Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Parsons Capital Management Inc. RI

Parsons Capital Management Inc. RI lowered its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 5.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 108,124 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 5,661 shares during the quarter. Oracle makes up about 1.2% of Parsons Capital Management Inc. RI’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Parsons Capital Management Inc. RI’s holdings in Oracle were worth $21,074,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kelly Financial Services LLC increased its position in Oracle by 12.1% during the fourth quarter. Kelly Financial Services LLC now owns 2,778 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $541,000 after buying an additional 299 shares during the period. CPA Asset Management Group LLC lifted its stake in Oracle by 11.5% in the fourth quarter. CPA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 2,579 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $503,000 after buying an additional 267 shares during the last quarter. Ramsey Quantitative Systems acquired a new stake in shares of Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $133,000. Syquant Capital Sas purchased a new position in shares of Oracle during the fourth quarter worth approximately $57,498,000. Finally, McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Oracle by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 1,496 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $292,000 after acquiring an additional 351 shares during the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.89, for a total value of $6,821,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 33,638 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,555,709.82. This represents a 50.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 40.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Oracle Stock Performance

NYSE:ORCL opened at $142.74 on Friday. 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 firm has a market cap of $410.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.66. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $157.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $213.15. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $118.86 and a 1-year high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. Oracle’s quarterly revenue was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.91%.

Key Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reinstated coverage and set a $200 price target, arguing Oracle can gain more than 30% as AI and cloud adoption accelerate — this is a bullish analyst catalyst for upside. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle signed a multi‑year deal to migrate Veritone’s AI solutions to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a client win that validates OCI for enterprise AI workloads and can drive cloud revenue growth. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle expanded its Nashville footprint with a new 116,000 sq. ft. lease to support hiring and longer‑term talent capacity — a sign of planned growth and local investment. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Industry writeups and analysis (Seeking Alpha, media) highlight Oracle’s multicloud/Exadata strategy and recent product moves into AI “agentic” apps as drivers of recurring, higher‑margin revenue over time. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary notes ORCL underperformed peers intraday, reflecting sector rotation and profit‑taking rather than new company fundamentals. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks and other outlets flagged Oracle in screens of recovery/rebound stories after strong cloud results — useful context but not an immediate price driver. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or publicized securities‑fraud class actions alleging Oracle misstatements about AI/data‑center capex and disclosures for purchases between June–Dec 2025; several firms are soliciting lead‑plaintiff candidates with an April 6 deadline — this legal overhang can pressure the stock and raise uncertainty. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: An analyst note (published today) lowered Oracle’s price target on concerns around revenue conversion and near‑term capital spending for AI infrastructure — a valuation headwind that likely offsets some bullish commentary. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on ORCL. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Melius Research set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. KeyCorp reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.91.

Oracle 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.