Silver Oak Securities Incorporated Raises Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Key Points

• Silver Oak Securities Incorporated increased its stake in Oracle Corporation by 86.1%, holding 11,932 shares valued at approximately $2.61 million as of the latest SEC filing.
• Insiders at Oracle sold significant amounts of stock recently, including Director Naomi O. Seligman, who sold 3,303 shares, indicating a 9.51% decrease in their position.
• Oracle's quarterly earnings fell short of analyst expectations, reporting $1.47 EPS against a consensus of $1.48, while the company announced a $0.50 quarterly dividend per share.

Silver Oak Securities Incorporated boosted its stake in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 86.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,932 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after buying an additional 5,520 shares during the period. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated's holdings in Oracle were worth $2,609,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of ORCL. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in Oracle by 189.3% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $25,593,000 after buying an additional 100,494 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its stake in Oracle by 8.2% during the 4th quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 3,550 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $592,000 after buying an additional 269 shares during the last quarter. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Oracle during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in Oracle by 10.8% during the 4th quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 9,410 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $1,571,000 after buying an additional 917 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.44% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. DA Davidson upped 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. BNP Paribas set a $377.00 target price on Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Cowen reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $375.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. UBS Group set a $300.00 target price on Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their target price on Oracle from $270.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-four have assigned a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Oracle has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $303.44.

Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle

In other news, Director Rona Alison Fairhead bought 480 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 7th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $233.87 per share, with a total value of $112,257.60. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 22,110 shares in the company, valued at $5,170,865.70. The trade was a 2.22% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Clayton M. Magouyrk sold 21,241 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $297.11, for a total transaction of $6,310,913.51. Following the completion of 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. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 78,247 shares of company stock worth $22,090,505. 42.20% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Oracle Price Performance

Shares of ORCL stock traded up $20.44 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $329.10. 44,291,474 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,167,239. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $251.63 and a 200 day moving average of $195.70. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.33. Oracle Corporation has a 52-week low of $118.86 and a 52-week high of $345.72. The company has a market cap of $935.21 billion, a PE ratio of 76.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 1.46.

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

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 9th. Oracle's dividend payout ratio is presently 46.30%.

Oracle Profile

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.