Private Advisor Group LLC Purchases 11,545 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Private Advisor Group LLC increased its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 8.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 151,458 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,545 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $42,596,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Mosaic Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Oracle during the third quarter worth $278,000. Flavin Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in Oracle by 9.3% in the 3rd quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. now owns 15,025 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $4,226,000 after purchasing an additional 1,283 shares during the period. Alamar Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,651,000. Certified Advisory Corp increased its position in shares of Oracle by 6.5% during the 3rd quarter. Certified Advisory Corp now owns 4,824 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,357,000 after purchasing an additional 293 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PFG Advisors raised its stake in shares of Oracle by 11.5% during the 3rd quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 5,695 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,602,000 after purchasing an additional 588 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle rolled out an AI Construction & Engineering safety advisor — another revenue/AI product proof point that underscores continued commercialization of its AI stack. Oracle Transforms Construction Safety Management with AI
• Positive Sentiment: Technicals and some analyst notes suggest a potential bottom: chart patterns and a reclaim of short moving averages have prompted bullish short‑term commentary and supportive analyst views on accelerating cloud growth. Oracle Price Forecast: Reversal Signals
• Neutral Sentiment: Market focus is now squarely on Q3 results and OCI growth rates — analysts are parsing cloud/AI revenue guidance, margins and capex plans; that makes the upcoming earnings release the primary catalyst. Oracle Cloud Outlook Key Focus Ahead of Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say Oracle and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand the Abilene, Texas data‑center site after financing and changing customer needs — a headline that investors interpret as lost growth visibility for AI infrastructure. Oracle and OpenAI end plans to expand Texas data center site
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports indicate Oracle is planning large layoffs and is under cash/capex pressure from its AI data‑center buildout — investors worry about near‑term cash flow, higher leverage and the need to raise substantial capital. Oracle cutting thousands of jobs to pay for AI infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Heightened legal risk — several firms have filed or opened notices for securities‑class‑action suits alleging misstatements about data‑center plans and capex, creating potential litigation costs and investor uncertainty (lead‑plaintiff deadlines in early April). Class Action Notice for Oracle Investors

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Mark Hura sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.89, for a total value of $2,953,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 234,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,087,420.53. This trade represents a 6.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This trade represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ORCL. Scotiabank cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $370.00 to $310.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. HSBC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $382.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $280.09.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $152.95 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $439.45 billion, a PE ratio of 28.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $169.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $220.62. Oracle Corporation has a twelve month low of $118.86 and a twelve month high of $345.72.

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

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s payout ratio is presently 37.59%.

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.