Vise Technologies Inc. Buys 67,678 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Vise Technologies Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 87.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 145,215 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,678 shares during the quarter. Vise Technologies Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $21,281,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. HFM Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ORCL has been the topic of a number of research reports. Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Wedbush decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $285.00 to $245.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.97.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s remaining performance obligations reportedly reached approximately $638 billion, strengthening the investment case by providing significant contracted future revenue. Analysts believe strong cloud growth and enterprise AI demand could eventually support a substantial recovery in ORCL shares. Oracle Price Prediction: Can Its $638 Billion Backlog Send the Stock Back Toward $250?
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts continue to favor Oracle over other enterprise technology companies, citing its record AI backlog, cloud momentum and relatively discounted valuation. Buy ratings ahead of the September earnings report may provide additional support. Oracle vs. Microsoft: Which Enterprise AI Stock Is the Better Buy?
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle Health expanded its Clinical AI Agent with automated professional-fee coding, physician dictation and chart-review tools. The rollout broadens Oracle’s healthcare AI opportunity and could improve adoption of its healthcare software platform. Oracle Health Expands Clinical AI Agent with Automated Coding, Dictation, and Chart Review
• Neutral Sentiment: One analysis characterizes Oracle as inexpensive but argues that the key business inflection may not arrive until 2027. That outlook supports the long-term thesis but implies limited near-term catalysts while the company converts its backlog into revenue and profits. Oracle: Cheap, But Too Early – The Real Inflection Comes In 2027
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Oracle’s AI infrastructure expansion will require heavy borrowing. A broader surge in investment-grade debt used to fund AI projects raises questions about leverage, capital returns and the risk of an AI spending pullback. Oracle’s high debt burden and exposure to large customers, including OpenAI, add to those concerns. Oracle stock has become a bargain, but a risky pattern has emerged
• Negative Sentiment: Billionaire investor Steve Cohen reportedly chose Broadcom over Oracle as his preferred AI stock, a comparison that may reinforce concerns that ORCL’s upside depends on longer-dated execution rather than immediate AI monetization. Broadcom or Oracle: Billionaire Steve Cohen Loads Up on One Top AI Stock

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $142.05 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $145.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $160.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. The firm has a market cap of $409.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.50 and a one year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $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. On average, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The sale 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. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.