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Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd Sells 49,398 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

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Key Points

  • Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd cut its stake in Oracle by 36% in Q4, selling 49,398 shares and leaving it with 87,811 shares valued at about $17.15M.
  • CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares at $155.23, reducing his holding to 134,030 shares, and company insiders now own about 40.90% of Oracle.
  • Oracle recently beat quarterly estimates (EPS $1.79, revenue $17.19B, +21.7% YoY) but faces headwinds including a 30,000-role layoff program and a shareholder investigation; analysts' consensus is a "Moderate Buy" with an average target of $260.71.
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Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd decreased its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 36.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 87,811 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after selling 49,398 shares during the period. Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd's holdings in Oracle were worth $17,146,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Kampmann Melissa S. increased its position in Oracle by 0.3% during the third quarter. Kampmann Melissa S. now owns 11,910 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $3,350,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.7% in the third quarter. McLean Asset Management Corp now owns 5,319 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $1,551,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 0.7% in the third quarter. Mine & Arao Wealth Creation & Management LLC. now owns 5,281 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $1,485,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 3.4% in the third quarter. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 1,127 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $317,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Avion Wealth grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 16.6% in the third quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 260 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $73,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total value of $1,552,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 40.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $220.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target 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. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of Oracle in a report on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $200.00 price target on the stock. Finally, DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Oracle from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given 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.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $260.71.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on Oracle

Oracle Stock Up 4.3%

NYSE:ORCL opened at $169.95 on Thursday. Oracle Corporation has a 1-year low of $121.24 and a 1-year high of $345.72. The company has a 50-day moving average of $150.62 and a 200 day moving average of $197.91. The firm has a market cap of $488.80 billion, a PE ratio of 30.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Oracle's dividend payout ratio is 35.91%.

Oracle Profile

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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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