Oracle Corporation $ORCL Position Cut by DCM Advisors LLC

DCM Advisors LLC decreased its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 19.3% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 47,149 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 11,271 shares during the period. Oracle comprises about 5.6% of DCM Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. DCM Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $13,260,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. KLCM Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Oracle by 1.4% in the third quarter. KLCM Advisors Inc. now owns 3,941 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,108,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. BOKF NA boosted its stake in Oracle by 14.1% during the third quarter. BOKF NA now owns 74,040 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $20,823,000 after buying an additional 9,154 shares during the period. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in Oracle by 5.1% during the third quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,818 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,355,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Elevatus Welath Management raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 5.2% in the third quarter. Elevatus Welath Management now owns 6,291 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,769,000 after acquiring an additional 310 shares during the period. Finally, Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter valued at $308,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. The trade was a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064 over the last 90 days. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Oracle stock opened at $163.30 on Thursday. 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 cap of $469.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.66. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $167.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $219.04. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $118.86 and a 1 year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 68.09%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $229.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Oracle to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Mizuho set a $400.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $267.77.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 beat and stronger guidance: Oracle posted Q3 revenue of $17.19B and adjusted EPS $1.79 (beat), raised FY2027 revenue guidance to $90B and gave Q4 EPS guidance of $1.96–2.00 — a clear catalyst for the rally. PR Newswire
• Positive Sentiment: AI/cloud momentum: Cloud revenue surged ~44% (OCI infrastructure +84%), and remaining performance obligations/backlog jumped to ~$553B — bolstering investors’ view that Oracle is capturing durable AI infrastructure demand. PR Newswire
• Positive Sentiment: Street response: Multiple firms upgraded ratings or raised targets (e.g., JPMorgan upgraded to overweight), and analysts broadly raised estimates — supporting further upside and heavier trading/option activity. Seeking Alpha
• Neutral Sentiment: TikTok US stake disclosure: A filing values Oracle’s stake in the U.S. TikTok JV at roughly $2B — a modest non-core asset signal that has limited immediate earnings impact but affects overall asset mix. Reuters
• Neutral Sentiment: Dividend declared: Oracle announced a $0.50 quarterly dividend (record Apr 9) — supports income investors but is not the main driver of the rally. MarketBeat / Earnings Release
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy capex & cash-flow pressure: Oracle is executing a multiyear ~$50B AI/data-center buildout; free cash flow has turned sharply negative in the near term (reports cite a large cash burn), which raises financing and execution risks. Fortune
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder litigation: Multiple law firms have filed or are soliciting plaintiffs for securities class actions tied to prior disclosure periods (lead-plaintiff deadlines forthcoming) — legal risk that can distract management and create potential liabilities. Newsfile / Rosen Law
• Negative Sentiment: Project setbacks and financing questions: Reports note at least one canceled/paused data-center expansion with OpenAI and ongoing scrutiny over debt levels — these items keep execution and financing risk on the table despite strong bookings. InsiderMonkey

Oracle 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.