Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC Sells 5,172 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC decreased its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 28.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,062 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 5,172 shares during the quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,914,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Oracle by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Oracle by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 76,527,759 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $14,916,026,000 after purchasing an additional 3,216,915 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,328,754,000 after purchasing an additional 665,374 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 29.3% during the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after buying an additional 6,826,299 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Oracle by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 27,125,099 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,286,953,000 after buying an additional 495,146 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup reiterated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. UBS Group cut their target price on Oracle from $285.00 to $245.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, 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. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.97.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AWS collaboration expands materially: Oracle AI Database@AWS is now available in 22 AWS regions, while the companies expanded their long-term agreement to accelerate enterprise customer migrations. Oracle also made Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure generally available, potentially broadening access through pay-per-use pricing. Oracle and AWS Deepen Strategic Collaboration
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure momentum is supporting the stock: Coverage highlighted strong results and demand at neocloud companies CoreWeave and Nebius, reinforcing expectations for continued growth in AI workloads that could benefit Oracle’s cloud infrastructure business. Why Oracle Stock Just Jumped
• Positive Sentiment: Quantum-computing partnership adds a longer-term growth option: Oracle is integrating Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, alongside high-performance computing and GPU resources. The deal could strengthen Oracle’s hybrid AI and advanced-computing platform, though near-term revenue is uncertain. Quantinuum’s Cloud Deal With Oracle
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical conditions improved: ORCL crossed above its 50-day moving average, a short-term bullish signal, but remains below its 200-day average, indicating that the broader trend is not fully repaired. Oracle Crossed Above the 50-Day Moving Average
• Negative Sentiment: Cost and balance-sheet concerns remain: Reports say Oracle is considering another round of job cuts as it funds heavy AI infrastructure spending and manages elevated debt, raising questions about cash flow and execution. Oracle Weighs Another Round of Job Cuts
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish positioning could pressure sentiment: Investor Michael Burry reportedly increased his short position in Oracle, arguing that AI-related valuations may reflect boom-cycle excesses. Michael Burry Doubles Down on Shorts

Oracle Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $156.31 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $151.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $161.68. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $114.50 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The stock has a market cap of $450.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.81, a PEG ratio of 0.96 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.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its 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. The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The business’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous 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. Analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th were paid 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 yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other 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 sale, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.