Hantz Financial Services Inc. Sells 20,333 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Hantz Financial Services Inc. cut its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 9.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 190,078 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 20,333 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $37,048,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 76.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 115 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 290.9% in the 4th quarter. HFM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 129 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Collier Financial bought a new position in shares of Oracle in the 3rd quarter valued at $38,000. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Oracle Stock Performance

Shares of Oracle stock opened at $192.13 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $166.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $179.44. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $134.57 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $552.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.49, a PEG ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.55.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The firm had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. The business’s 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, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.91%.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research reports. Oppenheimer increased their price target on Oracle from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Wedbush increased their price objective on Oracle from $225.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Oracle from $213.00 to $207.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $230.00 to $210.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.46.

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Oracle Profile

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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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