Greenwood Capital Associates LLC Sells 28,539 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Greenwood Capital Associates LLC reduced its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 65.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,898 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 28,539 shares during the quarter. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,190,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Swiss National Bank increased its position in shares of Oracle by 7.6% in the second quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,113,526,000 after acquiring an additional 360,000 shares during the last quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Oracle by 626.1% during the 3rd quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,245,000 after purchasing an additional 9,948 shares during the last quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 3,817 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $835,000 after purchasing an additional 321 shares in the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 32,937 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,201,000 after purchasing an additional 1,515 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cascade Investment Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $239,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of ORCL opened at $198.00 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $568.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $224.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is $243.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The company had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast 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. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 40,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.64, for a total transaction of $11,065,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 154,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,610,859.20. This trade represents a 20.62% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 131,346 shares of company stock worth $36,129,646. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on ORCL shares. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on shares of Oracle from $202.00 to $306.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. UBS Group set a $325.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Stephens raised their target price on shares of Oracle from $208.00 to $331.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their price target on Oracle from $364.00 to $339.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $307.72.

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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.

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