CoreCap Advisors LLC Increases Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 41.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 28,951 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,532 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $8,142,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Kampmann Melissa S. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 0.3% during the third quarter. Kampmann Melissa S. now owns 11,910 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,350,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp now owns 5,319 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,551,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. lifted its position in Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $317,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 0.7% in the third quarter. Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,700 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,603,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Snider Financial Group grew its holdings in Oracle by 1.3% in the second quarter. Snider Financial Group now owns 3,204 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $701,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of several analyst reports. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday. Erste Group Bank downgraded Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Rothschild & Co Redburn started coverage on Oracle in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. They set a “sell” rating and a $175.00 price target on the stock. Rothschild Redb raised shares of Oracle to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $304.94.

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Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $192.84 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $211.01 and its 200 day moving average price is $242.33. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The firm has a market cap of $554.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.65.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

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

Oracle News Summary

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Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, Director Jeffrey Berg sold 49,365 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 151,999 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,018,756.98. This trade represents a 24.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 19,758 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $5,927,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 18,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,528,700. This represents a 51.74% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 146,346 shares of company stock worth $39,082,996. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle 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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