Czech National Bank Grows Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Czech National Bank grew its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 5.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 443,567 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,670 shares during the period. Oracle makes up about 0.6% of Czech National Bank’s holdings, making the stock its 26th largest position. Czech National Bank’s holdings in Oracle were worth $86,456,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle during the third quarter worth about $28,000. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new position in Oracle in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 130.0% during the 3rd quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the period. Investors Research Corp lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 465.5% during the 4th quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares during the period. Finally, Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 76.9% during the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BofA reinstated coverage on ORCL with a Buy and a $200 price target, citing a large backlog and AI/cloud upside — a major Wall Street vote of confidence that could support upside if execution continues. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle rolled out Fusion Agentic Applications, expanded AI Agent Studio and announced AI Database agentic features — product launches designed to embed AI agents into core enterprise apps and databases, strengthening Oracle’s enterprise AI value proposition and recurring cloud revenue potential. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s executive profile rose after Executive Chairman/CTO Larry Ellison was named to a new presidential tech advisory council — increased policy access and visibility on AI strategy can be a long‑term positive for enterprise vendors. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and research pieces highlight Oracle’s multicloud/database strategy and recent technical breakouts — these note strong revenue visibility but also call out leverage and franchise risk; useful context for investors but mixed on timing. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: A torrent of law firms has issued investor alerts and class‑action notices tied to alleged misstatements about AI/data‑center capabilities (class period June 12–Dec 16, 2025) with an April 6 lead‑plaintiff deadline — this legal overhang increases uncertainty, potential costs and headline risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Bloomberg/Reuters reported Microsoft will rent a Texas data center that had been developed for Oracle and OpenAI — a sign the original project may not produce the partner/cloud win investors hoped for and a potential near‑term revenue/PR negative. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on ORCL shares. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Oppenheimer upped their target price on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 price target for the company. Finally, HSBC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $262.91.

Oracle Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $145.85 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm has a market cap of $419.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.18, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.66. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $158.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $213.64. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $118.86 and a 12-month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 35.91%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at $6,555,709.82. This represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.