Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Purchased by SBI Securities Co. Ltd.

SBI Securities Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 129.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 25,848 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,564 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $7,269,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Howe & Rusling Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 6,890 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,938,000 after purchasing an additional 654 shares in the last quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Oracle by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC now owns 1,423 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $400,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 12.9% during the third quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 95,458 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $26,847,000 after acquiring an additional 10,929 shares in the last quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% during the third quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 68,653 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $19,308,000 after acquiring an additional 479 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lokken Investment Group LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 35.7% during the third quarter. Lokken Investment Group LLC now owns 2,738 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $770,000 after acquiring an additional 721 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on ORCL. Weiss Ratings downgraded Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, HSBC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $382.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Three investment 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $296.03.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 144,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,728,655.60. The trade was a 6.49% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 62,223 shares of company stock worth $12,136,764. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL opened at $146.75 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $118.86 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $191.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $235.52. The company has a market cap of $421.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.58, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.64.

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

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

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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