Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Stock Price Up 2.7% – Still a Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s stock price rose 2.7% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as $151.99 and last traded at $151.02. Approximately 23,976,755 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 19% from the average session volume of 29,484,771 shares. The stock had previously closed at $147.02.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Dip-buying and rebound expectations: Investors appear to view Oracle’s roughly one-third decline since last December—and its approximately 42% drop over the past year—as an opportunity. Bullish commentary points to the company’s large backlog and argues that the selloff has created an attractive entry point. Oracle Stock Is Gaining Monday: What’s Going On? Oracle’s Rebound Is All But Assured So I Keep Buying
• Positive Sentiment: AI remains a major growth catalyst: Oracle’s partnership with Google Cloud is bringing Gemini models into Oracle’s enterprise applications, potentially broadening AI-powered workflows and analytics for business customers. Coverage also highlights Oracle’s continuing role in the AI infrastructure buildout. What Does Oracle Gain From Bringing New AI Models Into Its Apps? Why Oracle Stock Is Surging Back Into the AI Conversation
• Positive Sentiment: Fundamental and technical support: Recent earnings exceeded expectations, with revenue rising 20.6% year over year, while Zacks’ analysis characterizes ORCL as a strong growth stock. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s rise in global wealth during the session also reflected Oracle’s comparatively stronger trading performance versus Nvidia. Here’s Why Oracle Is a Strong Growth Stock Nvidia Stock Loses $130 Billion in Market Value
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors remain focused on valuation: Oracle’s AI momentum has prompted debate over whether its growth prospects justify the valuation, particularly after the recent rebound. Oracle AI Momentum Sparks a Fresh Valuation Debate
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and execution risks persist: Oracle’s aggressive AI infrastructure expansion has increased investor concern about its debt load and the returns it will generate. These concerns, along with the stock trading below its moving averages, could limit the recovery if AI growth fails to meet expectations. It’s Not What It Looks Like, Says Investor About Oracle Stock

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on ORCL. DA Davidson raised their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Oracle from $235.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $263.97.

Oracle Price Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average of $158.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $162.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12. The stock has a market cap of $435.01 billion, a PE ratio of 25.90, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.31%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. HFM Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 290.9% in the 4th 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 period. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% 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.