Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Acquires 12,628 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH grew its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 1.0% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 1,258,247 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,628 shares during the quarter. Oracle makes up 1.0% of Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in Oracle were worth $185,101,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Oracle in the 4th quarter worth $4,336,031,000. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in Oracle by 29.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Oracle by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after buying an additional 5,841,584 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 882.3% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 4,991,010 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $972,798,000 after buying an additional 4,482,934 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 333.7% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,473,137,000 after buying an additional 4,030,382 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle Health and Theator announced an AI-powered surgical reporting partnership, adding another real-world use case for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in healthcare. Oracle Health (ORCL), Theator Partner to Automate Surgical Reporting with AI
• Positive Sentiment: Several recent articles highlighted Oracle’s massive contract backlog and strong AI cloud demand, arguing the company has improved long-term revenue visibility despite near-term volatility. Oracle’s Contract Backlog Swells: Is Long-Term Revenue Growth Secured?
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment remains broadly constructive, with coverage pointing to dozens of buy ratings and meaningful upside from current levels. Oracle stock has worst week since 2001 dot-com bust as AI financing concerns escalate
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle was also featured in commentary suggesting the recent sell-off may be overdone and more a valuation/mispricing issue than a fundamental break in the AI story. Oracle’s Market Disconnect: The Truth Can Make You Rich
• Negative Sentiment: Investor concern is centered on Oracle’s aggressive AI spending: capital expenditures surged, free cash flow turned deeply negative, and debt is now high, raising questions about financing the buildout. Oracle stock has worst week since 2001 dot-com bust as AI financing concerns escalate
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI IPO delay fears weighed on Oracle and other AI-related stocks, since Oracle is tied to the broader AI infrastructure trade. OpenAI May Push Back Highly-Awaited IPO to 2027, Slamming SoftBank and Oracle Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares in a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, a headline that can add to sentiment pressure even if the sale was scheduled. SEC filing for Jeffrey Henley stock sale

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their target price on Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 10th. Finally, Mizuho set a $320.00 price objective on Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $268.27.

Oracle Stock Performance

Oracle stock opened at $148.68 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The firm has a market cap of $428.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $134.57 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $189.53 and a 200-day moving average of $175.69.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.Oracle’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.70 EPS. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s payout ratio is 34.31%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’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 in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.