Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. Purchases 151,870 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. raised its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 3.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 4,806,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 151,870 shares during the period. Oracle makes up about 0.8% of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 17th largest position. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. owned 0.17% of Oracle worth $1,351,737,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Kilter Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 130.0% during the third quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. LGT Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the second quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth about $34,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Redburn Partners set a $175.00 price target on Oracle in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Oracle from $246.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Baird R W raised Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $342.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Finally, TD Cowen lowered their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $350.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.50.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Maria Smith sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.62, for a total value of $1,403,100.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 47,083 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,212,431.46. This represents a 9.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 25,596 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 126,588 shares of company stock worth $33,155,596 in the last three months. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Trading Up 3.1%

NYSE ORCL opened at $204.69 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $588.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.48, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one 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 business’s fifty day moving average is $207.33 and its 200-day moving average is $242.25.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $400 price target, citing confidence in Oracle’s positioning for AI infrastructure — a signal that institutional research sees meaningful upside from Oracle’s cloud/AI strategy. Jefferies’ $400 Oracle (ORCL) Target Reflects Confidence in AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analysts/upgrades remain bullish on ORCL (coverage noted in roundups), reinforcing demand-side expectations for AI/cloud revenue growth and helping lift the stock. Upgrades: Analysts are Still Bullish on Nvidia (NVDA), Crowdstrike (CRWD) and Oracle (ORCL) Upside
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced a healthcare customer win: Community Memorial Hospital will implement Oracle Health Foundation EHR and the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent — a tangible enterprise adoption case for Oracle’s AI-driven healthcare stack. Customer wins help validate commercial traction and recurring revenue potential. Community Memorial Hospital Chooses Oracle Health to Enhance Patient Care and Power Operational Excellence
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle unveiled an AI-driven Retail Supply Chain Collaboration solution at NRF — another product rollout that supports cross-selling into retail customers and reinforces the company’s AI/cloud monetization narrative. Retailers Help Mitigate Risk with Oracle’s AI-Driven Supply Chain Collaboration
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat and other pieces highlight Oracle as a leading cross-cloud operator with strong hyperscaler-driven gains and a large RPO pipeline — reinforcing bullish forward-growth expectations tied to AI/cloud infrastructure. 5 AI Stocks Positioned to Win, No Matter What
• Negative Sentiment: High-profile investor Michael Burry has taken short positions and put options on Oracle, publicly criticizing its cloud strategy and highlighting ~ $95B of debt tied to data-center expansion — a headline risk that fuels selling pressure and raises governance/financial-concern narratives. Oracle (ORCL) Stock: Burry Takes Short Position on Database Company

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.