Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by Impax Asset Management Group plc

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Impax Asset Management Group plc trimmed its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCLFree Report) by 71.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 170,754 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 431,382 shares during the quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc’s holdings in Oracle were worth $33,282,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sava Infond d.o.o. acquired a new position in Oracle in the fourth quarter valued at $117,000. Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 12.6% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC now owns 20,402 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $3,976,000 after acquiring an additional 2,291 shares during the period. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 53.0% in the fourth quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 165,630 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $32,283,000 after acquiring an additional 57,390 shares during the period. Broad Peak Investment Advisers Pte Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 410.3% in the fourth quarter. Broad Peak Investment Advisers Pte Ltd now owns 347,000 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $67,634,000 after acquiring an additional 279,000 shares during the period. Finally, Generali Investments Management Co LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Oracle by 82.6% in the fourth quarter. Generali Investments Management Co LLC now owns 20,733 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $4,041,000 after acquiring an additional 9,378 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Price Performance

ORCL stock opened at $173.51 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $154.21 and a 200-day moving average of $193.27. 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 company has a market cap of $499.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.15, a PEG ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.60.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCLGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The company had revenue of $17.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.91 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared 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. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle’s payout ratio is 35.91%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total transaction of $2,642,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,429 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $604,155.51. The trade was a 81.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of Oracle stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,805,476.90. This represents a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on ORCL shares. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on Oracle from $400.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Citizens Jmp decreased their target price on shares of Oracle from $342.00 to $285.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Oracle from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Wedbush assumed coverage on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $225.00 target price for the company. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $259.56.

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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.

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