Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc bought a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 8,185 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,200,000.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC raised its holdings in Oracle by 76.9% during the third quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Oracle in the third quarter worth approximately $35,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in Oracle by 290.9% in the fourth quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Oracle Price Performance
NYSE ORCL opened at $146.71 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $422.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.72. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $114.50 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The business’s fifty day moving average is $148.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $161.26. 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 Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Morgan Stanley restated a “mixed” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Oracle from $285.00 to $245.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Oracle from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.97.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $63,664,000. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.
Key Headlines Impacting Oracle
Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s expanding partnership with Amazon Web Services now supports Oracle AI Database@AWS across 22 regions, strengthening its cloud distribution and enterprise AI positioning. As Oracle Deepens Its Partnership with AWS
- Positive Sentiment: A bullish investment thesis argues that the market continues to value Oracle like a legacy database provider even as it builds hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure. Strong demand visibility and backlog conversion could support long-term growth. Oracle as a Tier-1 Hyperscaler
- Neutral Sentiment: Unusually large, long-dated call-option activity may indicate institutional investors are positioning for a recovery, although the trades could also represent covered-call strategies rather than outright bullish bets. Unusual Oracle Call Options
- Negative Sentiment: Oracle and other software shares sold off as the AI trade rotated toward favored chip and infrastructure companies, making software stocks less attractive in the near term. Oracle and Software Stocks Drop
- Negative Sentiment: Investor concerns are growing over Oracle’s aggressive AI infrastructure commitments, potential additional debt or equity financing, negative free cash flow, execution timelines and customer concentration. Separate commentary also highlighted heavy AI spending across big technology companies and higher interest-rate risks. Oracle AI Data Center Investment Commentary
- Negative Sentiment: Reported insider activity showed Oracle insiders selling shares without recorded purchases during the past six months, adding a potentially cautious signal for investors.
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.
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