Journey Advisory Group LLC Cuts Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Journey Advisory Group LLC lowered its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 17.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 17,611 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 3,755 shares during the period. Journey Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,953,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle during the second quarter worth $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 130.0% in the third quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new stake in Oracle in the third quarter valued at $37,000. Finally, Collier Financial purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the third quarter valued at $38,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 price target on the stock. DA Davidson raised shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on Oracle from $270.00 to $205.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.97.

Oracle Trading Down 5.5%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $148.00 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The business’s fifty day moving average is $178.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $227.87. 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 firm has a market cap of $425.23 billion, a PE ratio of 27.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.64.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The firm had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.19 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 37.59%.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is winning cloud deals that validate its AI infrastructure strategy — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for a modernization project, a concrete commercial win that supports OCI revenue momentum. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gains Momentum With CMS Selection
• Neutral Sentiment: Some software peers (e.g., RingCentral, Five9) are rallying on better-than-expected results, showing mixed sentiment across AI-exposed software names — this helps explain sector rotation but doesn’t remove Oracle‑specific concerns. Beaten-down software stocks RingCentral and Five9 rally as earnings quell some AI concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have launched or are soliciting plaintiffs for securities‑fraud class actions covering the June–Dec 2025 period; proliferation of suits raises legal and reputational risk and increases uncertainty for shareholders. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary ties today’s sell‑off to Nvidia/OpenAI funding dynamics: traders are treating Oracle as a proxy for OpenAI’s ability to raise capital and for Oracle’s ability to support contracted AI workloads — funding clarity is needed to calm sentiment. Here’s Why Oracle Stock Slumped Today (Hint: It’s Nvidia Related, But Not How You Might Think)
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/social‑media threads flag heavy AI capex (estimates of up to ~$50B), higher debt issuance and insider selling — financing/dilution worries and rising short interest are pressuring the stock. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Q2 Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Intraday commentary and trade reports note a sharp slide in ORCL versus broader indexes today — momentum selling and higher volume amplify the move until the market gets clearer answers on funding, capex pacing and legal exposure. Why Are Oracle Shares Sliding On Friday?

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064 in the last ninety days. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.