VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Acquires New Holdings in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 156,100 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock, valued at approximately $34,128,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in Oracle in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $732,692,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 2.2% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 160,925,413 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $22,498,982,000 after acquiring an additional 3,513,464 shares during the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the second quarter valued at $731,512,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 79.2% during the first quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 4,638,951 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $648,572,000 after acquiring an additional 2,049,687 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 840.7% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,119,473 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $463,380,000 after acquiring an additional 1,894,157 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently issued reports on ORCL. BMO Capital Markets set a $355.00 price target on shares of Oracle and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $363.00 to $364.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, September 26th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $323.40.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 19,758 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $5,927,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 18,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,528,700. This represents a 51.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Michael D. Sicilia sold 33,845 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $321.16, for a total transaction of $10,869,660.20. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 132,656 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,603,800.96. This represents a 20.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 120,769 shares of company stock valued at $36,428,967 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $291.95 on Monday. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $271.71 and a 200 day simple moving average of $216.40. The company has a market capitalization of $832.28 billion, a PE ratio of 67.58, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 21.08% and a return on equity of 72.93%. The business’s revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.39 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.30%.

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.