Sentinel Pension Advisors LLC Takes Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Sentinel Pension Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 937 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock, valued at approximately $205,000.

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A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Oracle in the 1st quarter valued at $732,692,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of Oracle by 15,012.3% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,755,096 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $664,810,000 after buying an additional 4,723,631 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Oracle by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 160,925,413 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $22,498,982,000 after buying an additional 3,513,464 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the 2nd quarter worth about $731,512,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in Oracle by 79.2% during the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 4,638,951 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $648,572,000 after purchasing an additional 2,049,687 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORCL has been the subject of a number of research reports. Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $375.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. JMP Securities increased their target price on Oracle from $315.00 to $342.00 and gave the stock a "market outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, September 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, September 8th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $240.00 target price (up previously from $200.00) on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 12th. Two investment 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Oracle currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $303.44.

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Oracle Price Performance

ORCL stock opened at $309.18 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $878.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 71.57, a PEG ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 1.46. 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 12-month low of $118.86 and a 12-month high of $345.72. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $251.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $195.70.

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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL - Get Free Report) last released 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 net margin of 21.08% and a return on equity of 72.93%. The firm had revenue of $14.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.04 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.39 EPS. Oracle's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. Oracle has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.270-1.310 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Oracle Corporation will post 5 earnings per share for the current year.

Oracle Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at Oracle

In other Oracle news, Director Rona Alison Fairhead bought 480 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $233.87 per share, with a total value of $112,257.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 22,110 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,170,865.70. The trade was a 2.22% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director William G. Parrett sold 11,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $306.00, for a total transaction of $3,519,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 17,764 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,435,784. This trade represents a 39.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 78,247 shares of company stock valued at $22,090,505 over the last quarter. 42.20% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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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