Hilltop Holdings Inc. Sells 40,791 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Hilltop Holdings Inc. cut its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 85.8% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 6,773 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 40,791 shares during the quarter. Hilltop Holdings Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $996,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in Oracle by 189.3% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,593,000 after purchasing an additional 100,494 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $903,000 after buying an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 21.5% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the last quarter. United Bank boosted its stake in Oracle by 6.8% in the second quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,288,000 after buying an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its stake in Oracle by 19.2% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,556,000 after acquiring an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group increased their price target on Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Scotiabank restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their target price on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $265.03.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $114.90 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $330.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.71, a PEG ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $114.75 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $170.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $166.70.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.31%.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle won a nearly $7 billion, 10-year U.S. Department of Defense software contract, a meaningful revenue win that could strengthen its government business and support sentiment around its cloud and enterprise software platform. Oracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billion
• Positive Sentiment: Retail traders and some analysts see the Pentagon award as a potential catalyst for more federal AI and enterprise-software deals, which could improve Oracle’s growth outlook near term. What’s Going On With Oracle Stock on Friday?
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary around Oracle’s AI infrastructure strategy remains mixed: supporters point to a large AI order backlog, while skeptics question whether the company can turn that demand into profits quickly enough. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Opinions on AI Infrastructure Investments and Stock Decline
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish articles continue to highlight Oracle’s large capex burden, rising debt load, and concerns that free cash flow may stay pressured as it builds out AI data centers. Here’s why Oracle stock may still hit $100 despite the Pentagon contract
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle is also facing broader investor concern over slowing web traffic and weak sentiment around its AI spending, with some commentary framing the company as overextended. Ca$htag$: ORCL Becoming AI “House of Cards” as CapEx Concerns Swell

Insider Activity

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company 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.