Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Primecap Management Co. CA

Primecap Management Co. CA lessened its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 32.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,536,326 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 3,646,474 shares during the quarter. Oracle accounts for 1.6% of Primecap Management Co. CA’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Primecap Management Co. CA owned 0.26% of Oracle worth $2,119,516,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the second quarter worth approximately $4,275,378,000. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 2,062.4% in the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,227,252 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,595,072,000 after acquiring an additional 8,800,546 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Oracle by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $47,518,451,000 after acquiring an additional 4,681,626 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Oracle by 42.1% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,839,166 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,932,507,000 after acquiring an additional 2,619,722 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 21,239.6% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,729,145 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $378,043,000 after purchasing an additional 1,721,042 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer upgraded ORCL from Market Perform to Outperform and set a $185 price target, citing an attractive valuation after the recent selloff and easing OpenAI risk — a clear catalyst for buying interest. Why Oracle Stock Is Up Around 3% Today
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage momentum: multiple outlets (Benzinga, TipRanks) note the same Oppenheimer upgrade and $185 PT, reinforcing buy-side momentum and raising the stock’s short-term upside narrative. Oracle Stock Is Climbing Today: What’s Happening?
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary and bullish pieces argue the pullback creates a value opportunity for long-term cloud/AI exposure, which supports constructive positioning by investors willing to look through near-term execution noise. Why Oracle Stock Bumped Higher on Wednesday
• Neutral Sentiment: Additional analyst activity (new price targets reported by Finbold/others) is keeping the story dynamic — helpful for volume but mixed in directional conviction. Analyst sets Oracle stock price target
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts note ORCL is underperforming the broader tech sector, suggesting upside depends on a sustained recovery in cloud revenue growth and AI monetization. Oracle Stock: Is ORCL Underperforming the Technology Sector?
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: multiple securities class-action filings and law-firm notices allege misleading disclosures around AI spending, OpenAI exposure and capex — these suits can pressure sentiment, increase legal costs, and create headline risk. Oracle Lawsuits Put AI Spending Risks And Disclosure In Spotlight
• Negative Sentiment: Formal notice from Levi & Korsinsky and other firms highlights the class-action timeline and potential for consolidated litigation — short-term volatility could follow as investors price legal exposure. Oracle Corporation Sued for Securities Law Violations
• Negative Sentiment: Fundamental concern: a Forbes piece flags slowing cloud revenue growth and rising capex as signs Oracle may be losing some AI momentum — a reminder execution on heavy infrastructure spending is not guaranteed. Is Oracle Stock Losing Its AI Edge?

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Bank of America cut their price objective on Oracle from $368.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $375.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $287.94.

Oracle Stock Performance

ORCL stock opened at $147.70 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $424.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.76, a PEG ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $175.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $225.43.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.47 EPS. On average, research analysts predict 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 issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 37.59%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. The trade was a 6.02% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.