Matauro LLC Acquires 7,029 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Matauro LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 109.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,427 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,029 shares during the quarter. Matauro LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $2,617,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Oracle by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $47,518,451,000 after purchasing an additional 4,681,626 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,459,391 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $16,060,427,000 after purchasing an additional 1,252,723 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 23,310,827 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,555,961,000 after purchasing an additional 266,588 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in Oracle by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 11,938,457 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,357,572,000 after purchasing an additional 98,693 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in Oracle by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,696,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,289,595,000 after purchasing an additional 381,572 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on ORCL. 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 report on Thursday, February 5th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Scotiabank dropped their target price on shares of Oracle from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.91.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Layoffs framed as strategic cost cutting to fund AI/data‑center expansion, which investors view as freeing capital for growth and improving margins. Oracle laying off thousands of workers to cut costs amid AI push: report
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Oracle is raising large sums for its data‑center buildout and that partner financing is closing (signals external investor appetite for Oracle’s AI infrastructure plan). Related Digital nears $16 billion financing for Oracle data center, Bloomberg News reports
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is rolling out AI products for government and defense (new market access and contract opportunities that support recurring cloud revenue). Oracle Unveils AI Data Platform for US Federal Government
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts/strategists note the layoffs could be a one‑off restructuring to reposition engineering for AI, so market reaction may be short‑lived if execution is smooth. Oracle’s layoffs might be a ‘one-off story,’ strategist says
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage emphasizing Oracle’s AI infrastructure expansion across commercial verticals (context for long‑term thesis but execution/costs still key). Why Is Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Expanding AI Infrastructure Across Russell 1000 index
• Negative Sentiment: Worker blowback and reputational damage after reports some employees were notified by email — heightens execution and morale risk. Fired via email? Some of the 30,000 workers cut by Oracle woke up to a morning message saying they were laid off.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud and class‑action notices have been filed alleging disclosure issues around AI/data‑center spending and capex — potential legal and settlement overhang. Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Shareholders Who Lost Money Have Opportunity to Lead Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of very large debt and capex to build AI data centers (tens of billions) raise financing and margin‑risk concerns if revenue growth lags. Oracle Fires 30,000 Employees Overnight to Fund $58 Billion AI Data Center Debt

Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

Oracle stock opened at $145.31 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $154.44 and a 200-day moving average of $208.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $417.91 billion, a PE ratio of 26.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.91%.

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.