Tudor Financial Inc. Has $2.79 Million Stock Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Tudor Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 200.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 19,008 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,682 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for about 1.3% of Tudor Financial Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position. Tudor Financial Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $2,786,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. State Street Corp boosted its holdings 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 worth $14,916,026,000 after buying an additional 3,216,915 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in 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 acquiring an additional 665,374 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position 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 acquiring an additional 6,826,299 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in Oracle by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 27,125,099 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $5,286,953,000 after acquiring an additional 495,146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter worth $4,336,031,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the 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 completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares in the company, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Jefferies maintained a Buy rating and set a $290 price target, while other analysts remain optimistic that Oracle’s AI-cloud growth can offset concerns about elevated spending and leverage. Bernstein also expects a potential recovery toward the company’s prior high. Oracle Stock Could Be Software’s Next Big Winner
• Positive Sentiment: Lower interest rates could provide outsized relief: Oracle has taken on tens of billions of dollars in debt to finance AI data-center construction. A lower-rate environment could reduce financing costs and improve the economics of its capital-intensive expansion. Why Is Oracle Stock Up Today?
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains strong: Oracle is expanding its multi-year relationship with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deploy Juniper networking equipment across global AI data centers. The arrangement supports Oracle’s planned infrastructure buildout and could improve visibility into future capacity expansion. HPE and Oracle Deepen Networking Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings are the next major test: Investors will look for evidence that Oracle’s large cloud backlog is converting into revenue, along with updates on capital expenditures, debt and AI-cloud margins. The company’s latest reported quarter exceeded EPS and revenue estimates, but the market now expects execution against significantly higher AI-related expectations. Oracle Sets Earnings Date
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and spending remain key risks: Oracle’s heavy AI-data-center investment has contributed to rising leverage and negative free cash flow concerns. Analysts have lowered some price targets, including TD Cowen’s reduction to $240, while investors remain cautious about whether future cloud growth will justify the spending. TD Cowen Lowers Oracle Price Target

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $154.50 on Friday. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $114.50 and a 52 week 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 business has a 50 day moving average price of $139.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $160.32. The company has a market cap of $445.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.74.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The company 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%.Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $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. Equities analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.31%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. TD Cowen decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $240.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $284.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Arete Research set a $255.00 price objective on Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Two equities research 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.61.

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.