Oracle Corporation $ORCL Holdings Raised by Gateway Investment Advisers LLC

Gateway Investment Advisers LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 1.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 350,884 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,960 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for 0.6% of Gateway Investment Advisers LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th biggest position. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $68,391,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. grew its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Avion Wealth lifted its holdings in Oracle by 16.6% in 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. Keystone Wealth Services LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 2.0% in the third quarter. Keystone Wealth Services LLC now owns 2,044 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $575,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Allen Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.3% in the third quarter. Allen Capital Group LLC now owns 3,276 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $921,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, Noesis Capital Mangement Corp grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.3% during the third quarter. Noesis Capital Mangement Corp now owns 3,377 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $950,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, 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 value of $2,642,850.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Massive contracted backlog — independent coverage highlights a $553 billion backlog that grew ~325% year-over-year, which investors view as multi-year revenue visibility and a key reason to buy ORCL shares. Oracle’s $553 Billion Backlog
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure case and technical breakout — analysis argues Oracle’s chart has flipped to a breakout driven by AI-infrastructure demand and recent rally momentum, supporting further upside. Oracle Stock’s Breakout Is Real
• Positive Sentiment: New defense and AI contract headlines — reporting ties a classified U.S. defense deal and broader AI spending catalysts to Oracle’s surge, underlining government as an incremental demand source. Why Is Oracle Stock Surging
• Positive Sentiment: Major Michigan data‑center build for Oracle/OpenAI moves forward — construction reports on the $16B campus (built for Oracle and OpenAI) reinforce tangible capex and long-term capacity expansion supporting cloud/inference revenue. Walbridge Is Building the Largest Project
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and Wall Street tone is mixed-to-positive — coverage roundup pieces assess whether the Street is broadly bullish or bearish; some firms (Wedbush) reaffirm Outperform while others caution on concentration risk. Oracle stock outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/peer context — Microsoft’s strong AI/cloud revenue growth underscores the competitive and capex environment Oracle competes in; investors weigh margin pressure and higher industry capex when valuing ORCL. Microsoft Q3 Revenues Jump
• Negative Sentiment: Concentration and spending concerns — articles note that a major AI customer dominates Oracle’s story and some investors worry about AI spending concentration and potential margin/cost pressures. Oracle Stock Is Still Down YTD
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/backlash risk tied to layoffs and “train your replacement” themes — commentators suggest social and operational pushback could create headlines that pressure sentiment. The Backlash to “Train Your Replacement” Begins

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on ORCL shares. DA Davidson raised their price target on Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Mizuho dropped their target price on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Barclays cut their target price on Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $229.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $259.56.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $194.20 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $156.77 and a two-hundred day moving average of $186.54. The company has a market capitalization of $558.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.86, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

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.