Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Newly Acquired by Leo Wealth LLC

Leo Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 4,144 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $569,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. North Point Portfolio Managers Corp OH acquired a new position in Oracle in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Markowski Investments purchased a new position in Oracle during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 231.3% during the third quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC now owns 222 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 155 shares during the period. Finally, Fortress Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the second quarter valued at about $828,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Oracle Trading Up 3.6%

NYSE ORCL opened at $130.59 on Wednesday. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $114.50 and a 52 week high of $285.46. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $142.09 and a two-hundred day moving average of $158.08.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $19.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.13 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.73 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 9th.

Insider Activity

In other Oracle news, Director Stephen Rusckowski acquired 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 29th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total value of $399,122.70. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 64,357 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,762,956.90. This represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. 38.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded AI partnerships strengthen OCI’s competitive position. Oracle will offer Google TPUs through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure—the first hyperscale cloud outside Google to do so—and is adding Nvidia, Cerebras, SambaNova and other specialized AI hardware. The broader chip lineup could attract customers seeking alternatives to conventional GPUs. Oracle Brings Google TPUs to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle and OpenAI are expanding their enterprise relationship. ChatGPT and Codex will be integrated into Oracle’s business applications, allowing customers to use OpenAI models alongside Oracle data, applications and infrastructure. Oracle also announced an AI security offering powered by OpenAI models. Oracle Reinvents Enterprise Computing for the AI Era with OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: Multicloud and public-sector opportunities are expanding. Oracle plans to pursue FedRAMP Class D certification for AI Database services on AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government and Google Cloud Assured Workloads. Snowflake will also be offered as a native OCI service, potentially increasing enterprise adoption and data-related cloud revenue. Oracle Plans to Expand Multicloud AI Database Services
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor Day on October 28 is the next major catalyst. Analysts remain constructive, with Bernstein reiterating an Outperform rating and Barclays maintaining an Overweight rating and $252 target. Investors will look for updated growth, capital-spending and funding targets.
• Negative Sentiment: AI expansion is intensifying balance-sheet concerns. Evercore estimates Oracle may need another $50 billion to $60 billion before the AI buildout generates meaningful cash flow. Reports also point to negative free cash flow, rising debt costs and Oracle bonds trading wider than average junk-rated debt, creating downside risk if cloud growth or backlog conversion disappoints. Oracle Stock Could Recover if It Answers One Major Question

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $241.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, October 16th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn dropped their price objective on Oracle from $155.00 to $110.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Thirty-six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $248.07.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud infrastructure and database technologies. Its products help organizations store, manage, analyze and secure data, while supporting business operations across industries and geographies.

The company’s offerings include Oracle Database, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud-based applications. These applications serve functions such as enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.