Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas Sells 62,843 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas decreased its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 43.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 83,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 62,843 shares during the quarter. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas’ holdings in Oracle were worth $12,210,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC increased its holdings in Oracle by 76.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Oracle by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Shum Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,486 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,069,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 5.5% in the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $155,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Southern Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.3% in the first quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $654,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the period. Finally, Investment Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Investment Advisory Group LLC now owns 2,078 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $405,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria argues that the market is assigning essentially no value to Oracle’s reported $630 billion AI backlog. Growing confidence in OpenAI’s long-term computing commitments could eventually improve investor perceptions of Oracle’s cloud infrastructure opportunity. Wall Street Is Valuing Oracle’s $630B AI Backlog at Zero
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts and opinion pieces see significant long-term upside, citing Oracle’s record cloud growth, AI contracts and a roughly $7 billion Pentagon agreement. However, these bullish views have not yet overcome concerns about valuation and execution. A $7 Billion Reason to Buy Oracle Stock Now
• Neutral Sentiment: Founder Larry Ellison has personally guaranteed approximately $40.4 billion of equity financing for Paramount Skydance’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery transaction. The guarantee is personal rather than an Oracle obligation, but his 40.6% ownership makes the deal relevant to shareholders because of potential concentration and governance concerns. Larry Ellison and the Media Deal
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle’s credit-default-swap costs have risen to about 200 basis points, substantially above those of several other AI-linked issuers. Investors are increasingly worried that heavy borrowing for data centers could compress margins, raise financing costs and delay returns on AI spending. Oracle Stock and Default Insurance
• Negative Sentiment: Technology companies have issued roughly $194 billion of bonds for AI investment in 2026 through early July. Weaker demand and rising yields are fueling an industry-wide “AI debt fatigue” trade, with Oracle viewed as especially exposed because of its substantial infrastructure commitments and leverage.
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary highlights the possibility of further selling if AI capital spending slows, OpenAI-related credit concerns worsen or Oracle’s expected margin compression becomes more pronounced. One investment firm also trimmed its Oracle position after strong cloud gains, reinforcing the near-term risk-off sentiment.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s 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 sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This 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 is available 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.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $117.77 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $339.23 billion, a PE ratio of 20.20, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.72. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $166.35 and a 200 day moving average of $165.16. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $114.50 and a 12 month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. 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, research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ORCL. Oppenheimer upped their target price on shares of Oracle from $235.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Barclays upped their price objective on Oracle from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. CLSA started coverage on Oracle in a research report on Monday, July 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $145.00 target price for the company. DA Davidson boosted their price target on Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Scotiabank restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Oracle has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $265.03.

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.