Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Sells 314,352 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. cut its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 81.9% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 69,420 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 314,352 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $13,531,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Jennison Associates LLC boosted 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 during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Oracle by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in Oracle by 333.7% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,473,137,000 after acquiring an additional 4,030,382 shares during the last quarter. Amundi lifted its stake in Oracle by 32.9% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 9,636,090 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,809,609,000 after buying an additional 2,385,556 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 921.6% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,311,815 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $450,596,000 after buying an additional 2,085,514 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $229.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $160.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Citigroup boosted their price target on Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.46.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

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• Negative Sentiment: Some coverage continues to flag Oracle’s rising debt and negative free cash flow as risks, suggesting the AI growth story still comes with financial strain and execution pressure. Great News: Oracle Stock Could Be One of the Most Underrated AI Infrastructure Stocks

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $187.90 on Thursday. 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 $134.57 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $164.89 and its 200-day moving average is $180.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $540.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.73, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The company had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.