VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Acquires Shares of 156,100 Oracle Corporation $ORCL

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 156,100 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $34,128,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 7.2% in the second quarter. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. now owns 643 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $141,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 5.7% in the second quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 798 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $174,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. MFA Wealth Services lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.0% in the second quarter. MFA Wealth Services now owns 4,563 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $998,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Davis Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.7% in the second quarter. Davis Investment Partners LLC now owns 6,930 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,517,000 after buying an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acropolis Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 2.6% during the second quarter. Acropolis Investment Management LLC now owns 1,850 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $404,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on ORCL. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Stephens raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $208.00 to $331.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday. Berenberg Bank raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $202.00 to $306.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $330.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $323.40.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,222 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.91, for a total value of $641,958.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 29,225 shares in the company, valued at $8,443,394.75. This trade represents a 7.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director William G. Parrett sold 11,500 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $306.00, for a total transaction of $3,519,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 17,764 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,435,784. The trade was a 39.30% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 120,769 shares of company stock valued at $36,428,967. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $291.95 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $832.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.58, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.62. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $271.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $216.40.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The business’s revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.39 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 46.30%.

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.