Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Given Equal Weight Rating at Stephens

Stephens reissued their equal weight rating on shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) in a research note published on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $254.00 price objective on the enterprise software provider’s stock.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on ORCL. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Mizuho dropped their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Citizens Jmp dropped their price target on Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. KeyCorp dropped their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $260.71.

Oracle Stock Down 1.8%

Oracle stock opened at $142.95 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $411.14 billion, a PE ratio of 25.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.60. Oracle has a 12 month low of $121.24 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $151.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $203.67. 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 (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 business had revenue of $17.19 billion during 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 revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Oracle will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Oracle

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Oracle by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after buying an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Oracle by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,527,759 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $14,916,026,000 after buying an additional 3,216,915 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,328,754,000 after buying an additional 665,374 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in Oracle by 29.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 27,125,099 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,286,953,000 after purchasing an additional 495,146 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: PIMCO and Bank of America are reported to be lining up roughly $14 billion of debt financing to help fund Oracle’s Michigan AI data-center project — a meaningful sign that outside capital may underwrite the company’s capex push. PIMCO weighs $14 billion debt deal for Oracle’s Michigan data center, Bloomberg News reports
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle named Hilary Maxson as CFO — analysts view her industrial/capex background as appropriate for managing heavy AI-related spending and debt, which supports confidence in financing and execution. Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle continues to land customer deployments for its AI products (e.g., Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent at Southwest General), showing early commercial traction for AI offerings. Southwest General Uses Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent to Reduce Documentation Time and Support Work-Life Balance
• Positive Sentiment: Some Wall Street analysts remain bullish (high price targets and “buy” views), offering upside scenarios if Oracle executes its AI/cloud strategy. This Analyst Sees Oracle (ORCL) Stock Doubling From Here
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry reports (e.g., Opkey) highlight integration and release-velocity challenges as enterprises migrate to cloud/AI — context important for execution risk but not Oracle-specific. Opkey Research Exposes the Cloud Velocity Crisis: Enterprises Struggle to Keep Up with Pace of Change
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle is being showcased with partners (e.g., Exelon/PowerPlan) at customer events, underlining enterprise adoption themes but with limited immediate market impact. Exelon’s Finance Transformation Success with PowerPlan to be Showcased at Oracle Customer Edge Summit
• Negative Sentiment: Reports (Forbes cited by TheStreet) claim Oracle cut an estimated 20,000–30,000 positions as it reallocates resources to AI — the scale of layoffs creates execution, morale and PR risk despite cost-savings intent. Oracle signals massive AI opportunity as layoffs hit
• Negative Sentiment: Rising leverage and large projected capex for AI/data centers have prompted investor scrutiny and legal activity (class-action notices and investigations tied to past disclosures and debt offerings), adding downside risk to sentiment and valuation. Shareholders of Oracle Corporation Should Contact Levi & Korsinsky Before April 6, 2026 to Discuss Your Rights – ORCL
• Negative Sentiment: Media attention on executive pay (CFO compensation) and layoffs has created negative headlines that can pressure sentiment near-term, even if changes are strategic. Oracle hires new CFO with $950K salary as thousands face layoffs

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.