ORCL Stock – Analyzing the Surge - What's Driving the Rally?

Oracle shares rose 5.1% this morning to a price of $170.33. The stock is still trading within range of its average target price of $174.51, and over the last 52 weeks, it has recorded a 51.0% performance. Analysts have given the Large-Cap Software stock target prices ranging from $125.0 to $210.0 dollars per share, with an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.1%, and a short ratio of 3.16. The company's insiders own 41.62% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that only a small number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 44.3% of Oracle's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Oracle

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 6% 153,151,994 $26,086,379,418
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 5% 128,604,577 $21,905,217,835
2024-06-30 State Street Corporation 2% 68,593,995 $11,683,615,293
2024-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 1% 39,989,809 $6,811,464,240
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 1% 40,039,315 $6,819,896,597
2024-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 1% 34,309,642 $5,843,961,384
2024-06-30 Morgan Stanley 1% 21,561,998 $3,672,655,158
2024-06-30 Loomis Sayles & Company, LP 1% 19,025,485 $3,240,610,894
2024-06-30 Fisher Asset Management, LLC 1% 17,587,320 $2,995,648,247
2024-06-30 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 17,445,885 $2,971,557,623

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Oracle.

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