Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Bought by Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC

Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 62.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,638 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,475 shares during the period. Oracle comprises approximately 0.7% of Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,273,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Kampmann Melissa S. grew its stake in Oracle by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Kampmann Melissa S. now owns 11,910 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,350,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp now owns 5,319 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,551,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the period. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. now owns 5,281 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,485,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the period. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $317,000 after buying an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Avion Wealth increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 16.6% during the third quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 260 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $73,000 after buying an additional 37 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Mizuho set a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, December 15th. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on Oracle from $360.00 to $260.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $300.46.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total transaction of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 25,596 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, 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 transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 62,223 shares of company stock valued at $12,136,764 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure tailwind — coverage highlights Oracle’s high-performance computing cost advantage and market-share gains in AI infrastructure, supporting the long-term growth story. The AI Infrastructure Stock That’s Stealing Market Share in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: New business win — Alrajhi Medicine selected Oracle Health Foundation EHR and Fusion Cloud, a concrete enterprise win that supports recurring cloud/healthcare revenue expansion. Alrajhi Medicine to Digitize its Healthcare Operations with Oracle
• Positive Sentiment: CapEx ramp backing AI growth — Analysts note Oracle is ramping cloud CapEx toward ~$50B to build GPU-rich data centers aimed at accelerating revenue growth from FY2027 onward. This supports the long-term AI revenue thesis (but increases near-term financing needs). The Zacks Analyst Blog Oracle’s, Amazon and Alphabet
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/coverage attention — Zacks includes Oracle among names tied to AI and VMware integration in its research picks; supportive but not an immediate catalyst. The Zacks Analyst Blog Broadcom, Oracle, Mastercard, Geospace and Gencor
• Negative Sentiment: Operational outage — A weather-related power outage at an Oracle data center disrupted U.S. TikTok users, raising short-term reliability and reputational concerns (repeated coverage). Oracle says outage at data center causes issues faced by US TikTok users
• Negative Sentiment: Credit-market stress — Credit default swaps on Oracle have surged to levels not seen since the COVID era, signaling investor unease about the company’s rising debt load to fund cloud/GPU expansion. Chamath Palihapitiya’s Nervous ‘Gulp’ A Sign Of Things To Come? Oracle’s Credit Default Swaps Surge Past COVID-19 Levels
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/SEC risk — Multiple investor law firms (Rosen, Pomerantz) have filed/investigated class actions tied to Oracle’s senior note offering documents, adding legal exposure and headline risk. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst cut & execution concerns — At least one analyst sharply cut its price target and investor letters/notes (Polen) flagged execution risks, amplifying near-term selling pressure. Why 1 Analyst Just Slashed Their Price Target on Oracle Stock by More than 30%
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction summary — Zacks notes the stock fell more than the market in the latest session, reflecting a combination of the above operational, credit and legal headlines. Here’s Why Oracle (ORCL) Fell More Than Broader Market

Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $172.89 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72. 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 $496.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.65. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $195.63 and a 200 day moving average price of $238.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

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.