Oracle Corporation $ORCL is Deuterium Capital Management LLC’s 4th Largest Position

Deuterium Capital Management LLC cut its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 28.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 36,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 14,000 shares during the period. Oracle accounts for 10.2% of Deuterium Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Deuterium Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $7,017,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Oracle by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 37,734,944 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $7,328,754,000 after purchasing an additional 665,374 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 1.2% in the third 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 purchasing an additional 266,588 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $4,336,031,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 3.4% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

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Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the business’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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at approximately $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed 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.

Oracle Stock Up 9.6%

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

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a return on equity of 62.70% and a net margin of 25.30%.The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.47 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. Analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup upped their target price on Oracle from $310.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $254.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $313.00 price objective on Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $229.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus 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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

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