IFM Investors Pty Ltd Boosts Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

IFM Investors Pty Ltd raised its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 5.3% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 353,822 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 17,720 shares during the period. IFM Investors Pty Ltd’s holdings in Oracle were worth $52,051,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Rexford Capital Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Oracle by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Rexford Capital Inc. now owns 11,877 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,747,000 after purchasing an additional 281 shares during the period. Alexis Investment Partners LLC increased its position in Oracle by 22.4% in the first quarter. Alexis Investment Partners LLC now owns 6,415 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $890,000 after buying an additional 1,175 shares during the last quarter. Key Financial Inc increased its position in Oracle by 0.4% in the first quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 14,203 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,089,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 18.2% in the first quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC now owns 6,997 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,029,000 after buying an additional 1,075 shares during the period. Finally, Ellenbecker Investment Group raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 6.0% in the first quarter. Ellenbecker Investment Group now owns 3,275 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $482,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total transaction 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 SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle announced new Fusion Agentic Applications for supply chain management and a new AI-powered coaching assistant in Oracle Cloud HCM, reinforcing its push to monetize AI across enterprise software and cloud products. Oracle Adds New Fusion Agentic Applications to Help Customers Improve Supply Chain Performance
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle also received fresh recognition in industry reports, including leader status in the IDC MarketScape for AI-enabled utility customer experience management and in Chartis credit lending operations, which supports the company’s competitive positioning in vertical software. Oracle Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for AI-Enabled Utility Customer Experience Management Solutions 2026 Vendor Assessment
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst commentary and market chatter continue to frame Oracle as a potential long-term AI infrastructure winner, with some reports arguing the stock may be oversold after its sharp recent decline.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain focused on Oracle’s heavy AI/data-center capital spending and debt-funded buildout, with several articles warning that free cash flow will be the key test of whether the strategy can deliver attractive returns.
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment has also been hurt by reports that Oracle has fallen for multiple straight sessions and suffered a steep weekly drop, while Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s net worth has fallen sharply alongside the stock.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE:ORCL opened at $146.67 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $188.36 and its 200 day moving average is $174.32. The firm has a market cap of $422.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.16, a PEG ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.12. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $134.57 and a 52-week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 quarter last year, the company earned $1.70 EPS. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Research analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $268.27.

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.