Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stock Holdings Cut by TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. cut its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 10.0% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 370,371 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 41,287 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $52,881,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 76.9% during the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Sherman Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Oracle by 5.5% in the 1st quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $155,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $654,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 7,836 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,086 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $675,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on ORCL. Arete Research set a $255.00 target price on shares of Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on Oracle from $320.00 to $290.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.61.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

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

Oracle Price Performance

ORCL stock opened at $154.50 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.50 and a one year high of $345.72. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $139.54 and a two-hundred day moving average of $160.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $445.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly 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. On average, analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Jefferies maintained a Buy rating and set a $290 price target, while other analysts remain optimistic that Oracle’s AI-cloud growth can offset concerns about elevated spending and leverage. Bernstein also expects a potential recovery toward the company’s prior high. Oracle Stock Could Be Software’s Next Big Winner
• Positive Sentiment: Lower interest rates could provide outsized relief: Oracle has taken on tens of billions of dollars in debt to finance AI data-center construction. A lower-rate environment could reduce financing costs and improve the economics of its capital-intensive expansion. Why Is Oracle Stock Up Today?
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains strong: Oracle is expanding its multi-year relationship with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deploy Juniper networking equipment across global AI data centers. The arrangement supports Oracle’s planned infrastructure buildout and could improve visibility into future capacity expansion. HPE and Oracle Deepen Networking Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings are the next major test: Investors will look for evidence that Oracle’s large cloud backlog is converting into revenue, along with updates on capital expenditures, debt and AI-cloud margins. The company’s latest reported quarter exceeded EPS and revenue estimates, but the market now expects execution against significantly higher AI-related expectations. Oracle Sets Earnings Date
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and spending remain key risks: Oracle’s heavy AI-data-center investment has contributed to rising leverage and negative free cash flow concerns. Analysts have lowered some price targets, including TD Cowen’s reduction to $240, while investors remain cautious about whether future cloud growth will justify the spending. TD Cowen Lowers Oracle Price Target

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.