Finemark National Bank & Trust Cuts Stake in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Finemark National Bank & Trust trimmed its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 16.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 85,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 16,748 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for approximately 0.8% of Finemark National Bank & Trust’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding. Finemark National Bank & Trust’s holdings in Oracle were worth $24,117,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new position in Oracle in the second quarter worth $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 130.0% in the 3rd quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Financial Consulate Inc. bought a new position in Oracle during the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Collier Financial bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the 3rd quarter valued at $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle News Roundup

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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on ORCL. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. HSBC restated a “buy” rating and set a $382.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Oracle from $270.00 to $230.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised Oracle from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $185.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.94.

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Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares in the company, valued at $6,555,709.82. The trade was a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at $5,032,429.56. This represents a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064 in the last ninety days. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $145.09 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $416.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.27, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.64. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $174.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $223.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The business had revenue of $16.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.59%.

About Oracle

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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.

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