Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Stock Price Up 4.3% – Still a Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) rose 4.3% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $195.32 and last traded at $192.11. Approximately 19,849,031 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 28% from the average daily volume of 27,423,316 shares. The stock had previously closed at $184.13.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is still drawing support from its strong quarterly results and upbeat analyst reaction after reporting a double beat on earnings and revenue, reinforcing the view that cloud and AI demand remain solid. The Stock Market Is Underestimating the Massive Growth Potential of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Giant That Could Easily Become a $1 Trillion Company
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced new AI capabilities in OPERA Cloud and a new hybrid streaming architecture on OCI, highlighting continued product momentum and broader adoption of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. New AI Capabilities in Oracle OPERA Cloud Supercharge Hotel Operations
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles pointed to Oracle as a trending or potentially undervalued AI/cloud name, with commentary that Wall Street still sees meaningful upside if Oracle can convert its large backlog into revenue. Oracle (ORCL) Has AI Demand. Now It Needs to Prove It Can Scale
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle received additional visibility from business updates such as Lightpath using Oracle Cloud Scale Billing and Oracle’s executive speaking slot at an AI infrastructure panel, which may help sentiment but do not materially change fundamentals. Lightpath Monetizes Digital Services and Powers AI-Driven Innovation with Oracle
• Negative Sentiment: Investor caution remains high after reports that Microsoft walked away from a potential multibillion-dollar Oracle cloud capacity deal, raising concerns about the pace and quality of Oracle’s cloud expansion. Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure talks with Oracle collapse, Business Insider reports
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also focused on Oracle’s leverage and the risks of its hyperscaler strategy, with some analysts arguing the market is underestimating debt and execution challenges. Oracle’s Massive Debt Problem

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ORCL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on shares of Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $268.27.

Oracle Stock Down 2.7%

The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $187.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $177.46. The company has a market capitalization of $527.20 billion, a PE ratio of 31.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 56.43% and a net margin of 25.37%.The company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. S&A Financial Services Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the first quarter valued at approximately $247,000. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 7.1% in the first quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 6,529 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $961,000 after buying an additional 430 shares in the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.1% in the first quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 44,975 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $6,616,000 after buying an additional 473 shares in the last quarter. Robinswood Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the first quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Finally, First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 31.1% in the first quarter. First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services now owns 47,844 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,038,000 after buying an additional 11,356 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Oracle Company 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.