William Blair Investment Management LLC Trims Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

William Blair Investment Management LLC decreased its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 12.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 48,578 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 7,148 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $7,119,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC raised 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 valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 5.5% during the 1st quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,054 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $155,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Southern Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.3% during 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 raised its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.9% in the second quarter. Talisman Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,086 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $675,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $319.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday. Bank of America lifted 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, Mizuho set a $320.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Two 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 stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.97.

Oracle Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $146.70 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $144.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $160.61. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $114.50 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $422.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released 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. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during 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 firm’s revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business 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, research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

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

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure expansion supports the growth story. Oracle’s collaboration with Amazon Web Services now offers Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure through Oracle AI Database@AWS across 22 AWS regions. The partnership could broaden Oracle’s cloud reach and help attract enterprise AI workloads. Oracle Corporation versus Amazon AI infrastructure article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive. Oracle has received an average “Moderate Buy” rating, while one report highlighted a consensus price target substantially above the current trading level. The valuation case depends on sustained cloud and AI execution. Oracle analyst rating article Oracle Wall Street target article
• Positive Sentiment: Healthcare AI provides another potential growth avenue. Oracle is making a fresh push into healthcare applications, reinforcing the view that AI could expand demand beyond its traditional database and enterprise software businesses. Oracle healthcare AI article
• Neutral Sentiment: The key debate is timing. One analysis characterizes Oracle as inexpensive relative to its long-term opportunity but argues that the most important improvement may not arrive until 2027. This supports the long-term thesis but suggests near-term upside may require patience. Oracle valuation and 2027 inflection article
• Negative Sentiment: AI financing risks are weighing on the broader theme. Michael Burry warned that circular financing, off-balance-sheet vehicles and captive insurers could be creating excessive leverage in AI data centers. Separately, Bank of America reported a sharp increase in investment-grade debt issued to fund AI projects. Oracle’s substantial infrastructure spending and high debt-to-equity ratio make the company potentially sensitive to higher funding costs or weaker AI demand. Michael Burry AI buildout warning AI bond market risks article

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company’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 transaction of $63,664,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% 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.