Twin Capital Management Inc. Cuts Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Twin Capital Management Inc. trimmed its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 14.2% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 30,674 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 5,071 shares during the period. Twin Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,512,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its position in Oracle by 76.9% in the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Verum Partners LLC lifted its position in Oracle by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Verum Partners LLC now owns 2,409 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $470,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 11,991 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,337,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Tull Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. Tull Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $281,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Shum Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,486 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,069,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle reportedly leads AWS, Microsoft and Google in the race for a classified Japanese government cloud deal, a potential high-profile win that could boost credibility and future revenue. Oracle leads race to supply Japan with top-secret cloud services
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched an AI-native builder for Fusion Applications, extending its AI strategy deeper into enterprise workflows and potentially improving long-term cloud growth. Oracle Introduces AI-Native Builder Experience to Create and Run Agentic Applications in Oracle Fusion Applications
• Positive Sentiment: Loews Hotels expanded its Oracle OPERA Cloud rollout, adding another customer proof point for Oracle’s hospitality cloud platform. Oracle OPERA Cloud Central Implements Additional Systems to Further Loews Hotels Delivery of Exceptional Guest Experiences
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle remains a heavily watched AI stock, with several articles arguing the pullback may have created a value opportunity, but also highlighting that valuation and spending risks remain unresolved. Is Oracle (ORCL) Still Undervalued As AI Spending Tests Profits?
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary continues to focus on Oracle’s debt load, aggressive AI infrastructure spending and execution risk, which may be limiting the stock’s rebound despite strong backlog growth. Oracle: The Massive AI Backlog Won’t Save The Balance Sheet Yet
• Negative Sentiment: Recent pieces also warn that Oracle’s sharp selloff reflects investor concern over rising leverage and heavy capex tied to AI expansion. Oracle Stock Crashes to a 52-Week Low. Here’s Why It Might Be Time to Buy.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently commented on ORCL. Stephens reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $164.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Barclays boosted their target price on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $268.27.

Oracle Stock Up 3.5%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $132.35 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $381.24 billion, a PE ratio of 22.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.72. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $180.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $170.28. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $127.60 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.70 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.31%.

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.