Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Acquired by Capital Impact Advisors LLC

Capital Impact Advisors LLC grew its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 132.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 168,092 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 95,823 shares during the quarter. Oracle makes up 2.6% of Capital Impact Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest position. Capital Impact Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $32,763,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at $61,397,000. Cinctive Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at $3,598,000. Claro Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 20.2% in the 4th quarter. Claro Advisors Inc. now owns 11,425 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,227,000 after purchasing an additional 1,920 shares in the last quarter. Core Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 19.2% in the 4th quarter. Core Wealth Partners LLC now owns 10,536 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,054,000 after purchasing an additional 1,696 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corvex Management LP raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 15.4% in the 4th quarter. Corvex Management LP now owns 403,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $78,588,000 after purchasing an additional 53,700 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Trading Down 2.7%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $183.31 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $134.57 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.12. The company has a market capitalization of $527.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.44, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.65. The company’s fifty day moving average is $187.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $177.46.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) 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 company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on ORCL shares. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $284.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is still drawing support from its strong quarterly results and upbeat analyst reaction after reporting a double beat on earnings and revenue, reinforcing the view that cloud and AI demand remain solid. The Stock Market Is Underestimating the Massive Growth Potential of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Giant That Could Easily Become a $1 Trillion Company
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced new AI capabilities in OPERA Cloud and a new hybrid streaming architecture on OCI, highlighting continued product momentum and broader adoption of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. New AI Capabilities in Oracle OPERA Cloud Supercharge Hotel Operations
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles pointed to Oracle as a trending or potentially undervalued AI/cloud name, with commentary that Wall Street still sees meaningful upside if Oracle can convert its large backlog into revenue. Oracle (ORCL) Has AI Demand. Now It Needs to Prove It Can Scale
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle received additional visibility from business updates such as Lightpath using Oracle Cloud Scale Billing and Oracle’s executive speaking slot at an AI infrastructure panel, which may help sentiment but do not materially change fundamentals. Lightpath Monetizes Digital Services and Powers AI-Driven Innovation with Oracle
• Negative Sentiment: Investor caution remains high after reports that Microsoft walked away from a potential multibillion-dollar Oracle cloud capacity deal, raising concerns about the pace and quality of Oracle’s cloud expansion. Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure talks with Oracle collapse, Business Insider reports
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also focused on Oracle’s leverage and the risks of its hyperscaler strategy, with some analysts arguing the market is underestimating debt and execution challenges. Oracle’s Massive Debt Problem

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.