Oracle Corporation $ORCL Stock Bought by Sanders Morris Harris LLC

Sanders Morris Harris LLC grew its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 408.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 29,249 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 23,499 shares during the period. Sanders Morris Harris LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $4,014,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.8% in the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 14,680,278 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,151,395,000 after purchasing an additional 123,294 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its stake in Oracle by 8.6% in the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 14,539,366 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,815,242,000 after purchasing an additional 1,148,698 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in Oracle by 3.0% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,251,059 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,949,363,000 after purchasing an additional 384,984 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in Oracle by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 9,878,184 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,447,648,000 after purchasing an additional 144,087 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Oracle by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 8,586,492 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $1,262,827,000 after purchasing an additional 147,048 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

More Oracle News

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Mizuho reaffirmed its $320 price target and “Outperform” rating, arguing that Oracle’s long-term cloud and AI opportunity remains attractive despite regulatory and infrastructure challenges. Wall Street analyst updates Oracle stock price target
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle continues to cite strong cloud demand and approximately $664 billion in remaining performance obligations as support for future growth, although the company’s elevated AI spending is weighing on near-term cash flow. Will Rising Capex Weigh on Oracle’s Free Cash Flow Outlook?
• Neutral Sentiment: Oracle urged federal regulators to expedite approval of the Green Chile natural-gas pipeline, which is intended to supply its Project Jupiter data-center campus in New Mexico. Delays could postpone the facility’s launch, while approval would support its AI capacity buildout. Oracle urges FERC to expedite New Mexico gas pipeline
• Negative Sentiment: September inflation came in hotter than expected, lifting Treasury yields and reviving expectations for higher interest rates. That pressured growth and technology stocks, including Oracle, by increasing discount rates and potentially raising financing costs. Stock Market Today, Oct. 14: Oracle Tumbles on Hotter CPI Data Lifting Treasury Yields
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that aggressive AI data-center investment will push free cash flow negative and increase balance-sheet risk. Similar worries intensified after heavily indebted AI cloud provider CoreWeave saw its bond yields approach 15%, highlighting the financing risks across the sector. CoreWeave stock falls as AI borrowing faces new test
• Negative Sentiment: Uncertainty surrounding pipeline approval and Project Jupiter’s construction timeline added to concerns about whether Oracle can convert its large AI commitments into revenue quickly enough to justify the required capital spending. Oracle stock tumbles: What’s going on?
• Negative Sentiment: A law firm is investigating potential customer claims related to an alleged Oracle Health data breach, creating a separate legal and reputational risk. Oracle Health Data Breach investigation

Oracle Stock Down 8.8%

Shares of NYSE:ORCL traded down $12.60 on Wednesday, reaching $130.60. The company had a trading volume of 51,920,017 shares, compared to its average volume of 29,453,773. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $114.50 and a 52-week high of $322.54. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $146.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $158.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $394.90 billion, a PE ratio of 20.47, a PEG ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $19.13 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 26.36%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 29.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. Oracle’s payout ratio is currently 31.35%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other Oracle news, EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total transaction of $399,122.70. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 64,357 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,762,956.90. This represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Stephen Rusckowski purchased 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 29th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $139.35 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,750.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 25,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,538,096.50. This represents a 6,410.26% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock valued at $5,342,123. 38.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn decreased their target price on Oracle from $155.00 to $110.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Citigroup reissued a “market outperform” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target (up from $239.00) on shares of Oracle in a research note on Monday, September 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $284.00 price objective (up from $229.00) on shares of Oracle in a report on Friday, September 11th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Oracle from $250.00 to $252.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oracle presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $251.72.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud services and related hardware. Its offerings help businesses manage databases, applications, data, infrastructure and other core information-technology operations.

The company is best known for its Oracle Database, along with cloud-based infrastructure and platform services. Oracle also provides enterprise applications for functions such as finance, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.