Matauro LLC Takes Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Matauro LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 6,398 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,799,000.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the second quarter worth approximately $4,275,378,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 2.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 164,278,874 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $35,916,290,000 after buying an additional 3,353,461 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at $731,512,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Oracle by 42.1% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,839,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,932,507,000 after acquiring an additional 2,619,722 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its holdings in Oracle by 840.7% during the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,119,473 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $463,380,000 after acquiring an additional 1,894,157 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently commented on ORCL shares. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of Oracle from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $342.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, October 17th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Oracle from $355.00 to $270.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America reduced their target price on Oracle from $368.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn assumed coverage on Oracle in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. They set a “sell” rating and a $175.00 price target for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $307.72.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle named as a managing investor in the U.S. TikTok joint venture — Oracle will host U.S. user data and provide cloud services for the new entity, removing a major regulatory overhang and creating a clear infrastructure contract opportunity. Oracle stock jumps 5% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok’s U.S. business
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/order-flow bullishness: traders flagged a Power Inflow / institutional order‑flow signal that coincided with intraday buying, drawing momentum traders into the name. Oracle Shares Rise Over 2% After Key Trading Signal
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory/utility approvals for the Michigan data center project remain in place — Michigan regulators approved power requests tied to the Oracle/OpenAI campus, supporting the company’s AI‑infrastructure roadmap. Oracle and OpenAI Win Michigan Approval to Power New Data Center
• Neutral Sentiment: ETF and sector flow context — analysts note the TikTok deal is more of an infrastructure/cloud story than a social‑media call, shifting some ETF and institutional flows toward cloud/data‑center exposures. TikTok’s US Deal Puts Oracle In Focus — Here’s Where ETFs Stand
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market lift — S&P 500 and Nasdaq gains this week helped amplify ORCL’s move as tech regained traction. S&P 500, Nasdaq Manage Weekly Wins As Oracle Lifts Tech
• Negative Sentiment: Data‑center financing and leverage risk remain a clear headwind — reports that a funding partner (Blue Owl) backed away from a $10B Michigan project and other financing questions have focused investors on Oracle’s rising debt and negative free cash flow. Funding stalls for Oracle’s Michigan datacenter as Blue Owl bows out: Financial Times
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/market skepticism on the balance sheet and recent cloud revenue softness — commentators and some influential investors have flagged heavy debt levels and execution risk around AI buildouts, which could keep volatility elevated and prompt further downgrades. Jim Cramer on Oracle: “Their Balance Sheet’s Not That Good”

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,222 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.91, for a total transaction of $641,958.02. Following the sale, the director directly owned 29,225 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,443,394.75. This represents a 7.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Jeffrey Berg sold 49,365 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.02, for a total transaction of $13,971,282.30. Following the transaction, the director owned 151,999 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $43,018,756.98. This represents a 24.52% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 155,190 shares of company stock worth $45,279,001 in the last ninety days. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Oracle Trading Up 6.9%

NYSE:ORCL opened at $192.41 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $118.86 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $234.97 and its 200 day moving average is $242.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $552.83 billion, a PE ratio of 36.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 1.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.59%.

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.