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Money Concepts Capital Corp Acquires 9,477 Shares of Oracle Corporation $ORCL

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Key Points

  • Money Concepts Capital Corp increased its Oracle stake by 339.4% in the fourth quarter, buying 9,477 additional shares and bringing its total holdings to 12,269 shares valued at about $2.39 million.
  • Oracle continues to draw support from institutional investors and analyst coverage, with several firms maintaining Buy or Overweight ratings and a consensus price target of about $260.11.
  • Operationally, Oracle reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue, while also highlighting growth in AI-related enterprise products and partnerships such as its integrations with Eightfold AI and Samsung.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by June 1st.

Money Concepts Capital Corp boosted its holdings in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 339.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,269 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after acquiring an additional 9,477 shares during the quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp's holdings in Oracle were worth $2,391,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ORCL. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new stake in Oracle during the third quarter worth about $689,000. Xponance Inc. grew its stake in Oracle by 1.8% during the third quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 406,544 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $114,336,000 after buying an additional 7,320 shares during the last quarter. Stonegate Investment Group LLC grew its stake in Oracle by 3.2% during the third quarter. Stonegate Investment Group LLC now owns 99,400 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $27,955,000 after buying an additional 3,065 shares during the last quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. grew its stake in Oracle by 62.1% during the third quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 483,000 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $135,839,000 after buying an additional 184,996 shares during the last quarter. Finally, DDD Partners LLC bought a new stake in Oracle during the fourth quarter worth about $1,677,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company's stock.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Stuart Levey sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.19, for a total value of $2,642,850.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,429 shares in the company, valued at $604,155.51. This represents a 81.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 40.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have weighed in on ORCL. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of Oracle in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They set a "buy" rating and a $200.00 price objective on the stock. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. TD Cowen reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $350.00 to $250.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of Oracle from $375.00 to $300.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Oracle from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $260.11.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on Oracle

Oracle Trading Down 3.6%

Shares of NYSE ORCL opened at $186.81 on Wednesday. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $160.41 and its 200 day simple moving average is $184.10. Oracle Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $134.57 and a fifty-two week high of $345.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $537.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.55. 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. Oracle had a net margin of 25.30% and a return on equity of 62.70%. The business had revenue of $17.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.91 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.47 earnings per share. Oracle's revenue was up 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.08 EPS for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 9th. Oracle's dividend payout ratio is currently 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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