Citizens Jmp Reiterates “Market Outperform” Rating for Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)‘s stock had its “market outperform” rating reissued by Citizens Jmp in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. They presently have a $285.00 price objective on the enterprise software provider’s stock. Citizens Jmp’s price objective points to a potential upside of 75.36% from the company’s current price.

ORCL has been the topic of a number of other reports. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Oracle from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on Oracle from $320.00 to $290.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 2nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.68.

Oracle Stock Up 2.4%

Shares of ORCL opened at $162.52 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. Oracle has a 52-week low of $114.50 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $140.26 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $160.39. The company has a market capitalization of $468.13 billion, a PE ratio of 27.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.74.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Oracle will post 6.49 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Oracle

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 76.9% in the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 5.5% during the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $155,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.3% in the first quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $654,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the period. Global Financial Private Client LLC grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.8% in the first quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 7,836 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Oracle by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,086 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $675,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts are becoming more bullish ahead of earnings. Guggenheim reportedly named Oracle its “best idea” and set a $400 price target, while other firms cited accelerating cloud growth and a large contracted backlog. Guggenheim Calls Oracle Stock Its Best Idea
• Positive Sentiment: Investor enthusiasm is centered on Oracle’s roughly $638 billion cloud-infrastructure backlog and its role in supporting OpenAI’s expanding AI ecosystem. The launch of OpenAI’s latest model has renewed expectations that Oracle can convert AI contracts into long-term cloud revenue. Oracle’s Stock Gets a Boost as the OpenAI Ecosystem Comes Back Into Favor
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s ability to deploy AI infrastructure quickly is another bullish factor: Bloom Energy delivered power to an Oracle data center in 55 days, highlighting the importance of speed as customers compete for AI capacity. Bloom Energy Delivered Power to an Oracle Data Center in 55 Days
• Neutral Sentiment: Thursday’s results are the immediate catalyst. Wall Street reportedly expects approximately 28% revenue growth, with investors focused on cloud-services growth, remaining performance obligations, backlog conversion, and management’s outlook.
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock’s options market is implying an unusually large post-earnings move, signaling elevated expectations and risk rather than a clear directional forecast. Oracle Could Swing by $47.8 Billion After Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Oracle’s AI expansion requires heavy capital spending and additional debt. Rising leverage, financing costs, and weak free-cash-flow conversion could limit the value of its large backlog. Oracle’s $638 Billion Backlog Meets Its Balance Sheet
• Negative Sentiment: European regulators have issued an early warning regarding Oracle’s cloud licensing practices, creating a potential regulatory overhang. Separately, reported insider activity shows selling rather than purchases, which may temper bullish sentiment.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation is a global enterprise technology company that develops and provides database software, cloud infrastructure, business applications and related technology services. Its offerings help organizations manage data, run applications, support business operations and build technology environments across on-premises, hybrid and cloud-based settings.

The company’s products include Oracle Database, MySQL, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud applications for enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.