Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Stock Price Up 5.3% – Should You Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s share price traded up 5.3% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $154.89 and last traded at $153.23. 43,277,410 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 46% from the average daily volume of 29,542,605 shares. The stock had previously closed at $145.48.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong AI-cloud demand lifted sentiment: AI-focused cloud providers CoreWeave and Nebius reported exceptional revenue growth, reinforcing expectations that Oracle can benefit from surging demand for data-center capacity. CoreWeave’s customer pipeline reportedly expanded from approximately $25 billion to more than $104 billion, while Nebius revenue jumped 454%. Why Oracle Stock Just Jumped
• Positive Sentiment: Quantum-computing partnership adds a growth avenue: Oracle and Quantinuum announced a multiyear agreement to bring Quantinuum’s Helios quantum-computing capabilities to Oracle Cloud alongside its GPU and high-performance-computing infrastructure. The deal supports Oracle’s broader positioning as an enterprise AI and advanced-computing platform, though financial benefits are likely to take time. Oracle, Quantinuum partner to bring quantum computing to cloud
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive but cautious: Wall Street continues to highlight Oracle’s large AI backlog, cloud growth and potential future cash-flow improvement. However, investors are looking for clearer evidence that the expansion will generate adequate returns.
• Negative Sentiment: Additional layoffs underscore cost and funding pressure: Reports indicate Oracle is preparing another round of workforce reductions, with some teams potentially facing double-digit percentage cuts. The measures reportedly aim to offset enormous AI infrastructure commitments, estimated in some reports at roughly $55.7 billion. Oracle has drawn up plans for a new round of layoffs this month
• Negative Sentiment: Capital intensity and competition remain risks: Oracle’s AI buildout has pressured free cash flow and increased leverage, while Nvidia’s planned financing for neocloud partners could intensify competition for customers and capital. These concerns help explain why the stock remains well below its prior high despite its expanding AI backlog.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have issued reports on ORCL shares. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, June 8th. Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $164.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, June 5th. Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.97.

Oracle Stock Up 5.3%

The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $441.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.28, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.72. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $154.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $162.00.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Oracle

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quantbot Technologies LP lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 78.0% during the second quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 22,464 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,292,000 after acquiring an additional 9,843 shares in the last quarter. Fortress Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $828,000. Madison Wealth Partners Inc lifted its holdings in Oracle by 56.3% during the 2nd quarter. Madison Wealth Partners Inc now owns 5,579 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $818,000 after purchasing an additional 2,010 shares in the last quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co lifted its holdings in Oracle by 6.7% during the 2nd quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 239,618 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $35,116,000 after purchasing an additional 15,100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, X Square Capital LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. X Square Capital LLC now owns 25,700 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,766,000 after purchasing an additional 544 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

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.