Premier Fund Managers Ltd Purchases New Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Premier Fund Managers Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 14,610 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $4,130,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Oracle by 189.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after acquiring an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $903,000 after purchasing an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Oracle by 21.5% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $951,000 after purchasing an additional 768 shares during the last quarter. United Bank boosted its holdings in Oracle by 6.8% during the second quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,288,000 after purchasing an additional 963 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its position in Oracle by 19.2% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,556,000 after purchasing an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Down 5.5%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $148.00 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $425.23 billion, a PE ratio of 27.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.64. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $178.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $227.68.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. The company had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 9th were given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is 37.59%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings downgraded Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Mizuho set a $400.00 price objective on Oracle in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Citizens Jmp reduced their price objective on Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Melius Research set a $160.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.97.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at $6,555,709.82. This represents a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 25,596 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is winning cloud deals that validate its AI infrastructure strategy — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for a modernization project, a concrete commercial win that supports OCI revenue momentum. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gains Momentum With CMS Selection
• Neutral Sentiment: Some software peers (e.g., RingCentral, Five9) are rallying on better-than-expected results, showing mixed sentiment across AI-exposed software names — this helps explain sector rotation but doesn’t remove Oracle‑specific concerns. Beaten-down software stocks RingCentral and Five9 rally as earnings quell some AI concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have launched or are soliciting plaintiffs for securities‑fraud class actions covering the June–Dec 2025 period; proliferation of suits raises legal and reputational risk and increases uncertainty for shareholders. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Oracle Corporation Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary ties today’s sell‑off to Nvidia/OpenAI funding dynamics: traders are treating Oracle as a proxy for OpenAI’s ability to raise capital and for Oracle’s ability to support contracted AI workloads — funding clarity is needed to calm sentiment. Here’s Why Oracle Stock Slumped Today (Hint: It’s Nvidia Related, But Not How You Might Think)
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst/social‑media threads flag heavy AI capex (estimates of up to ~$50B), higher debt issuance and insider selling — financing/dilution worries and rising short interest are pressuring the stock. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Q2 Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Intraday commentary and trade reports note a sharp slide in ORCL versus broader indexes today — momentum selling and higher volume amplify the move until the market gets clearer answers on funding, capex pacing and legal exposure. Why Are Oracle Shares Sliding On Friday?

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.