Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Highland Capital Management LLC

Highland Capital Management LLC cut its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 68.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 21,930 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 46,633 shares during the period. Highland Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,274,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 2,062.4% in the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,595,072,000 after purchasing an additional 8,800,546 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,841,584 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 333.7% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,473,137,000 after purchasing an additional 4,030,382 shares during the period. Amundi increased its stake in Oracle by 32.9% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 9,636,090 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,809,609,000 after purchasing an additional 2,385,556 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in Oracle by 921.6% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,311,815 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $450,596,000 after purchasing an additional 2,085,514 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $259.56.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle was named a technology partner for classified DoD AI workloads, reinforcing its role in secure government cloud and validating its AI infrastructure strategy. Oracle’s Defense AI Win Highlights Government Cloud Role And Valuation Gap
• Positive Sentiment: Bloomberg reports the $16B financing for Oracle’s Michigan data center closed (Bank of America anchored a $14B bond sale), reducing near‑term funding uncertainty for a major AI buildout. Oracle (ORCL) Secures Financing for Data Center in Michigan
• Positive Sentiment: Project Jupiter — Oracle’s move to on‑site Bloom Energy fuel cells at its New Mexico AI campus — signals a push to control power costs and improve reliability for power‑hungry AI workloads. Oracle Project Jupiter Puts AI Power Costs And Valuation In Focus
• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush publicly called the recent pullback “noise,” recommending buying ORCL on continued AI demand, contract growth and cloud momentum — a supportive analyst view that can stabilize sentiment. Ignore the OpenAI Panic and Keep Buying Oracle Stock, Says Wedbush
• Positive Sentiment: Sector analyses continue to list Oracle among infrastructure leaders positioned to benefit from the AI rollout, supporting the long‑term growth narrative for cloud/IaaS exposure. These Companies Have the Essential Ingredients Needed to Pull Ahead of the Pack in the AI Revolution
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators say ORCL could surge if large AI deals materialize (a cited $300B opportunity), but note execution and cash‑flow strain from heavy capex and debt — high upside but high execution risk. Oracle Stock Could Soar If This $300 Billion AI Deal Pays Off
• Neutral Sentiment: Several bullish pieces argue ORCL may have bottomed after the pullback, but these are opinion pieces — useful for contrarian investors but not definitive catalysts. I’m Calling A Bottom For Oracle
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage of Bloom Energy’s surge highlights the supplier side of Oracle’s energy strategy; positive for campus operations but indirect for ORCL’s revenue. Bloom Energy Stock (BE) Opinions on Q1 Earnings and Oracle Partnership
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that OpenAI missed revenue/target expectations triggered selling across AI and chip names and directly pressured Oracle shares as investors re‑price near‑term AI demand. What Oracle Investors Need to Know About OpenAI’s Struggles
• Negative Sentiment: Premarket headlines citing OpenAI misses pushed ORCL and chip suppliers sharply lower, underscoring Oracle’s sensitivity to third‑party AI demand trends. Report Says OpenAI Misses Revenue Targets; Oracle Corporation (ORCL.US), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD.US) Fall 7% Premarket, Leading Chip Stocks Lower
• Negative Sentiment: Critical commentary contrasts Oracle’s heavy infrastructure, debt‑funded approach with competitors’ software‑first AI strategies, highlighting leverage and execution risk that could cap multiples. Salesforce vs Oracle: There’s Only One Winner In the Cloud AI Push
• Negative Sentiment: Broader stories about banks trying to offload data‑center debt remind investors that sector financing stress could increase funding costs or slow projects. Banks seek to offload risk to avoid ‘choking’ on data centre debt

Oracle Trading Up 5.0%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $180.36 on Tuesday. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $134.57 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $154.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $188.20. The firm has a market cap of $518.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 35.91%.

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.