Leeward Financial Partners LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Leeward Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 411.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 6,190 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,979 shares during the period. Leeward Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,206,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Xponance Inc. raised its stake in Oracle by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 406,544 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $114,336,000 after buying an additional 7,320 shares during the last quarter. DDD Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at $1,677,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 28.6% during the 3rd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,107,586 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $311,497,000 after buying an additional 246,243 shares during the last quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Oracle by 6.6% during the 3rd quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC now owns 50,712 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $14,262,000 after buying an additional 3,150 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in Oracle by 93.1% during the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 654,325 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $184,022,000 after buying an additional 315,454 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on ORCL. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $229.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $213.00 to $207.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.46.

Oracle Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $190.73 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $548.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.24, a P/E/G ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The company has a fifty day moving average of $168.38 and a 200 day moving average of $178.27. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $134.57 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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’

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.