Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by DCF Advisers LLC

DCF Advisers LLC cut its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 13.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 29,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 4,500 shares during the quarter. Oracle comprises 2.6% of DCF Advisers LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest position. DCF Advisers LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $8,156,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ORCL. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 5.1% during the third quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC now owns 2,899 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $815,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Truepoint Inc. purchased a new position in Oracle during the third quarter valued at approximately $271,000. LOM Asset Management Ltd raised its position in Oracle by 55.7% during the third quarter. LOM Asset Management Ltd now owns 6,443 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,812,000 after acquiring an additional 2,306 shares in the last quarter. Integrity Advisory Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Oracle in the third quarter valued at approximately $659,000. Finally, Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp lifted its holdings in Oracle by 1.0% in the third quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 4,988 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,403,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the sale, the director owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. The trade was a 7.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064 over the last quarter. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle rolled out an AI Construction & Engineering safety advisor — another revenue/AI product proof point that underscores continued commercialization of its AI stack. Oracle Transforms Construction Safety Management with AI
• Positive Sentiment: Technicals and some analyst notes suggest a potential bottom: chart patterns and a reclaim of short moving averages have prompted bullish short‑term commentary and supportive analyst views on accelerating cloud growth. Oracle Price Forecast: Reversal Signals
• Neutral Sentiment: Market focus is now squarely on Q3 results and OCI growth rates — analysts are parsing cloud/AI revenue guidance, margins and capex plans; that makes the upcoming earnings release the primary catalyst. Oracle Cloud Outlook Key Focus Ahead of Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say Oracle and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand the Abilene, Texas data‑center site after financing and changing customer needs — a headline that investors interpret as lost growth visibility for AI infrastructure. Oracle and OpenAI end plans to expand Texas data center site
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports indicate Oracle is planning large layoffs and is under cash/capex pressure from its AI data‑center buildout — investors worry about near‑term cash flow, higher leverage and the need to raise substantial capital. Oracle cutting thousands of jobs to pay for AI infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Heightened legal risk — several firms have filed or opened notices for securities‑class‑action suits alleging misstatements about data‑center plans and capex, creating potential litigation costs and investor uncertainty (lead‑plaintiff deadlines in early April). Class Action Notice for Oracle Investors

Oracle Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $152.95 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $169.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $220.82. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The stock has a market cap of $439.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.75, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.66. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on ORCL shares. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on Oracle from $270.00 to $205.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a $375.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $280.09.

Oracle 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.