Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Trading Up 2% – Should You Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s share price shot up 2% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $159.26 and last traded at $156.31. Approximately 25,578,829 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 13% from the average daily volume of 29,547,928 shares. The stock had previously closed at $153.28.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded AWS partnership supports cloud growth. Oracle and Amazon Web Services expanded their long-term collaboration, accelerating enterprise migration to Oracle AI Database@AWS. The service is now available in 22 AWS regions, while Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure adds flexible, pay-per-use capacity. Broader AWS distribution could help Oracle win more large enterprise workloads and boost cloud revenue. Oracle and AWS Deepen Strategic Collaboration
• Positive Sentiment: Quantum computing adds a new growth narrative. Oracle is partnering with Quantinuum to bring its Helios quantum computer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure alongside high-performance computing and GPU resources. Although commercial revenue is likely longer term, the deal strengthens Oracle’s positioning in hybrid AI and emerging enterprise computing. Oracle and Quantinuum Partner on Quantum Computing
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains a tailwind. Strong results from neocloud companies CoreWeave and Nebius highlighted accelerating demand for AI computing, supporting expectations for Oracle’s AI-related cloud backlog and infrastructure business. Oracle’s latest quarterly results also exceeded analyst estimates, with revenue up 20.6% year over year.
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical momentum has improved. ORCL moved above its 50-day moving average, a short-term bullish signal, but remains below its 200-day average. This suggests improving momentum without confirming a longer-term trend reversal. Oracle Crosses Above 50-Day Moving Average
• Negative Sentiment: AI spending and debt are raising execution concerns. Reports say Oracle is considering another round of job cuts after reducing its workforce by 13% in fiscal 2026. The potential cuts reportedly reflect pressure from large AI infrastructure investments and rising debt, creating concerns about cash flow and profitability. Oracle Weighs Another Round of Job Cuts
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish sentiment remains a risk. Investor Michael Burry reportedly added to his short position in Oracle, arguing that AI-related valuations resemble a late-stage boom. The trade does not change Oracle’s fundamentals but may reinforce volatility and skepticism about whether future AI returns will justify current capital spending.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently weighed in on ORCL. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Mizuho set a $320.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.97.

Oracle Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $450.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 1.72. 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 stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $152.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $161.83.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.70 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced 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. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 34.31%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Oracle

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in Oracle by 189.3% in 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 lifted its position in 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 boosted its stake 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 shares of Oracle by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,288,000 after buying an additional 963 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 19.2% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $11,556,000 after acquiring an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. 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.