Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. Has $11.77 Million Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. decreased its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 9.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 41,840 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 4,470 shares during the quarter. Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $11,767,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Oracle by 2.1% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 164,278,874 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $35,916,290,000 after purchasing an additional 3,353,461 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,459,391 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $16,060,427,000 after purchasing an additional 1,252,723 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $4,275,378,000. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,315,180 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,473,838,000 after buying an additional 147,367 shares during the period. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA grew its position in Oracle by 3.8% in the second quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 11,182,800 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,444,896,000 after acquiring an additional 405,525 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at $5,032,429.56. This represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Jeffrey Berg sold 49,365 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.02, for a total transaction of $13,971,282.30. Following the sale, the director directly owned 151,999 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,018,756.98. This represents a 24.52% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 111,588 shares of company stock valued at $26,108,046. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is part of the consortium that secured a majority‑American TikTok U.S. joint venture and has been named the Trusted Technology Partner — the deal gives Oracle an equity stake (~15%) and effectively locks TikTok’s cloud business to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, providing a long‑term, high‑volume tenant that validates Oracle’s heavy data‑center capex and supports recurring revenue. TikTok reaches deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and coverage emphasize this is an infrastructure play, not a consumer pivot — owning the “landlord” relationship to TikTok traffic reduces cloud churn risk and helps monetize Oracle’s new supercluster sites (supports growth thesis for OCI and AI workloads). TikTok forms U.S. joint venture, names a CEO (CNBC)
• Neutral Sentiment: Independent research shows rising enterprise adoption of OCI in Asia‑Pacific, which supports Oracle’s multicloud narrative but remains incremental to the TikTok story; adoption trends help the long‑term cloud revenue case. U.S. Enterprises Are Increasing Adopting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (InsiderMonkey)
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes Oracle will pay with cash (~$2.1B for a 15% stake at published deal valuation), which management can fund from existing cash balances — helpful for liquidity signaling but modest versus Oracle’s broader capex. Oracle’s TikTok Win Isn’t Social Media—It’s a Cloud Power Move (MarketBeat)
• Negative Sentiment: Bondholder and securities litigation have re‑emerged: class‑action notices and law‑firm solicitations allege disclosure failures tied to Oracle’s debt offerings to finance its AI/data‑center push — this creates short‑term legal and reputational risk and likely keeps volatility and risk premia on ORCL debt and equity. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Lawsuit (PR Newswire)
• Negative Sentiment: Market reports show waning investor appetite for some large Stargate‑related debt deals tied to Oracle/OpenAI projects — weaker demand for that debt could increase funding costs or slow deployment timing if not addressed. Wall Street is losing its appetite for Oracle’s data center debt (Business Insider)

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $178.08 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $199.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $239.90. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The firm has a market cap of $511.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.65.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The firm had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on ORCL. Citigroup reissued a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. DA Davidson reduced their price target on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $342.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $368.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $300.46.

Oracle Company 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.