Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Purchased by Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 2.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 420,316 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 11,218 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $61,833,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter worth approximately $4,336,031,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings 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 worth $5,874,070,000 after purchasing an additional 6,826,299 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings 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 worth $34,070,674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. boosted its position in 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 worth $972,798,000 after purchasing an additional 4,482,934 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FIL Ltd grew its holdings in Oracle by 1,605.7% in the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 3,976,441 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $775,048,000 after purchasing an additional 3,743,314 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Oracle News Roundup

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, June 8th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Arete Research set a $255.00 price target on shares of Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

Oracle Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $148.68 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The company has a market capitalization 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 52-week low of $134.57 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $189.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $175.38.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

About Oracle

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.