Royal Bank Of Canada Reaffirms Sector Perform Rating for Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)‘s stock had its “sector perform” rating reiterated by investment analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada in a report issued on Friday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $190.00 price target on the enterprise software provider’s stock. Royal Bank Of Canada’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 20.75% from the company’s previous close.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on ORCL. CLSA began coverage on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, July 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $145.00 target price on the stock. Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $164.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $284.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Oracle presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.68.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $157.35 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $139.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $160.32. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $114.50 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The company has a market capitalization of $453.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Analysts expect that Oracle will post 6.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in Oracle by 14,636.4% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 382,756,945 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $56,093,030,000 after acquiring an additional 380,159,589 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter worth about $4,336,031,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,911,930,000. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 29.3% during the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after acquiring an additional 6,826,299 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 882.3% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 4,991,010 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $972,798,000 after purchasing an additional 4,482,934 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded HPE networking partnership supports AI buildout. Oracle will deploy HPE Juniper routing, switching, telemetry and support equipment across its global AI data centers in a multiyear, gigawatt-scale agreement. HPE also issued Oracle warrants to buy more than 4 million HPE shares for approximately one cent each, potentially aligning the two companies around future infrastructure expansion. HPE and Oracle Deepen Networking Collaboration to Accelerate Gigawatt-Scale AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Cloud growth expectations are setting a high but potentially favorable earnings bar. Oracle is reportedly guiding for roughly 58%–64% cloud growth, while investors will watch whether bookings, remaining performance obligations and AI demand translate into revenue. Oracle previously reported quarterly revenue of $19.18 billion, up 20.6% year over year, and exceeded EPS expectations. Oracle Guides for 58-64% Cloud Growth — Here’s the Bar for Sept. 10
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to see substantial upside. Jefferies maintained a Buy rating despite reducing its target to $290, arguing that AI cloud growth could outweigh leverage concerns. Other published targets remain well above the current trading range, helping attract bargain hunters after Oracle’s steep decline from its 2025 peak. Oracle Stock Could Be Software’s Next Big Winner

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.