Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Decreases Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 179,611 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 6,887 shares during the quarter. Oracle makes up about 0.5% of Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest holding. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $50,514,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 189.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,593,000 after buying an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 8.1% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $903,000 after buying an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 21.5% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $951,000 after acquiring an additional 768 shares during the period. Eagle Global Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth $288,000. Finally, Kendall Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at about $304,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have commented on ORCL shares. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Oracle from $350.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Barclays set a $310.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on Oracle from $355.00 to $270.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $360.00 to $260.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $300.46.

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Oracle Trading Down 0.6%

NYSE ORCL opened at $177.12 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $508.88 billion, a PE ratio of 33.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $198.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $239.58. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The company’s revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 37.59%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total transaction of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This represents a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 111,588 shares of company stock worth $26,108,046 in the last quarter. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Oracle Profile

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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.

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