Oracle Corporation $ORCL Position Boosted by Mariner LLC

Mariner LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 1,186,115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,119 shares during the quarter. Mariner LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $333,597,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ORCL. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Oracle by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $47,518,451,000 after buying an additional 4,681,626 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,459,391 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $16,060,427,000 after buying an additional 1,252,723 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 23,310,827 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $6,555,961,000 after acquiring an additional 266,588 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at $4,275,378,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 11,938,457 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,357,572,000 after acquiring an additional 98,693 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on ORCL. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on Oracle from $320.00 to $213.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $265.77.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Blowout Q3 results — Oracle topped EPS and revenue estimates, raised FY guidance and emphasized cloud/AI momentum, which is the primary driver for today’s upside. Oracle Is Soaring After Blowout Earnings. 3 Reasons to Buy the Stock (and 1 Reason to Avoid It).
• Positive Sentiment: “Best quarter in 15 years” narrative — strong cloud revenue growth and a large remaining performance obligation/backlog have shifted sentiment toward sustained AI‑infrastructure revenue expansion. Oracle Just Posted Its Best Quarter in 15 Years — Here’s Why 2026 Could Get Even Better
• Positive Sentiment: Data‑center buildout & OpenAI backlog thesis — coverage notes a large multi‑year AI contract runway (and a cited ~$110B catalyst) with customer prepayments and supplied GPUs reducing near‑term funding risk. This underpins investor conviction in Oracle’s cloud cadence. The $110 Billion Catalyst That Makes It More Likely Oracle Will Hit Its 700% Cloud Infrastructure Revenue Growth Guidance by 2030
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed analyst moves — some firms (e.g., Mizuho) trimmed lofty targets but kept bullish ratings, reflecting optimism on growth with more conservative valuation assumptions. These notes are moderating upside expectations rather than flipping the story. Benzinga: Mizuho PT change
• Neutral Sentiment: Stifel cut its price target (from $275 to $220) while retaining a Buy — a sign analysts are wrestling with higher capex and near‑term margin/valuation tradeoffs even as they remain constructive on AI/cloud. Stifel Cuts PT on Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
• Negative Sentiment: Reported large layoffs (20k–30k) — media reports that Oracle may cut up to ~18% of staff to fund aggressive AI/data‑center capex raise execution and reputational risks; layoffs can create short‑term disruption and investor concern. Oracle Layoff Plan Raises Questions For AI And Cloud Growth Story
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud class actions filed — law firms are soliciting lead plaintiffs over disclosures about data‑center capabilities and capex; litigation risk and related legal costs are a meaningful overhang for investors. Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Class Action Lawsuit Filed

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the transaction, the director owned 25,596 shares in the company, valued at $5,032,429.56. The trade was a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was 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 directly owned 134,030 shares in the company, 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. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock valued at $13,689,064. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Trading Up 0.6%

NYSE:ORCL opened at $155.97 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $448.58 billion, a PE ratio of 28.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.66. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $118.86 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $165.00 and its two-hundred day moving average is $217.24.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.91%.

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.