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Orcl Stock: Todd Asset Management trims Oracle stake after strong quarterly results

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cut its Oracle stake by 29.5% in the fourth quarter, selling 40,463 shares and leaving the firm with 96,859 shares worth $18,879,000 in its latest filing with the . Oracle shares opened Tuesday at $192.13.

The sale landed against a market backdrop that has kept Oracle in focus. The company has a market value of $552.58 billion, and its stock has traded between a 52-week low of $134.57 and a 52-week high of $345.72. For investors tracking orcl stock, the latest filing shows a large but reduced institutional position rather than a full retreat.

Oracle’s most recent quarterly report, for the period ended Tuesday, March 10, showed earnings of $1.79 per share on revenue of $17.19 billion. Revenue rose 21.7% from the same quarter a year earlier, a pace that helps explain why the stock continues to draw both institutional buying and selling even as valuation remains elevated.

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The company also paid a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, April 24, after a record date of Thursday, April 9. On an annualized basis, that works out to $2.00 a share, or about a 1.0% yield at Tuesday’s opening price. Those payments give long-term holders some cash return, but they do not change the larger question facing investors: whether Oracle’s growth can keep justifying its size and price.

There is also fresh insider activity to weigh. sold 15,000 Oracle shares on Thursday, April 16, at an average price of $176.19, for total proceeds of $2,642,850.00. After that trade, Levey held 3,429 shares. That transaction does not erase the company’s strong quarter, but it does show that even as Oracle posts solid numbers, some investors and insiders have been willing to take money off the table.

The broader filing picture was not all negative. In the third quarter, bought a new position valued at about $28,000, increased its holdings by 76.9% to 115 shares worth $32,000, Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new stake valued at $35,000 and Collier Financial acquired a new stake worth about $38,000. Taken together, the moves suggest that Oracle continues to attract both new money and portfolio trimming as the stock trades far above its year-low and well below its year-high.

For now, the most important thing is that Oracle remains a closely watched large-cap stock with earnings momentum, a modest dividend and enough volatility to force active investors to keep adjusting their positions. Todd Asset Management’s filing shows that even after the cut, it still has meaningful exposure to the company.

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