Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Purchased by ProShare Advisors LLC

ProShare Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 9.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 392,227 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after buying an additional 33,125 shares during the quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC’s holdings in Oracle were worth $53,853,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Investment Partners LTD. lifted its position in shares of Oracle by 42.0% in the 3rd quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 21,824 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $2,996,000 after purchasing an additional 6,452 shares during the period. Cidel Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Oracle by 16.5% during the third quarter. Cidel Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,342 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $1,283,000 after purchasing an additional 1,324 shares in the last quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC increased its holdings in Oracle by 14.9% during the third quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC now owns 4,296 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $617,000 after buying an additional 557 shares during the period. Summit Global Investments increased its holdings in Oracle by 286.9% during the third quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 21,263 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $2,919,000 after buying an additional 15,767 shares during the period. Finally, Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. raised its stake in Oracle by 3.5% in the third quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. now owns 5,976 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $821,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Oracle’s investor-day outlook remains the main bullish catalyst. Management is targeting at least $225 billion in fiscal 2030 revenue, approximately $21 in fiscal 2030 EPS, and $30 billion in free cash flow by fiscal 2029. The company also reported exceptionally strong AI bookings and cloud backlog growth, suggesting demand for its AI infrastructure remains robust. Oracle Stock Forecast – Analysts React to Strong FY30 Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle pledged to limit additional capital-market funding to approximately $20 billion through fiscal 2030, addressing concerns that its data-center expansion could require unrestrained borrowing and share issuance. Analysts including Bank of America, TD Cowen, and Piper Sandler have maintained bullish ratings and substantial price targets. Oracle Analyst Day Eases Funding Concerns
• Neutral Sentiment: Fiscal 2027 guidance calls for $8.10 EPS, ahead of the $7.86 consensus, but the $90 billion revenue forecast is slightly below the $90.4 billion analyst estimate. This leaves investors focused on whether AI bookings convert into reported revenue and cash flow over the next two quarters. Oracle Just Told Investors What Many Already Knew
• Negative Sentiment: Oracle’s AI expansion has produced deeply negative free cash flow and required roughly $48 billion of debt and equity funding in fiscal 2026. Investors remain skeptical that the projected cash-flow turnaround will arrive quickly enough, particularly given Oracle’s debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89. Oracle Caps New Capital Raising
• Negative Sentiment: Broader technology weakness and concerns about lower-than-expected big-tech capital spending have pressured AI infrastructure stocks. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s criticism of businesses dependent on leasing AI capacity to a small number of customers also raised questions about Oracle’s customer concentration and infrastructure economics. Satya Nadella Criticizes AI Capacity Rental Models

Oracle Price Performance

NYSE:ORCL opened at $130.50 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $141.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $157.19. The firm has a market cap of $394.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.45, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 1.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.17. Oracle Corporation has a one year low of $114.50 and a one year high of $265.81.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, September 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $19.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.13 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 48.85% and a net margin of 26.36%. The company’s revenue was up 29.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 1.850-1.930 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.100-8.100 EPS. Research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.72 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.35%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Oracle from $207.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on Oracle from $190.00 to $165.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 11th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday. Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and issued a $285.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, KeyCorp set a $285.00 target price on Oracle in a research note on Friday, September 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $248.41.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Michael D. Sicilia sold 22,562 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.59, for a total value of $3,420,173.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 182,929 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,730,207.11. The trade was a 10.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Maria Smith sold 2,631 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.70, for a total transaction of $399,122.70. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 64,357 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,762,956.90. This trade represents a 3.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 36,075 shares of company stock worth $5,342,123 over the last three months. Insiders own 38.40% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Profile

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is a global technology company that develops enterprise software, cloud infrastructure and database technologies. Its products help organizations store, manage, analyze and secure data, while supporting business operations across industries and geographies.

The company’s offerings include Oracle Database, Java, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and a broad portfolio of cloud-based applications. These applications serve functions such as enterprise resource planning, financial management, human resources, supply-chain management, customer experience and industry-specific operations.