Easterly Investment Partners LLC Sells 11,243 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Easterly Investment Partners LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 70.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 4,680 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 11,243 shares during the period. Easterly Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $912,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $34,070,674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $7,328,754,000 after purchasing an additional 665,374 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.2% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 23,310,827 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $6,555,961,000 after purchasing an additional 266,588 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter worth $4,336,031,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.4% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,696,752 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $3,289,595,000 after purchasing an additional 381,572 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on ORCL shares. DA Davidson increased their target price on Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price target on Oracle in a report on Monday, February 9th. TD Cowen decreased their price target on Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. Finally, Mizuho decreased their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.46.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL opened at $247.45 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66. Oracle Corporation has a 1 year low of $134.57 and a 1 year high of $345.72. The stock has a market cap of $711.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.65. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $172.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $177.99.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.91 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. The company’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. On average, equities analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.91%.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle shares are surging after Nvidia’s latest push into agentic AI sparked optimism that Oracle will benefit from stronger demand for AI infrastructure and cloud-related spending. Oracle Stock (ORCL) Continues to Rally on Nvidia’s Agentic AI Push
• Positive Sentiment: Technical traders are bullish after Oracle broke above its 200-day moving average, which can signal a longer-term trend reversal and attract momentum buyers. Oracle (ORCL) Recently Broke Out Above the 200-Day Moving Average
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle also announced that fiscal Q4 2026 earnings will be released on June 10, keeping attention on the company ahead of the report and reinforcing expectations around its AI and cloud growth story. Oracle Sets the Date for its Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary suggests Oracle is being viewed as an AI “shopping bag” stock by prominent analysts, which supports the bullish narrative but does not add a direct new fundamental catalyst. NVDA, AMD, MU, MSFT, ORCL: Dan Ives Lists Stocks In His Shopping Bag Amid Ongoing Memory Supercycle
• Neutral Sentiment: Some articles are simply asking what is driving the move or discussing valuation and broker sentiment, reflecting the stock’s sharp rebound rather than introducing new company-specific news. Oracle Sets the Date for its Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings Announcement
• Negative Sentiment: A shareholder litigation firm is investigating whether Oracle’s disclosures about AI infrastructure spending, capex, debt, and free cash flow were misleading, which could weigh on sentiment if the lawsuit narrative gains traction. Kuehn Law Encourages Investors of Oracle Corporation to Contact Law Firm

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

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.