Sit Investment Associates Inc. Sells 15,320 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Sit Investment Associates Inc. trimmed its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 16.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 77,696 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 15,320 shares during the quarter. Sit Investment Associates Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $15,144,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in Oracle in the 4th quarter worth $4,336,031,000. Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of Oracle by 29.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,137,126 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $5,874,070,000 after purchasing an additional 6,826,299 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 174,802,084 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $34,070,674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,841,584 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its stake in shares of Oracle by 882.3% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 4,991,010 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $972,798,000 after purchasing an additional 4,482,934 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 333.7% during the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,473,137,000 after purchasing an additional 4,030,382 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on ORCL shares. Wedbush lowered their target price on Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, June 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Oracle from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $230.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Arete Research set a $255.00 target price on shares of Oracle and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a report on Monday, June 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $268.27.

Oracle News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s quarterly results showed strong demand for AI infrastructure, with remaining performance obligations jumping to $638 billion, reinforcing the company’s long-term cloud growth story. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reiterated an outperform rating with a $320 price target, saying Oracle’s cloud growth and financing clarity help offset some of the market’s concerns about the AI buildout. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle continues to benefit from large government contracts and strong institutional interest, which supports the investment case but does not directly change the near-term trading narrative. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain focused on Oracle’s aggressive AI data-center spending and the recently announced $40 billion financing raise, which has raised concerns about margins, dilution, and capital intensity. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans
• Negative Sentiment: Separate commentary noted that the data-center boom is straining insurance capacity, highlighting broader financing and execution risks around the AI infrastructure expansion. Zurich warns data centre boom is outpacing insurance capacity – report
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and congressional trading data showed more selling than buying in ORCL, which may add a slight cautionary tone for sentiment. Oracle Corporation Stock (ORCL) Opinions on Earnings and AI Capex Plans

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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 0.2%

ORCL opened at $184.66 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $531.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.84, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $188.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $177.39. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $134.57 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.10 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.37% and a return on equity of 56.43%. The business’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.70 EPS. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.45 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

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.