Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Takes Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI bought a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 154,372 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $22,623,000.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. HFM Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Oracle by 290.9% in the 4th quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new stake in Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Oracle Price Performance

ORCL opened at $146.71 on Tuesday. 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 Corporation has a 52-week low of $114.50 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The company has a 50 day moving average of $148.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $161.26. The company has a market cap 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 (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 the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.70 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue 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, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Arete Research set a $255.00 price target on shares of Oracle and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Moffett Nathanson set a $325.00 price objective on Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $284.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Stephens reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a $164.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.97.

More Oracle News

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.

Oracle Profile

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.