Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. cut its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Free Report) by 4.4% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 628,097 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 29,164 shares during the quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $122,423,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of New Hampshire raised its holdings in Oracle by 9.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New Hampshire now owns 11,061 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,156,000 after purchasing an additional 917 shares in the last quarter. Lane Brothers & Co. Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at about $204,000. Farmers National Bank increased its position in shares of Oracle by 40.9% during the fourth quarter. Farmers National Bank now owns 7,047 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,374,000 after buying an additional 2,046 shares during the period. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at about $369,000. Finally, Meadowbrook Advisors Group LLC bought a new position in Oracle in the fourth quarter worth about $1,091,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Key Headlines Impacting Oracle
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s quarterly results showed strong demand for AI infrastructure, with remaining performance obligations jumping to $638 billion, reinforcing the company’s long-term cloud growth story. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reiterated an outperform rating with a $320 price target, saying Oracle’s cloud growth and financing clarity help offset some of the market’s concerns about the AI buildout. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Neutral Sentiment: Oracle continues to benefit from large government contracts and strong institutional interest, which supports the investment case but does not directly change the near-term trading narrative. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Negative Sentiment: Investors remain focused on Oracle’s aggressive AI data-center spending and the recently announced $40 billion financing raise, which has raised concerns about margins, dilution, and capital intensity. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
- Negative Sentiment: Separate commentary noted that the data-center boom is straining insurance capacity, highlighting broader financing and execution risks around the AI infrastructure expansion. Zurich warns data centre boom is outpacing insurance capacity – report
- Negative Sentiment: Insider and congressional trading data showed more selling than buying in ORCL, which may add a slight cautionary tone for sentiment. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
Insider Transactions at Oracle
Oracle Stock Up 0.2%
ORCL stock opened at $184.66 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84. The firm has a market cap of $531.10 billion, a PE ratio of 31.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.65. The business has a 50 day moving average of $188.84 and a 200 day moving average of $177.39.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 56.43% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Oracle Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 34.31%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
ORCL has been the topic of several research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Wedbush dropped their price target on Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price objective on Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Scotiabank reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.
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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.
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