Truist Financial Corp Has $498.41 Million Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Truist Financial Corp lessened its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 2.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,772,175 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 40,783 shares during the period. Oracle makes up about 0.7% of Truist Financial Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest holding. Truist Financial Corp’s holdings in Oracle were worth $498,407,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Kilter Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 130.0% in the third quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. LGT Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Oracle in the second quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new position in Oracle during the third quarter worth about $37,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $174.86 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The firm has a market cap of $502.40 billion, a PE ratio of 32.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.65. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $196.68 and its 200-day moving average is $238.81.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during 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%.Oracle’s revenue for the quarter 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 year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is aggressively ramping cloud capital spending toward ~$50B to build GPU‑heavy data centers and capture AI enterprise demand; management says this investment should accelerate revenue growth beginning fiscal 2027. The Zacks Analyst Blog Oracle’s, Amazon and Alphabet
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s participation in the U.S. TikTok joint venture is now official, giving the company exposure to consumer ad/data flows and driving earlier upside in the stock as investors price a new growth avenue. Why Oracle Stock Just Popped
• Positive Sentiment: New enterprise wins: Alrajhi Medicine selected Oracle Health Foundation EHR and Fusion Cloud Applications — a small but relevant customer win for Oracle’s healthcare/cloud revenue mix. Alrajhi Medicine to Digitize its Healthcare Operations with Oracle
• Positive Sentiment: Guggenheim reiterated a Buy on ORCL and called the name a top software idea, offering supportive analyst sentiment despite recent volatility. Guggenheim Reiterates Buy on Oracle (ORCL)
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle said a weather‑related power outage at one of its data centers caused reported U.S. TikTok disruptions; company describes the issue as temporary but the event highlights operational risk exposure for high‑profile cloud customers. Oracle says outage at data center causes issues faced by US TikTok users
• Negative Sentiment: Credit concerns: Oracle’s credit default swap prices have surged to levels not seen since COVID‑19/earlier crisis periods, signaling investor unease about the company’s large debt load used to fund the AI/data‑center buildout. Chamath Palihapitiya’s Nervous ‘Gulp’ A Sign Of Things To Come? Oracle’s Credit Default Swaps Surge Past COVID‑19 Levels
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: multiple investor law firms (Rosen, Pomerantz) have filed or are investigating class actions tied to Oracle’s senior notes and offering documents, increasing potential litigation exposure and headline risk. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst sentiment turned partly negative after at least one analyst cut ORCL’s price target by more than 30%, amplifying downside pressure amid broader AI valuation concerns. Why 1 Analyst Just Slashed Their Price Target on Oracle Stock by More than 30%

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total transaction of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 62,223 shares of company stock valued at $12,136,764. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ORCL has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Oppenheimer restated a “market perform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Erste Group Bank downgraded shares of Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 price target for the company. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $300.46.

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.