Rathbones Group PLC Grows Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Rathbones Group PLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 269.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 85,979 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 62,722 shares during the period. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $24,181,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Goodman Advisory Group LLC grew its position in Oracle by 11,555.9% in the 3rd quarter. Goodman Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,963 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,115,000 after purchasing an additional 3,929 shares during the period. Vinva Investment Management Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 30.1% during the 3rd quarter. Vinva Investment Management Ltd now owns 80,355 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $22,721,000 after buying an additional 18,570 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 65,245 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $18,350,000 after buying an additional 1,106 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co now owns 19,308 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,430,000 after buying an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 66.6% in the third quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 22,332 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,281,000 after acquiring an additional 8,925 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

ORCL stock opened at $152.95 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The stock has a market cap of $439.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.75, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.66. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $169.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $220.62.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released 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. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The company had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 37.59%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of Oracle 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 transaction, the director owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle rolled out an AI Construction & Engineering safety advisor — another revenue/AI product proof point that underscores continued commercialization of its AI stack. Oracle Transforms Construction Safety Management with AI
• Positive Sentiment: Technicals and some analyst notes suggest a potential bottom: chart patterns and a reclaim of short moving averages have prompted bullish short‑term commentary and supportive analyst views on accelerating cloud growth. Oracle Price Forecast: Reversal Signals
• Neutral Sentiment: Market focus is now squarely on Q3 results and OCI growth rates — analysts are parsing cloud/AI revenue guidance, margins and capex plans; that makes the upcoming earnings release the primary catalyst. Oracle Cloud Outlook Key Focus Ahead of Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say Oracle and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand the Abilene, Texas data‑center site after financing and changing customer needs — a headline that investors interpret as lost growth visibility for AI infrastructure. Oracle and OpenAI end plans to expand Texas data center site
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports indicate Oracle is planning large layoffs and is under cash/capex pressure from its AI data‑center buildout — investors worry about near‑term cash flow, higher leverage and the need to raise substantial capital. Oracle cutting thousands of jobs to pay for AI infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Heightened legal risk — several firms have filed or opened notices for securities‑class‑action suits alleging misstatements about data‑center plans and capex, creating potential litigation costs and investor uncertainty (lead‑plaintiff deadlines in early April). Class Action Notice for Oracle Investors

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $195.00 to $160.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised shares of Oracle from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $185.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $280.09.

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.