William Blair Estimates Oracle’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:ORCL)

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) – Equities research analysts at William Blair reduced their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Oracle in a report issued on Tuesday, March 11th. William Blair analyst S. Naji now forecasts that the enterprise software provider will earn $4.66 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $4.84. The consensus estimate for Oracle’s current full-year earnings is $5.00 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Oracle’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.28 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.15 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.35 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.41 EPS.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $14.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.40 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 133.25% and a net margin of 21.16%. The firm’s revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.41 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on ORCL. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Oracle from $175.00 to $170.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada set a $145.00 target price on Oracle and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Mizuho upped their price target on Oracle from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Oracle in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Oracle from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $179.71.

Oracle Stock Down 2.3 %

NYSE ORCL opened at $147.41 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $412.30 billion, a PE ratio of 36.04, a P/E/G ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.65. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $166.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $169.34. Oracle has a fifty-two week low of $112.78 and a fifty-two week high of $198.31.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. R Squared Ltd bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Sunbeam Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Winch Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Oracle by 89.7% during the fourth quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 184 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Hurley Capital LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Synergy Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Oracle during the fourth quarter valued at about $34,000. Institutional investors own 42.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Safra Catz sold 2,101,154 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.35, for a total transaction of $389,448,893.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,118,592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $207,331,027.20. This trade represents a 65.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 42.20% of the company’s stock.

Oracle Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.36%. This is a positive change from Oracle’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.12%.

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.