Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by SWS Partners

SWS Partners trimmed its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 20.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 13,872 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 3,575 shares during the quarter. SWS Partners’ holdings in Oracle were worth $2,704,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Kampmann Melissa S. raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Kampmann Melissa S. now owns 11,910 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,350,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp grew its stake in Oracle by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp now owns 5,319 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,551,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. increased its holdings in Oracle by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. now owns 5,281 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,485,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. raised its position in Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $317,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Avion Wealth raised its position in Oracle by 16.6% during the third quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 260 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $73,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is accelerating its AI infrastructure push — the company is expanding AI capabilities across customer verticals and index coverage, which supports longer‑term cloud/AI revenue growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Large third‑party financing is materializing for Oracle data‑center capacity (Related Digital nearing ~$16B financing for a major Oracle data center), which could speed deployment of AI cloud services and boost long‑term TAM. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Billionaire investor interest: high‑profile bullish views (e.g., Ray Dalio) are cited by media, which can support investor confidence in Oracle’s AI strategy. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle is launching federal and industry AI products (AI Data Platform, Federal Financials, restaurant solutions) — product momentum supports growth but won’t offset near‑term costs until adoption scales. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Mass layoffs (reports of up to ~30,000 cuts and some employees notified by email) are creating reputational and execution risks — abrupt cuts can disrupt product roadmaps and customer service. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and shareholder risk is rising: multiple securities‑fraud and class‑action notices and law‑firm alerts have been filed alleging disclosure issues tied to AI data‑center plans and capex. That raises potential litigation costs and management distraction. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Funding and leverage concerns — media reports of very large debt/financing plans to support AI buildouts have investors worried about capital structure, interest costs and dilution if equity is used to fund projects. Article Title

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE:ORCL opened at $145.31 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The firm has a market cap of $417.91 billion, a PE ratio of 26.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.66. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $154.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $208.78. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. Oracle’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the topic of several research reports. TD Cowen lowered their price target on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their price target on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.91.

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.