Florida Financial Advisors LLC Has $3.73 Million Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Florida Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 225.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 13,257 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,183 shares during the period. Oracle makes up about 1.2% of Florida Financial Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest holding. Florida Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $3,729,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Swiss National Bank lifted its stake in Oracle by 7.6% in the 2nd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,113,526,000 after purchasing an additional 360,000 shares during the last quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 626.1% during the third quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,245,000 after buying an additional 9,948 shares during the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 4.8% during the second quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 32,937 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,201,000 after buying an additional 1,515 shares in the last quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 45.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC now owns 3,723 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $814,000 after acquiring an additional 1,161 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alexis Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 38.0% during the 2nd quarter. Alexis Investment Partners LLC now owns 4,540 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $954,000 after acquiring an additional 1,249 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $160.19 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $118.86 and a one year high of $345.72. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $183.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $231.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $460.24 billion, a PE ratio of 30.11, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.64.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.59%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,032,429.56. This trade represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. DA Davidson raised Oracle from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday, February 9th. Scotiabank reduced their price target on Oracle from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, October 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $292.43.

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Oracle Company 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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