Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stock Sold by Integrity Alliance LLC.

Integrity Alliance LLC. lowered its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 24.7% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 12,754 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 4,189 shares during the quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,751,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Sherman Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 5.5% during the 1st quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $155,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Gould Asset Management LLC CA increased its stake in Oracle by 2.0% in the first quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 3,172 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $467,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC increased its stake in Oracle by 1.6% in the first quarter. One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 3,859 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $568,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Main Street Group LTD boosted its stake in Oracle by 3.9% in the 1st quarter. Main Street Group LTD now owns 1,662 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $245,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 1,809 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, October 27th. Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $285.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Scotiabank reiterated a “sector outperform” rating and issued a $205.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Morgan Stanley downgraded Oracle from a “positive” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Oracle from $190.00 to $165.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, September 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $249.27.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS maintained its Buy rating and $250 price target, arguing that concerns about AI demand and supply are overstated. Oracle has also retained ambitious growth targets, including a $90 billion fiscal 2027 revenue goal. Oracle gets UBS backing as broker pushes back on AI demand concerns
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle and Credo are working with the Open Compute Project community to standardize optical-transceiver telemetry, a technical collaboration that could support data-center operations but has no disclosed near-term financial impact. Credo and Oracle Advance Optical Transceiver Telemetry Standardization
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle reportedly scrapped a proposed five-year, roughly $7 billion chip-leasing agreement with Tencent after U.S. government pressure over Chinese access to advanced AI chips. The canceled deal removes a potential source of business and underscores regulatory limits on serving Chinese AI customers. Oracle abandons $7 billion Tencent AI deal under Trump pressure
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also digesting Oracle’s completed $20 billion financing package: $10 billion from selling about 86.2 million shares at $116 each and $10 billion in notes with coupons ranging from 7% to 8.65%. The equity issuance dilutes shareholders, while borrowing costs heighten scrutiny of whether AI infrastructure spending will generate adequate returns. Oracle Completes $10 Billion Debt Offering Across Five Maturities

Oracle Stock Down 1.9%

NYSE ORCL opened at $123.82 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $374.39 billion, a PE ratio of 19.41, a P/E/G ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.79. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $140.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $156.10. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $114.50 and a fifty-two week high of $252.40. The company has a quick ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.72 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 31.35%.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, Director Stephen H. Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 29th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $139.35 per share, with a total value of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 25,390 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Michael D. Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total transaction of $3,420,173.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 182,929 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,730,207.11. This trade represents a 10.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. Corporate insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud infrastructure and database technologies. Its products help organizations store, manage, analyze and secure data, while supporting business operations across industries and geographies.

The company’s offerings include Oracle Database, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud-based applications. These applications serve functions such as enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.