Cary Street Partners Financial LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Cary Street Partners Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 44.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 35,611 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,979 shares during the quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $6,941,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 76.9% during the 3rd 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 during the period. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter worth approximately $35,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 290.9% in the fourth quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Collier Financial purchased a new stake in Oracle in the third quarter valued at approximately $38,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Oracle Stock Performance

Oracle stock opened at $192.51 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $553.67 billion, a PE ratio of 34.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.55. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $134.57 and a one year high of $345.72. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $167.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $178.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s payout ratio is 35.91%.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle was upgraded to Buy by Zacks, with the firm citing improving earnings expectations and stronger outlook for the stock. Oracle (ORCL) Upgraded to Buy: Here’s Why
• Positive Sentiment: Seeking Alpha also published a bullish piece arguing that Oracle is no longer an “easy short,” which supports sentiment that the stock may have more upside after its strong AI and cloud run. Oracle: The Easy Short Is Gone (Rating Upgrade)
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle launched a new public campaign tied to its Doña Ana County data center project, highlighting community investment, lower water usage, and cleaner power plans. The announcement is more reputational than financially material in the short term. Oracle Launches New Campaign Highlighting Commitments to Doña Ana County
• Neutral Sentiment: Some coverage focused on Oracle as part of a broader debate over “AI round-trip” revenue and cloud growth quality, which could keep investors cautious even if it does not immediately change fundamentals. Oracle’s AI Round Trip Revenue Raises Questions On Cloud Growth Quality
• Negative Sentiment: Articles questioning whether AI-related cloud revenue is being artificially inflated may weigh on sentiment if investors start to worry that Oracle’s cloud growth is less organic than it appears. AI Bubble Fears Grow as Big Tech Allegedly Pays Itself in Cloud Loop

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ORCL has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Wedbush upped their price objective on Oracle from $225.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Oracle from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on Oracle from $310.00 to $230.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 9th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.46.

Oracle Profile

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.