WT Asset Management Ltd Decreases Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

WT Asset Management Ltd decreased its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 77.2% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 58,536 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 197,764 shares during the quarter. Oracle makes up 0.8% of WT Asset Management Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest holding. WT Asset Management Ltd’s holdings in Oracle were worth $16,463,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Swiss National Bank increased its position in shares of Oracle by 7.6% during the second quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,113,526,000 after purchasing an additional 360,000 shares in the last quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. lifted its stake in Oracle by 626.1% in the third quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,245,000 after buying an additional 9,948 shares during the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 4.8% in the second quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 32,937 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,201,000 after acquiring an additional 1,515 shares during the period. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC grew its position in shares of Oracle by 45.3% during the second quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC now owns 3,723 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $814,000 after acquiring an additional 1,161 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Meeder Advisory Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 40,946 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $11,516,000 after acquiring an additional 3,184 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. KeyCorp lowered their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Erste Group Bank lowered Oracle from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $290.97.

Oracle Price Performance

NYSE:ORCL traded down $4.45 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $152.09. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,750,142 shares, compared to its average volume of 25,951,814. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $118.86 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. The business’s 50-day moving average is $178.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $228.60. The company has a market capitalization of $436.97 billion, a PE ratio of 28.75, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.64.

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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.47 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s payout ratio is 37.59%.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Public‑sector/OCI win — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to consolidate and migrate workloads, reinforcing OCI’s enterprise/public‑sector traction and recurring revenue potential. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle involved in major AI data‑center buildouts (Stargate/OpenAI partnership) — coverage of the DTE Stargate project highlights Oracle as a partner on large AI campuses, which implies meaningful demand for OCI, software, and services tied to those deployments. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street backing and long‑term targets — many analysts remain constructive on ORCL (majority buy/outperform ratings; median 6‑month+ target sits materially above current levels), which supports upside if execution continues. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Long‑term performance context — retrospective pieces show Oracle has delivered solid multi‑year returns, useful for investors assessing buy‑and‑hold case versus short‑term volatility. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple class‑action lawsuit filings and reminders from law firms — several firms have announced lawsuits/lead‑plaintiff deadlines tied to Oracle’s disclosures for a defined class period; this increases legal overhang and potential settlement/defense costs. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Financing, capex and insider selling concerns — coverage flags Oracle’s large AI‑data‑center capex plans, reports of a potential ~\$50B raise (debt/equity) and heavy insider sell‑offs, raising dilution, credit and cash‑flow worries that can weigh on the stock near term. Article Title

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.