Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Given New $220.00 Price Target at Scotiabank

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) had its target price cut by Scotiabank from $260.00 to $220.00 in a research note published on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports. They currently have a sector outperform rating on the enterprise software provider’s stock.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on ORCL. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. BMO Capital Markets cut 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. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 23rd. TD Cowen decreased their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $297.89.

Oracle Trading Down 3.4%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $154.65 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $192.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $236.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $444.33 billion, a PE ratio of 29.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. Oracle has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72.

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 the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The company had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Oracle will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. 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 (DPR) is currently 37.59%.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% 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 62,223 shares of company stock valued at $12,136,764 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Oracle

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at $4,275,378,000. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 2,062.4% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,595,072,000 after purchasing an additional 8,800,546 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Oracle by 333.7% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,473,137,000 after purchasing an additional 4,030,382 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Oracle by 42.1% in the second 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. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Oracle News Roundup

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 Company Profile

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.