Foundations Investment Advisors LLC Buys 41,585 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Foundations Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 18.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 268,190 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 41,585 shares during the quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $52,273,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Oracle by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,328,754,000 after acquiring an additional 665,374 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.2% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 23,310,827 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,555,961,000 after acquiring an additional 266,588 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in Oracle by 0.8% during the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 11,938,457 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,357,572,000 after acquiring an additional 98,693 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,696,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,289,595,000 after acquiring an additional 381,572 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

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

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly 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 net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

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

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

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’

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently issued reports on ORCL shares. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $205.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, March 13th. TD Cowen dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three equities research 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus 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.