Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc Takes Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc bought a new position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 8,185 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,200,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. HFM Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 290.9% in the fourth quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter worth about $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Oracle during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter worth $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Trading Down 2.5%

ORCL opened at $146.71 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $148.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $161.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12. The firm has a market cap of $422.59 billion, a PE ratio of 25.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $114.50 and a twelve month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. The business’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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Scotiabank reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. CLSA started coverage on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, July 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $145.00 price objective on the stock. Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.97.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s expanding partnership with Amazon Web Services now supports Oracle AI Database@AWS across 22 regions, strengthening its cloud distribution and enterprise AI positioning. As Oracle Deepens Its Partnership with AWS
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish investment thesis argues that the market continues to value Oracle like a legacy database provider even as it builds hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure. Strong demand visibility and backlog conversion could support long-term growth. Oracle as a Tier-1 Hyperscaler
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually large, long-dated call-option activity may indicate institutional investors are positioning for a recovery, although the trades could also represent covered-call strategies rather than outright bullish bets. Unusual Oracle Call Options
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle and other software shares sold off as the AI trade rotated toward favored chip and infrastructure companies, making software stocks less attractive in the near term. Oracle and Software Stocks Drop
• Negative Sentiment: Investor concerns are growing over Oracle’s aggressive AI infrastructure commitments, potential additional debt or equity financing, negative free cash flow, execution timelines and customer concentration. Separate commentary also highlighted heavy AI spending across big technology companies and higher interest-rate risks. Oracle AI Data Center Investment Commentary
• Negative Sentiment: Reported insider activity showed Oracle insiders selling shares without recorded purchases during the past six months, adding a potentially cautious signal for investors.

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.