TB Alternative Assets Ltd. Takes Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

TB Alternative Assets Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 19,616 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $5,517,000. Oracle comprises 0.8% of TB Alternative Assets Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest position.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle during the second quarter valued at about $4,275,378,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 2.1% in the 2nd 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 during the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $731,512,000. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 42.1% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,839,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,932,507,000 after acquiring an additional 2,619,722 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in Oracle by 840.7% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,119,473 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $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.

Oracle Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $198.00 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $568.88 billion, a PE ratio of 37.22, a P/E/G 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. The stock’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 earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.64, for a total transaction of $11,065,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 154,030 shares in the company, valued at $42,610,859.20. The trade was a 20.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Maria Smith sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.62, for a total value of $1,403,100.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 47,083 shares in the company, valued at $13,212,431.46. This represents a 9.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 131,346 shares of company stock valued at $36,129,646 over the last quarter. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. UBS Group set a $325.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Robert W. Baird reduced their target price on Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 price target for the company. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned 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.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $307.72.

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Oracle Company Profile

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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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