First Nebraska Trust Co Makes New Investment in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

First Nebraska Trust Co purchased a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 30,113 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $4,430,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ORCL. Foguth Wealth Management LLC. increased its holdings in Oracle by 21.4% in the 1st quarter. Foguth Wealth Management LLC. now owns 1,275 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $188,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Financial Solutions Advisory Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the first quarter worth about $286,000. Maripau Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 25.9% during the first quarter. Maripau Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,301 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 473 shares during the last quarter. Allen Capital Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 21.5% in the first quarter. Allen Capital Group LLC now owns 4,933 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $726,000 after buying an additional 872 shares during the period. Finally, Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,459 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $362,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded Google Cloud AI partnership: Oracle and Google Cloud will make Google’s Gemini models available across Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications and NetSuite. The integration could help thousands of enterprise customers automate workflows, improve decision-making and build agentic applications, strengthening Oracle’s cloud platform and AI monetization prospects. Oracle to Make Gemini Models Available to Thousands of Enterprise Applications Customers
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Coverage points to a consensus price target near $248 and notes that three Wall Street analysts have targets of $400. The forecasts reflect confidence that Oracle’s cloud growth and AI-related demand are not fully reflected in its depressed valuation. 3 Wall Street Analysts Have Oracle Going to $400
• Positive Sentiment: Backlog viewed as undervalued: Bullish commentary argues that Oracle’s large, OCI-driven remaining performance obligations and cloud backlog are receiving little credit from the market. If converted into revenue as expected, the backlog could support stronger long-term growth. Oracle’s Massive Backlog Gets No Credit
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader AI-cloud rebound: Oracle’s move occurred alongside a sharp recovery in AI infrastructure stocks, suggesting that sector-wide risk appetite and technical factors are also contributing, rather than the movement being driven solely by company fundamentals. AI Cloud Names Snap Back
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and capital-spending risks remain: Reporting highlights the substantial debt Oracle has taken on to build data centers for AI workloads. Heavy investment could pressure cash flow and returns if cloud demand or utilization falls short of expectations. Five Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Larry Ellison’s A.I. Gamble

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Oracle stock opened at $129.99 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $163.86 and its 200 day moving average is $164.42. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.50 and a one year high of $345.72. The firm has a market cap of $374.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.72. 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 released its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is 34.31%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Scotiabank reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on shares of Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $265.03.

Oracle Company 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.