Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC, an investment advisor, released its “Large Cap Growth Strategy” first quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The U.S. equity market experienced a modest decline in Q1 2025, with the S&P 500 Index falling 4.27%, while bonds showed stability with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index rising 2.78%. In the first quarter, Aristotle Atlantic’s Large Cap Growth Strategy delivered -9.55% gross of fees (-9.68% net of fees), outperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s -9.97% return. Security selection led the portfolio to outperform in the quarter. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.

In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, Aristotle Atlantic Large Cap Growth Strategy highlighted stocks such as Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL). Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments. The one-month return of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) was -9.86%, and its shares gained 14.37% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On April 23, 2025, Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) stock closed at $131.40 per share with a market capitalization of $368.476 billion.

Aristotle Atlantic Large Cap Growth Strategy stated the following regarding Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:

"Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) provides products and services that address enterprise information technology (IT) environments. The company’s products and services include enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings that are delivered worldwide through a variety of flexible and interoperable IT deployment models. The company operates in three segments: Cloud and License, Hardware and Services.

We believe Oracle’s cloud infrastructure product, OCI 2.0, will continue to demonstrate strong revenue growth over several quarters. Additionally, we see the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) computing needs as being a differentiated growth driver for Oracle. We believe that Oracle will continue to drive positive outcomes for the Cerner business through a better margin structure, as well as top-line sales synergies."

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Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 105 hedge fund portfolios held Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) at the end of the fourth quarter compared to 91 in the third quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we covered Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) and shared the list of cheap blue-chip stocks to buy according to hedge funds. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q1 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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