Pallas Capital Advisors LLC Invests $6.43 Million in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Pallas Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 43,888 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $6,432,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Performance Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth about $242,000. Perigon Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the second quarter valued at approximately $5,884,000. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI purchased a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $30,597,000. Oak Barrel Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in Oracle in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $430,000. Finally, Pursue Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $498,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Stock Down 2.5%

Shares of 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 price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.72. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $148.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $161.26. 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have commented on ORCL shares. Scotiabank restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Arete Research set a $255.00 price target on Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight 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 target price of $263.97.

Oracle News Roundup

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.