Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) EVP Sells $2,642,850.00 in Stock

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Oracle Trading Up 3.5%

NYSE ORCL opened at $187.50 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $153.54 and its 200-day moving average price is $194.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The stock has a market cap of $539.26 billion, a PE ratio of 33.66, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 1.60. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $130.99 and a 12 month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after buying an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,527,759 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $14,916,026,000 after buying an additional 3,216,915 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,328,754,000 after buying an additional 665,374 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 29.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings 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 buying an additional 495,146 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on ORCL. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Scotiabank dropped their target price on shares of Oracle from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 16th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $229.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a 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 issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $260.71.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle expanded Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud with a Gemini Enterprise agent that enables natural‑language access to Oracle data — a product tie that makes it easier for enterprise customers to operationalize AI on Oracle data and Google Cloud. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched new “agentic” AI tools intended to extend its cloud/AI product moat — a capability set analysts say supports higher cloud engagement and recurring revenue. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Customer and partner momentum: Veritone selected Oracle Cloud as its preferred AI platform, signaling real customer migration into OCI for AI workloads. Customer wins help validate Oracle’s go‑to‑market for AI workloads. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Power/infrastructure demand tied to Oracle’s AI cloud push surfaced in partner news (Bloom Energy expansion tied to Oracle data‑centre power), underscoring multi‑year infrastructure needs that support Oracle’s cloud growth. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Comparative analyst pieces (Nebius vs. Oracle) highlight different entry points into AI cloud — useful framing for investors assessing relative valuation and growth trajectories but not an Oracle‑specific catalyst. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Pyth Network (an Oracle‑backed price‑feed project) was chosen by Kalshi for commodities settlement — a niche win for Oracle’s broader ecosystem, but unlikely to move ORCL materially on its own. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS) reported FY26 growth and a dividend — positive for that unit’s shareholders but only indirectly relevant to ORCL equity performance. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares under a 10b5‑1 plan; continued insider sales across the company are being tracked and can create negative optics for some investors. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Layoff and governance concerns: reports about large workforce reductions and algorithmic selection methods have raised employee‑relations and execution risk questions that could weigh on sentiment. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Compensation optics: the newly appointed CFO received a large equity award (~$26M), which has drawn scrutiny given recent cuts — a short‑term reputational headwind for sentiment. Read More.

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.