Legal & General Group Plc Sells 367,740 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Legal & General Group Plc reduced its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 3.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,897,265 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 367,740 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in Oracle were worth $1,450,444,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC grew its stake 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 during the period. Sherman Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Oracle by 5.5% in the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $155,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 1.3% in the first quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $654,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the period. Global Financial Private Client LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 0.8% in the first quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 7,836 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the period. Finally, Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,086 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $675,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL opened at $142.44 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $143.62 and its 200 day moving average is $160.53. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $114.50 and a 12-month high of $345.72. 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 stock has a market cap of $410.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 58.62%. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.70 EPS. Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s cloud expansion is attracting investor interest, with analysts highlighting its potentially lower-cost infrastructure and suitability for artificial-intelligence workloads. The company’s reported $638 billion remaining performance obligation also points to substantial contracted future revenue, although execution remains important. Can Oracle Cloud Expansion Reshape Its S&P 500 Role?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary remains constructive on Oracle’s accelerating revenue growth and potential to benefit from long-term AI infrastructure spending. The company’s latest reported quarter showed revenue growth of more than 20% year over year, with earnings and sales exceeding consensus estimates. Powerful Growth, Multiple Endorsements Bode Well for Oracle Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst views are widely dispersed. Recent price targets range from $164 to $400, with a reported six-month median of $247.50, suggesting significant upside in bullish scenarios but also substantial uncertainty about valuation and execution.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Oracle is committing heavily to AI data-center capacity while taking on substantial debt. The company’s dependence on a small number of large AI customers, including OpenAI, increases the risk that contract changes or slower demand could affect growth expectations. Oracle vs. Amazon: Which Is the Better AI Cloud Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle has fallen sharply from last year’s peak, and investor commentary continues to question whether the stock’s decline reflects an attractive valuation or unresolved balance-sheet and customer-concentration risks. All 12 reported open-market insider transactions over the past six months were sales, adding another bearish signal. Don’t Be Fooled, Says Investor About Oracle Stock

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ORCL has been the subject of several research analyst reports. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $164.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Finally, Wedbush cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.97.

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.