentiment: Long‑term performance note: A Yahoo piece reviewing what a $1,000 investment in ORCL a decade ago would be worth provides context on returns but doesn’t change the near‑term story. Yahoo: 10‑Year Return
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation debate coverage: Forbes and Zacks pieces discuss ORCL’s recent underperformance versus the market and why it’s drawing attention — useful framing but mixed for immediate price action. Forbes: Is ORCL Undervalued?
• Negative Sentiment: Sharp valuation/AI skepticism: Seeking Alpha and other commentary warn Oracle’s AI‑driven valuation may be overextended, prompting profit‑taking and multiple compression risk. Seeking Alpha: Valuation Overextended
• Negative Sentiment: Investor skepticism & note flows: Recent investor letters and coverage report shifting sentiment — earlier enthusiasm for Oracle’s AI story is cooling, increasing volatility. InsiderMonkey: Investor Skepticism
• Negative Sentiment: Shorts and put activity: Reports that Michael Burry has taken a short/put position on Oracle and public commentary about heavy debt from data‑center expansion are pressuring sentiment and weighing on the stock. Blockonomi: Burry Short
• Negative Sentiment: Debt concerns and execution caveats: Analysts and deeper dives flag Oracle’s sizable debt load tied to infrastructure build‑out as a genuine risk that offsets growth optimism. Seeking Alpha: Debt Concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction explained: Zacks published a note summarizing why ORCL underperformed the broader market today, citing the mix of profit‑taking, skeptical commentary, and macro/sector rotation. Zacks: Why ORCL Fell

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on ORCL shares. William Blair reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Redburn Partners set a $175.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Baird R W raised Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their price objective on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.50.

Oracle Trading Down 1.2%

ORCL opened at $202.21 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $206.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $242.20. The company has a market capitalization of $580.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.01, a PEG ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 business’s revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. Analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.59%.

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.