Sienna Gestion Buys 7,439 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Sienna Gestion grew its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 18.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 47,859 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 7,439 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for about 0.9% of Sienna Gestion’s holdings, making the stock its 28th biggest holding. Sienna Gestion’s holdings in Oracle were worth $12,272,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ORCL. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Kilter Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 130.0% during the third quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 65 shares during the period. Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new position in Oracle in the third quarter valued at $37,000. Finally, Collier Financial acquired a new position in Oracle in the third quarter valued at $38,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,555,709.82. This trade represents a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064 over the last ninety days. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have weighed in on ORCL shares. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price target on Oracle in a report on Monday, February 9th. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on Oracle from $365.00 to $315.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Oppenheimer raised Oracle from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $185.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on Oracle from $195.00 to $160.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Scotiabank lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $280.09.

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Oracle Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL opened at $152.95 on Monday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $169.72 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $220.62. The firm has a market cap of $439.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.75, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $118.86 and a 52-week high of $345.72.

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

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed 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 was Friday, January 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 37.59%.

About Oracle

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

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