Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Hantz Financial Services Inc.

Hantz Financial Services Inc. decreased its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 15.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 210,411 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 37,618 shares during the period. Oracle makes up about 0.9% of Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $59,176,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. Swiss National Bank raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 7.6% in the 2nd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,113,526,000 after purchasing an additional 360,000 shares in the last quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. increased its holdings in Oracle by 626.1% in the third quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,245,000 after buying an additional 9,948 shares during the last quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 321 shares during the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 4.8% during the second 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Cascade Investment Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at about $239,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Financing clarity relieved some credit concerns: Oracle’s plan to raise up to $45–50B to fund its AI/data-center expansion has been framed by some banks as a clearing event that reduces immediate credit-risk uncertainty; 5-year CDS levels fell sharply and some analysts see the plan as buy-side relief. CNBC: Oracle’s credit default swaps are plummeting after financing plans
• Positive Sentiment: Investor demand for bonds looks strong — the company’s bond offering drew heavy demand, signaling fixed‑income investors are willing to fund Oracle’s buildout, which supports execution of the AI-capacity strategy. TipRanks: $25B bond offering attracts heavy demand
• Neutral Sentiment: Strategic rationale — large capex is validating long-term AI infrastructure positioning: coverage arguing Oracle’s $50B program (including power solutions such as SMRs) elevates OCI from a commodity play to a strategic infrastructure provider, supporting a longer-term growth thesis even as near-term execution risk rises. MarketBeat: The Atomic Pivot: AI’s $50 Billion Power Move
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts remain mixed but not uniformly negative — some firms (e.g., Barclays) reiterated Overweight, citing financing clarity and long-term upside, while others are re‑rating/adjusting models to account for capital mix. InsiderMonkey: Barclays reiterates Overweight
• Negative Sentiment: Dilution and debt concerns persist — some investors fear the scale and mix (debt vs. equity) of the $45–50B raise could dilute equity or increase leverage; that uncertainty has pressured the stock. Reuters: Shares fall as investors assess up to $50B plan
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction to corporate commentary and OpenAI ties—Oracle’s public reassurances about OpenAI and related customer exposure failed to fully calm investors and may have triggered short-term selling. Fortune: Oracle defused ‘the key risk’, but market isn’t buying it
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and workforce risk: a Pomerantz investor probe and reports that Oracle may cut up to ~30,000 roles add headline risk and uncertainty around execution/costs. GlobeNewswire: Pomerantz investigates Oracle Yahoo: Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs

Oracle Trading Down 3.4%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $154.65 on Wednesday. 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 has a market cap of $444.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.07, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.64. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $192.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $236.15.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 37.59%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. This represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.52, for a total transaction of $1,925,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 144,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,728,655.60. The trade was a 6.49% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 62,223 shares of company stock valued at $12,136,764 in the last quarter. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on ORCL shares. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $342.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, October 17th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 target price for the company. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $297.89.

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.