SG Americas Securities LLC Grows Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 921.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,311,815 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,085,514 shares during the period. Oracle comprises 0.6% of SG Americas Securities LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $450,596,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 456.6% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,291,058 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $446,550,000 after purchasing an additional 1,879,448 shares during the period. Park Place Capital Corp grew its holdings in Oracle by 12.2% during the fourth quarter. Park Place Capital Corp now owns 1,909 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $372,000 after purchasing an additional 208 shares during the period. GEM Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. GEM Asset Management LLC now owns 3,778 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $729,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the period. Diversified Trust Co. increased its position in Oracle by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Diversified Trust Co. now owns 38,035 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,413,000 after buying an additional 3,256 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Breakwater Capital Group increased its position in Oracle by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Breakwater Capital Group now owns 27,886 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,435,000 after buying an additional 321 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Melius Research set a $160.00 price target on Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Barclays decreased their price objective on Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 9th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $280.00 price objective on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $229.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $265.77.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of ORCL opened at $154.26 on Tuesday. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $118.86 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $160.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $214.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $443.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The business had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 35.91%.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Market tailwind: easing Middle East tensions and a temporary ceasefire drove a bounce in cloud names, cited as the main near-term reason Oracle shares rose today. This is the most direct driver of the intraday move. Why Is Oracle Trading Higher Monday?
• Positive Sentiment: Product & platform momentum: Oracle’s push in hospitality cloud (OPERA Cloud wins, Simphony upgrades) and a reported $553B backlog point to durable SaaS/cloud revenue growth ahead. That supports the company’s long-term SaaS transition thesis. Oracle Hospitality Push Highlights Cloud Expansion: What’s Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Developer & AI enablement: Oracle unveiled Java 26 with AI and cryptographic features, reinforcing its developer platform strategy and potential to capture AI-related demand — a positive for long-term cloud and middleware adoption. Oracle unveils Java 26 with AI and cryptographic functionality for developers
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst tone mixed: Mizuho called Oracle’s quarter “clean” and kept an Outperform rating but trimmed its price target from $400 to $320 — a reminder analysts see solid execution but are tempering near-term upside expectations. Oracle Delivered A “clean” Third Quarter, Says Mizuho
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary: coverage noting whether Oracle’s large backlog is a “gold mine or mirage” and pieces discussing AI market valuation dynamics add mixed sentiment but are not immediate catalysts. Oracle’s $553 Billion Backlog Is Either a Gold Mine or a Mirage
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk surge: multiple law firms have filed or solicited plaintiffs in securities class actions covering the June 12–Dec 16, 2025 period and are urging investors to act — including an April 6 lead-plaintiff deadline — creating litigation overhang and potential liability exposure. ROSEN Encourages Oracle Investors to Secure Counsel
• Negative Sentiment: Debt/offering probe: the Schall Law Firm announced an investigation into Oracle’s senior notes offering (alleged misstatements/omissions tied to the shelf registration), adding a distinct regulatory/investigative risk beyond the equity class actions. ORCL Investors Have Opportunity to Join Fraud Investigation

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 in the company, valued at $46,087,420.53. This represents a 6.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 60,000 shares of company stock valued at $11,326,800. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

About Oracle

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.