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Why Are People Buying ORCL Shares?

After this morning's 3.4% surge to $206.75 per share, Oracle might just keep moving past its target price of $209.5. With an average analyst rating of buy, and target prices from $170.0 to $246.0, the stock's next move is anyone's guess.

The stock has a very low short interest at 0.9%, and a short ratio of 1.89. The company's insiders own 41.16% 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 44.8% of Oracle's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Oracle

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 6% 160,925,413 $33,271,329,137
2025-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 5% 136,535,507 $28,228,716,072
2025-03-31 State Street Corporation 3% 72,206,668 $14,928,728,609
2025-03-31 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2% 43,033,191 $8,897,112,239
2025-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 1% 37,582,718 $7,770,226,946
2025-03-31 FMR, LLC 1% 32,073,372 $6,631,169,661
2025-03-31 Morgan Stanley 1% 28,962,475 $5,987,991,706
2025-03-31 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 19,741,423 $4,081,539,205
2025-03-31 Capital Research Global Investors 1% 19,010,522 $3,930,425,423
2025-03-31 Fisher Asset Management, LLC 1% 17,601,888 $3,639,190,344

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

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