Fieldview Capital Management LLC Buys New Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Fieldview Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 30,885 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $8,686,000. Oracle makes up about 1.4% of Fieldview Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at approximately $4,275,378,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in Oracle by 2,062.4% during the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,595,072,000 after acquiring an additional 8,800,546 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Oracle by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $47,518,451,000 after acquiring an additional 4,681,626 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Oracle by 333.7% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,473,137,000 after acquiring an additional 4,030,382 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Oracle by 42.1% in the 2nd 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 during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently issued reports on ORCL. KeyCorp decreased their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Erste Group Bank lowered Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Oracle from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. 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. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $280.09.

Insider Activity

In other Oracle news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Oracle Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of ORCL opened at $152.95 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $118.86 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $169.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $220.62. 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 market cap of $439.45 billion, a PE ratio of 28.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The company’s revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

Key Headlines Impacting 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 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.