Aberdeen Group plc Grows Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Aberdeen Group plc raised its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 2.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 1,634,355 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 40,395 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for about 0.5% of Aberdeen Group plc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest holding. Aberdeen Group plc owned approximately 0.06% of Oracle worth $318,552,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ORCL. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter worth $28,000. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Oracle by 130.0% in the 3rd quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 65 shares during the period. Investors Research Corp boosted its holdings in Oracle by 465.5% in the 4th quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the period. Finally, Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its stake in Oracle by 76.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Bank of America assumed coverage on Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $200.00 price objective on the stock. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, March 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.91.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of Oracle 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The sale 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 business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Large workforce cuts are being positioned as funding and cost savings to accelerate Oracle’s AI data‑center buildout; investors appear to reward the move as a way to shore up margins and free cash for capex. Oracle fired up to 30,000 workers via email after a 95% profit surge
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle unveiled an AI‑powered NetSuite Restaurant Operations solution — a targeted product win that supports recurring software/service revenue and underscores Oracle’s push to commercialize AI across verticals. Oracle Targets Restaurant Industry With New AI Back Office Solution
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and bullish commentary highlight Oracle’s accelerating AI/cloud traction (including huge multicloud database growth) and a solid recent quarter that beat estimates — factors that support upside if AI-driven revenue and margin expansion continue. Oracle: Building Immunity To ‘SaaSpocalypse’ As It Lives Up To Its AI Potential
• Neutral Sentiment: Related Digital is nearing ~$16B in financing for a large Oracle data‑center project — this could de‑risk some capex for Oracle but also signals the scale and external financing needed to build AI capacity. Related Digital nears $16 billion financing for Oracle data center, Bloomberg News reports
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed/solicited investors about securities‑fraud class actions tied to recent disclosures — litigation risk could increase legal costs and create headline pressure. Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Shareholders Who Lost Money Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of abrupt mass layoffs (some employees notified by email) and large new debt/funding totals (reported $50B+ capex/debt plans in coverage) raise operational, reputational and financing concerns that could weigh on sentiment if execution or customer relations suffer. Fired via email? Some of the 30,000 workers cut by Oracle woke up to a morning message saying they were laid off.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $146.31 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $153.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $208.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $420.79 billion, a PE ratio of 26.27, a P/E/G ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 1.60.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

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.