Capital International Ltd. CA boosted its position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 303.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 23,767 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after purchasing an additional 17,877 shares during the quarter. Capital International Ltd. CA's holdings in Oracle were worth $6,684,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 168,960,500 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $47,518,451,000 after purchasing an additional 4,681,626 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Oracle by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,459,391 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $16,060,427,000 after buying an additional 1,252,723 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 2nd quarter valued at $4,275,378,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in Oracle by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 11,938,457 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $3,357,572,000 after buying an additional 98,693 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in Oracle by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,696,752 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $3,289,595,000 after buying an additional 381,572 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director Naomi O. Seligman sold 2,223 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.61, for a total value of $437,064.03. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 25,596 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,032,429.56. The trade was a 7.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.23, for a total transaction of $1,552,300.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 134,030 shares in the company, valued at $20,805,476.90. The trade was a 6.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 72,223 shares of company stock worth $13,689,064 in the last quarter. Insiders own 40.90% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms have issued reports on ORCL. Erste Group Bank cut Oracle from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on Oracle from $290.00 to $240.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Citigroup cut their price objective on Oracle from $370.00 to $310.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Oracle to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Finally, HSBC reissued a "buy" rating and set a $382.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $275.51.
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Oracle Stock Down 0.9%
Shares of ORCL opened at $151.54 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $168.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $220.05. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $118.86 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The firm has a market cap of $435.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.66.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.62. Oracle had a net margin of 25.28% and a return on equity of 70.60%. The firm had revenue of $16.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.19 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 EPS. The business's revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts forecast that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.
Oracle Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 9th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 9th. Oracle's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.59%.
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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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