9,335 Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Stokes Capital Advisors LLC

Stokes Capital Advisors LLC trimmed its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 35.8% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 16,736 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 9,335 shares during the period. Stokes Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $2,298,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. North Point Portfolio Managers Corp OH bought a new position in Oracle during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Basso Capital Management L.P. bought a new stake in Oracle in the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Maseco LLP acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the 1st quarter worth $29,000. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Markowski Investments bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of several analyst reports. KeyCorp set a $285.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. Citigroup reissued a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. CLSA initiated coverage on Oracle in a report on Monday, July 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $145.00 target price on the stock. Freedom Broker decreased their price target on Oracle from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, September 14th. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $251.72.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, Director Stephen Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at $3,538,096.50. This trade represents a 6,410.26% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Michael Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total value of $3,420,173.58. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 182,929 shares in the company, valued at $27,730,207.11. This trade represents a 10.98% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. Insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: A bullish analyst view helped support the recovery. Mizuho added Oracle to its top-picks list with a $320 price target, citing strong demand for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AI services. Oracle added to Mizuho Top Picks
• Positive Sentiment: Investors continue to point to Oracle’s growing cloud backlog, recent earnings beats and strong infrastructure growth as evidence that the long-term AI opportunity remains intact despite the stock’s decline from its yearly high. Oracle cloud backlog and potential upside
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is using trucked natural gas to keep data-center construction moving while pipeline infrastructure is delayed, including consideration of the approach for its 2.45-gigawatt New Mexico project. This could reduce schedule risk, though it may raise operating costs. Oracle trucks natural gas to AI data centers
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle signed a virtual power-purchase agreement for Texas wind power, supporting its goal of investing in more than 1.7 gigawatts of renewable-energy projects. The agreement may improve the company’s energy profile but is unlikely to materially affect near-term earnings. Oracle Texas wind-power agreement
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI’s reported annualized revenue of roughly $50 billion was below the previously circulated $68 billion figure. Although the difference reportedly reflects measurement and accounting rather than weaker demand, it renewed concerns about Oracle’s exposure to a small number of major AI customers. OpenAI revenue report pressures AI stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Oracle is pursuing large-scale private financing to buy AI chips have raised concerns about leverage, fixed-margin cloud contracts and the risk of overbuilding capacity. Separately, unusual options activity appeared tilted toward bearish call spreads, while Mar Vista disclosed exiting its Oracle position as the stock’s rally reduced its margin of safety. Oracle AI chip financing

Oracle Price Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $141.56 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $114.50 and a 1 year high of $322.54. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $146.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $159.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. The company has a market cap of $428.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.78.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 26.36% and a return on equity of 48.85%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.69 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 31.35%.

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud services and related hardware. Its offerings help businesses manage databases, applications, data, infrastructure and other core information-technology operations.

The company is best known for its Oracle Database, along with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services. Oracle also provides enterprise applications for functions such as finance, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.