Constant Guidance Financial LLC Has $1.14 Million Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Constant Guidance Financial LLC grew its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 102.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,865 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,966 shares during the quarter. Oracle comprises approximately 0.8% of Constant Guidance Financial LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 25th largest holding. Constant Guidance Financial LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,143,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 18.4% in the 4th quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 268,190 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $52,273,000 after purchasing an additional 41,585 shares during the period. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1,094.7% in the 4th quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP now owns 149,810 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $29,200,000 after purchasing an additional 164,871 shares during the period. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Oracle in the 4th quarter valued at $85,000. IFG Advisory LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. IFG Advisory LLC now owns 4,959 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $967,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the period. Finally, Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 35.2% in the 4th quarter. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp now owns 1,689 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $329,000 after purchasing an additional 440 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle was upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), signaling improving earnings optimism and helping support the stock’s longer-term outlook. Oracle (ORCL) Upgraded to Buy: Here’s Why
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle is being tied to massive AI infrastructure spending, with a report highlighting hyperscale cloud investments from firms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Meta, and Oracle as a key driver of rapid co-packaged optics market growth. Co-Packaged Optics Market Size to Hit USD 1,923.64 million by 2035 | SNS Insider
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched a new campaign for its Project Jupiter data center, emphasizing community investment, cleaner energy, and lower water usage, which may help ease local concerns around expansion. Oracle Launches New Campaign Highlighting Commitments to Doña Ana County
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Financial Services Software finalized a perpetual license deal with a global U.S. bank, but the item appears to relate to the separately listed subsidiary rather than being a direct catalyst for ORCL shares. Oracle Financial Services Software Finalises Perpetual Licence Deal With Global U.S. Bank
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also focusing on Oracle’s heavy debt and private-credit funding tied to rapid AI data-center expansion, which has raised financing-risk questions. Oracle Project Jupiter Puts AI Growth And Debt Risks In Focus
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle was mentioned alongside job cuts in a broader discussion of AI and layoffs, which can keep sentiment cautious around corporate spending and restructuring. Sam Altman Says AI Will Not Lead To A Global ‘Jobs Apocalypse’

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup increased their price target on Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Monness Crespi & Hardt reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Melius Research set a $160.00 price objective on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price objective on Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.46.

Oracle Price Performance

ORCL stock opened at $190.73 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $168.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $178.27. The stock has a market cap of $548.54 billion, a PE ratio of 34.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.55. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $134.57 and a 1 year high of $345.72.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 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.