Southern Capital Advisors LLC Sells 8,204 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Southern Capital Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 65.1% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,389 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 8,204 shares during the period. Southern Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $856,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. increased its position in Oracle by 0.7% during the third quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. now owns 5,281 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,485,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. increased its position in Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $317,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the period. Avion Wealth increased its position in Oracle by 16.6% during the third quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 260 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $73,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the period. Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Oracle by 0.7% during the third quarter. Warren Street Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,700 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,603,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Finally, Keystone Wealth Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Keystone Wealth Services LLC now owns 2,044 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $575,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle launched a new suite of agentic AI tools — analysts say these products extend ORCL’s enterprise AI positioning and support longer?term cloud revenue growth. As Oracle Launches New Agentic AI Tools, Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold ORCL Stock?
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlights accelerating cloud revenue and a large services backlog (~$550B reported) relative to peers (ServiceNow), boosting expectations for sustained AI/cloud top?line momentum. Oracle vs. ServiceNow: Which Cloud Software Stock Has an Edge Now?
• Positive Sentiment: Third?party AI vendors are migrating workloads to Oracle Cloud (example: Veritone), which validates OCI as a growth channel for AI services and may translate to recurring revenue. Why Veritone Inc (VERI) Is Moving Its AI Services to Oracle Cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that a major value fund added to ORCL and bullish price?target commentary from independent outlets signal institutional buying that can amplify rallies after a pullback. A Legendary Value Fund Just Bet Big on Oracle — The Signal Is Hard to Ignore
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle named Hilary Maxson as CFO to oversee capital allocation for its AI infrastructure push — experienced hire but raises near?term capex and execution questions. Oracle Taps Hilary Maxson As CFO To Steer AI Infrastructure Push
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle Health achieved CMS “Aligned Network” status — a steady, small revenue win that supports diversification but is unlikely to move the stock materially by itself. Oracle Health Demonstrates Interoperability Leadership, Achieves CMS Aligned Network Status
• Negative Sentiment: An Oracle EVP, Stuart Levey, sold 15,000 shares under a pre?arranged Rule 10b5?1 plan; while routine, ongoing insider sales can create negative optics for some investors. SEC Form 4 – Stuart Levey sale
• Negative Sentiment: Reports and discussion about large?scale layoffs and algorithmic selection methods have raised governance and execution concerns that can cap sentiment despite product wins. Are Oracle’s 30,000 Layoffs a Sign of Weakness or Strength?

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on ORCL. Stephens reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $254.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Citizens Jmp cut their price objective on shares of Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $260.71.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE ORCL opened at $181.28 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $521.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.54, a PEG ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.60. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $152.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $194.26. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $123.39 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

Oracle Company 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.