Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Trading Up 2.7% – Time to Buy?

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s stock price shot up 2.7% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $149.07 and last traded at $144.27. 34,795,264 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 23% from the average daily volume of 28,235,590 shares. The stock had previously closed at $140.49.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced it is joining IMSA Labs as a founding partner and launching the Oracle Cloud Innovation Studio, a new program aimed at real-time data, edge computing, and advanced distributed systems. The partnership could showcase Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in a high-performance, mission-critical environment and help strengthen its enterprise cloud narrative. Oracle Launches Racing-Focused Cloud Innovation Studio
• Positive Sentiment: Several market articles and analyst comments framed Oracle as oversold and potentially undervalued after its selloff, with some saying the stock may rebound if investors focus on its AI infrastructure opportunity rather than near-term pressure. Stock Of The Day: Will Oracle Rebound?
• Positive Sentiment: Commentary from Jim Cramer and others highlighted Oracle’s future earnings potential and AI-related upside, reinforcing the view that the company’s long-term growth profile may be stronger than the market is pricing in. Jim Cramer Highlights Future Earnings Projections that Make Oracle Look Cheap
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle’s partnership activity in healthcare AI and process automation suggests it is broadening its customer base and reducing reliance on any single growth driver, but these initiatives are still early-stage. Oracle’s Has An Enormous Backlog Concentration Risk. Here’s How Healthcare AI Push Could Help Diversify Away
• Negative Sentiment: Investors continue to worry about Oracle’s enormous AI backlog being concentrated among a few large customers, along with the need for substantial data-center spending before those contracts translate into cash flow. That remains a key reason the stock has been under pressure despite strong demand signals. Oracle’s record backlog is booming, so why is the stock down 50%?

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ORCL has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group lifted their price target on Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on Oracle from $235.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Scotiabank reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $190.00 target price 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, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.27.

Oracle Trading Up 2.7%

The stock has a market capitalization of $415.57 billion, a PE ratio of 24.75, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The business’s 50-day moving average is $183.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $172.42.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. 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, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is 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 is 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Oracle

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC grew its position in Oracle by 76.9% during the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. Verum Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Verum Partners LLC now owns 2,409 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $470,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 11,991 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,337,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. KLCM Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.4% during the third quarter. KLCM Advisors Inc. now owns 3,941 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,108,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Tull Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 5.8% during the third quarter. Tull Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $281,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% 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.