CRA Financial Services LLC Buys 8,150 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

CRA Financial Services LLC grew its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 104.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 15,988 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,150 shares during the period. CRA Financial Services LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,116,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in Oracle by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 56,553 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $11,023,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares during the last quarter. Hengehold Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Oracle by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Hengehold Capital Management LLC now owns 1,519 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $296,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Victory Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Oracle by 15.9% during the fourth quarter. Victory Financial Group LLC now owns 4,058 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $791,000 after buying an additional 557 shares during the last quarter. PFG Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter worth approximately $357,000. Finally, Econ Financial Services Corp bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,712,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated 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 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 legal 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. This 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.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. KeyCorp reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 9th. DA Davidson raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.91.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is accelerating its AI infrastructure push — the company is expanding AI capabilities across customer verticals and index coverage, which supports longer‑term cloud/AI revenue growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Large third‑party financing is materializing for Oracle data‑center capacity (Related Digital nearing ~$16B financing for a major Oracle data center), which could speed deployment of AI cloud services and boost long‑term TAM. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Billionaire investor interest: high‑profile bullish views (e.g., Ray Dalio) are cited by media, which can support investor confidence in Oracle’s AI strategy. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle is launching federal and industry AI products (AI Data Platform, Federal Financials, restaurant solutions) — product momentum supports growth but won’t offset near‑term costs until adoption scales. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Mass layoffs (reports of up to ~30,000 cuts and some employees notified by email) are creating reputational and execution risks — abrupt cuts can disrupt product roadmaps and customer service. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and shareholder risk is rising: multiple securities‑fraud and class‑action notices and law‑firm alerts have been filed alleging disclosure issues tied to AI data‑center plans and capex. That raises potential litigation costs and management distraction. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Funding and leverage concerns — media reports of very large debt/financing plans to support AI buildouts have investors worried about capital structure, interest costs and dilution if equity is used to fund projects. Article Title

Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $145.31 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $118.86 and a 12-month high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $154.44 and a 200-day moving average of $208.78. The company has a market capitalization of $417.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.60.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

About Oracle

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.