GS Investments Inc. Purchases 3,791 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

GS Investments Inc. increased its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 7,582.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,841 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,791 shares during the quarter. GS Investments Inc.’s holdings in Oracle were worth $749,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Vanguard Group Inc. increased 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 valued at $34,070,674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,841,584 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of Oracle by 333.7% in the 3rd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,238,006 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,473,137,000 after purchasing an additional 4,030,382 shares during the last quarter. Amundi raised its position in shares of Oracle by 32.9% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 9,636,090 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,809,609,000 after purchasing an additional 2,385,556 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in shares of Oracle by 921.6% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,311,815 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $450,596,000 after purchasing an additional 2,085,514 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its position in shares of Oracle by 456.6% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,291,058 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $446,550,000 after purchasing an additional 1,879,448 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of several research reports. Wedbush lifted their price objective on shares of Oracle from $225.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $229.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, TD Cowen lowered their price objective on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Three 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.46.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. This trade represents a 81.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle was upgraded to Buy by Zacks, with the firm citing improving earnings expectations and stronger outlook for the stock. Oracle (ORCL) Upgraded to Buy: Here’s Why
• Positive Sentiment: Seeking Alpha also published a bullish piece arguing that Oracle is no longer an “easy short,” which supports sentiment that the stock may have more upside after its strong AI and cloud run. Oracle: The Easy Short Is Gone (Rating Upgrade)
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle launched a new public campaign tied to its Doña Ana County data center project, highlighting community investment, lower water usage, and cleaner power plans. The announcement is more reputational than financially material in the short term. Oracle Launches New Campaign Highlighting Commitments to Doña Ana County
• Neutral Sentiment: Some coverage focused on Oracle as part of a broader debate over “AI round-trip” revenue and cloud growth quality, which could keep investors cautious even if it does not immediately change fundamentals. Oracle’s AI Round Trip Revenue Raises Questions On Cloud Growth Quality
• Negative Sentiment: Articles questioning whether AI-related cloud revenue is being artificially inflated may weigh on sentiment if investors start to worry that Oracle’s cloud growth is less organic than it appears. AI Bubble Fears Grow as Big Tech Allegedly Pays Itself in Cloud Loop

Oracle Stock Performance

ORCL opened at $192.51 on Wednesday. Oracle Corporation has a 12-month low of $134.57 and a 12-month high of $345.72. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $553.67 billion, a PE ratio of 34.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.55. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $167.68 and a two-hundred day moving average of $178.64.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last posted its quarterly 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. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. Oracle’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS 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 dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.91%.

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.