Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC Trims Stock Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC cut its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 26.0% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 32,085 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 11,293 shares during the period. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $9,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Swiss National Bank increased its position in shares of Oracle by 7.6% in the second quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 5,093,200 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,113,526,000 after acquiring an additional 360,000 shares in the last quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. grew its stake in Oracle by 626.1% during the 3rd quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 11,537 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,245,000 after purchasing an additional 9,948 shares in the last quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Oracle by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 3,817 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $835,000 after purchasing an additional 321 shares during the last quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 32,937 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,201,000 after buying an additional 1,515 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cascade Investment Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the second quarter worth approximately $239,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In related news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total transaction of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.52, for a total value of $1,925,200.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 144,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,728,655.60. This trade represents a 6.49% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 62,223 shares of company stock valued at $12,136,764. Company 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 launched a generative AI-enabled Life Sciences AI Data Platform that stitches massive de‑identified EHR and commercial data to accelerate R&D and commercialization — a product win that supports recurring cloud/vertical revenue. Oracle Life Sciences AI Data Platform
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle OPERA Cloud was approved by IHG Hotels & Resorts as an approved property‑management system for multiple regions — a commercial reference that can drive hospitality cloud bookings. Oracle Approved by IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and outlets note Oracle is ramping cloud capex toward ~ $50B to support GPUs/AI infrastructure — this underpins future growth but also explains rising leverage and near‑term margin/cash‑flow pressure. Zacks: Oracle ramps cloud CapEx
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple outlets report a broad AI-driven sell‑off hitting Oracle as investors pull back over AI market uncertainty and Oracle’s OpenAI ties — a main driver of today’s downside. Oracle Stock Drops by More Than Half Amid AI Concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Credit market stress: reports show Oracle’s credit‑default swaps have surged to post‑2008 highs, signaling investor concern about debt levels used to fund AI data centers. CDS surge coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory / legal risk: multiple firm notices/advisories say bondholders and shareholders suffering losses tied to Oracle deals are being invited to contact law firms — potential litigation that could distract management or create liabilities. Investigation notice re: bondholders Pomerantz investor alert
• Negative Sentiment: Operational risk: a power outage at an Oracle data center disrupted TikTok U.S. users — an incident that raises reliability and PR concerns as Oracle hosts critical customer infrastructure. Data center outage coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary: several outlets question whether Oracle’s stock has further to fall given valuation swings, execution scrutiny and the broader tech rotation away from AI overhang. Is Oracle still worth chasing?

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently issued reports on ORCL shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $270.00 to $230.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 11th. HSBC restated a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. DA Davidson decreased their price target on Oracle from $200.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $300.46.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $168.98 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $194.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $237.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $485.50 billion, a PE ratio of 31.76, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.65. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. The company had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.19 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 70.60% and a net margin of 25.28%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 37.59%.

Oracle 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.