Boyd Wealth Management LLC Sells 5,737 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Boyd Wealth Management LLC cut its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 51.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,315 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 5,737 shares during the period. Oracle comprises about 0.6% of Boyd Wealth Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest position. Boyd Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,495,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 189.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,593,000 after purchasing an additional 100,494 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Oracle by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $903,000 after purchasing an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 21.5% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $951,000 after buying an additional 768 shares during the period. CX Institutional grew its position in shares of Oracle by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 16,862 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,687,000 after buying an additional 748 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PineStone Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 27.3% during the second quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,590,801 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $785,057,000 after buying an additional 769,946 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Stephens upped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $208.00 to $331.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. HSBC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price objective on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Barclays set a $310.00 target price on Oracle in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $300.46.

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Oracle Stock Down 0.6%

NYSE ORCL opened at $177.12 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $198.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $239.52. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The firm has a market cap of $508.88 billion, a PE ratio of 33.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.65.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. Oracle’s revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 37.59%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Jeffrey Berg sold 49,365 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.02, for a total transaction of $13,971,282.30. Following the sale, the director owned 151,999 shares in the company, valued at $43,018,756.98. The trade was a 24.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 111,588 shares of company stock worth $26,108,046 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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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