Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC Invests $302,000 in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC bought a new position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 1,382 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock, valued at approximately $302,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 189.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $25,593,000 after acquiring an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $903,000 after acquiring an additional 404 shares during the last quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC now owns 11,295 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $1,579,000 after acquiring an additional 260 shares during the last quarter. Enterprise Bank & Trust Co lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 7.6% during the 1st quarter. Enterprise Bank & Trust Co now owns 7,079 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $990,000 after acquiring an additional 499 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Oracle by 103,497.2% during the 1st quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 37,295 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $5,214,000 after acquiring an additional 37,259 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Oracle

In other news, insider Michael D. Sicilia sold 33,845 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $321.16, for a total value of $10,869,660.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 132,656 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $42,603,800.96. The trade was a 20.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 21,241 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.11, for a total value of $6,310,913.51. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 78,000 shares in the company, valued at $23,174,580. This represents a 21.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 112,092 shares of company stock worth $32,960,165. Company insiders own 42.20% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Raymond James Financial reissued a "strong-buy" rating on shares of Oracle in a research note on Wednesday, June 18th. DA Davidson lifted their target price on Oracle from $220.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Roth Capital reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, June 18th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $304.71.

Oracle Trading Down 0.3%

ORCL opened at $282.68 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $803.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.44, a PEG ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a current ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $118.86 and a 12 month high of $345.72. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $258.97 and a 200-day moving average price of $202.09.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 9th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.48 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.04 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 72.93% and a net margin of 21.08%.The company's revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.39 earnings per share. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 9th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 9th. Oracle's payout ratio is presently 46.30%.

About Oracle

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.

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