Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. Sells 19,247 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. lowered its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 6.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 282,164 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 19,247 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for approximately 1.7% of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings, making the stock its 15th largest position. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $54,997,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $47,518,451,000 after purchasing an additional 4,681,626 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its position in Oracle by 1.7% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,459,391 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $16,060,427,000 after acquiring an additional 1,252,723 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in Oracle by 1.2% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 23,310,827 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,555,961,000 after acquiring an additional 266,588 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in Oracle by 0.8% during the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 11,938,457 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,357,572,000 after acquiring an additional 98,693 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,696,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,289,595,000 after acquiring an additional 381,572 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall‑Street bullishness on Oracle’s cloud/AI backlog and accelerating OCI execution supports long‑term upside despite the pullback; a recent upgrade highlights strong cloud and AI revenue growth and a large services backlog as reasons to buy. OCI And Multicloud Execution Shift The Narrative To Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle named Hilary Maxson as chief financial officer to steer finance during an aggressive data‑center and AI buildout — a management change that provides experience but also signals a heavy capex phase. Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO (Reuters)
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Commodity Holding Corp. (TSXV: ORCL) closed a small final tranche of a private placement — unrelated to Oracle Corp’s operations but potentially confusing to retail flows because of the ticker overlap. Oracle Commodity Holding Closes Second and Final Tranche
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Oracle is laying off thousands as it reallocates spend to AI/data‑center buildout — and that the new CFO’s hire and compensation drew scrutiny — create short‑term reputational and execution risk that can pressure the stock. Oracle hires new CFO with $950K salary as thousands face layoffs
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms announced or reminded investors about class‑action and shareholder litigation related to Oracle’s prior disclosures and securities offerings — increasing legal risk and potential future liabilities. Shareholders of Oracle Corporation Should Contact Levi & Korsinsky

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Monness Crespi & Hardt restated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Three 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $262.91.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This represents a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Oracle Stock Down 0.6%

NYSE ORCL opened at $145.56 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a 50 day moving average of $152.46 and a 200-day moving average of $204.84. The company has a market cap of $418.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.13, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.60.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

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.