Oracle Corporation $ORCL Shares Sold by TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

Key Points

• TD Waterhouse Canada cut its Oracle position by 10% in the second quarter, selling 41,287 shares and retaining 370,371 shares valued at approximately $52.9 million.
• Oracle reported quarterly revenue of $19.18 billion, up 20.6% year over year, and EPS of $2.11, exceeding analyst expectations. The company also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share, equivalent to a 1.3% annual yield.
• Analysts remain broadly positive, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and a $261.61 price target, but rising debt, heavy AI infrastructure spending and negative free-cash-flow concerns remain key risks.

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. reduced its position in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 10.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 370,371 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after selling 41,287 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.'s holdings in Oracle were worth $52,881,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Oracle by 189.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $25,593,000 after purchasing an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 404 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in Oracle by 21.5% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $951,000 after purchasing an additional 768 shares during the last quarter. United Bank raised its position in shares of Oracle by 6.8% in the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 15,038 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $3,288,000 after purchasing an additional 963 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its position in shares of Oracle by 19.2% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 52,856 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $11,556,000 after purchasing an additional 8,530 shares in the last quarter. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Jefferies maintained a Buy rating and set a $290 price target, while other analysts remain optimistic that Oracle’s AI-cloud growth can offset concerns about elevated spending and leverage. Bernstein also expects a potential recovery toward the company’s prior high. Oracle Stock Could Be Software’s Next Big Winner
• Positive Sentiment: Lower interest rates could provide outsized relief: Oracle has taken on tens of billions of dollars in debt to finance AI data-center construction. A lower-rate environment could reduce financing costs and improve the economics of its capital-intensive expansion. Why Is Oracle Stock Up Today?
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains strong: Oracle is expanding its multi-year relationship with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deploy Juniper networking equipment across global AI data centers. The arrangement supports Oracle’s planned infrastructure buildout and could improve visibility into future capacity expansion. HPE and Oracle Deepen Networking Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings are the next major test: Investors will look for evidence that Oracle’s large cloud backlog is converting into revenue, along with updates on capital expenditures, debt and AI-cloud margins. The company’s latest reported quarter exceeded EPS and revenue estimates, but the market now expects execution against significantly higher AI-related expectations. Oracle Sets Earnings Date
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and spending remain key risks: Oracle’s heavy AI-data-center investment has contributed to rising leverage and negative free cash flow concerns. Analysts have lowered some price targets, including TD Cowen’s reduction to $240, while investors remain cautious about whether future cloud growth will justify the spending. TD Cowen Lowers Oracle Price Target

Oracle Stock Performance

Oracle stock opened at $154.50 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $445.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.74. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $139.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $160.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 1.12. Oracle Corporation has a 12 month low of $114.50 and a 12 month high of $345.72.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The company had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. Oracle's quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Research analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 10th. Oracle's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.31%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on ORCL shares. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday. Wedbush reduced their price objective on shares of Oracle from $275.00 to $240.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Finally, BTIG Research restated a "buy" rating and issued a $400.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $261.61.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 400,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $63,664,000. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 40.90% of the company's stock.

Oracle Profile

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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