Verus Capital Partners LLC Has $4.67 Million Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Verus Capital Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 19.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 23,981 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,876 shares during the period. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,674,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. HFM Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Oracle by 290.9% during the fourth quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Oracle during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Investors Research Corp boosted its position in Oracle by 465.5% during the fourth quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on ORCL shares. Oppenheimer increased their price target on Oracle from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Mizuho set a $320.00 price target on Oracle in a research report on Wednesday. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Stephens reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a $254.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.62.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its price target on Oracle to $285 from $250 and kept a buy rating, citing continued AI momentum and strong upside potential heading into earnings. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is being highlighted as one of the software names benefiting from the AI rebound, with investors increasingly viewing the company as a major AI infrastructure play rather than just a legacy database vendor. Article
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s relationship with OpenAI appears to have strengthened, helping explain the stock’s sharp May rally and supporting hopes for future AI-related demand. Article
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles framed Oracle’s upcoming June 10 earnings as a major test for the stock, with analysts expecting continued revenue and EPS growth but also warning that results and guidance will need to justify the recent run-up. Article
• Negative Sentiment: The stock has also faced pressure from investor concern that Oracle’s aggressive AI/cloud expansion will require heavy spending, potentially weighing on margins and cash flow. Article
• Negative Sentiment: There are signs of caution ahead of earnings, including heavy put-option activity and articles noting that some traders are taking profits after the recent surge. Article

Oracle Stock Performance

ORCL opened at $230.53 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $134.57 and a 12-month high of $345.72. The stock has a market cap of $663.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.39, a PEG ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.65. The business has a 50 day moving average of $176.08 and a 200-day moving average of $178.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.91%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

About Oracle

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.