iA Global Asset Management Inc. Increases Stock Position in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTRFree Report) by 9.2% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 400,282 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 33,823 shares during the quarter. Palantir Technologies makes up approximately 0.8% of iA Global Asset Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th biggest position. iA Global Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $58,553,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of PLTR. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Palantir Technologies by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 215,444,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,295,188,000 after acquiring an additional 1,557,828 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 102,385,317 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,198,990,000 after purchasing an additional 1,126,418 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 54,200,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,599,882,000 after purchasing an additional 805,047 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,149,641,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 22,415,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,984,281,000 after purchasing an additional 616,297 shares during the last quarter. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 397,744 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total value of $54,109,093.76. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 6,432,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $875,044,378.32. This represents a 5.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 319,934 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total value of $43,523,821.36. Following the sale, the insider owned 592 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,535.68. This represents a 99.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 927,270 shares of company stock worth $126,197,785 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 9.53% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Palantir Technologies

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently commented on PLTR shares. Wolfe Research raised Palantir Technologies from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 16th. Wedbush initiated coverage on Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, June 16th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Citigroup boosted their target price on Palantir Technologies from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Mizuho cut their target price on Palantir Technologies from $195.00 to $185.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Palantir Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $190.46.

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Palantir Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PLTR opened at $116.67 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $134.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $149.25. The company has a market cap of $279.69 billion, a PE ratio of 131.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.53. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $106.37 and a 52-week high of $207.52.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTRGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 43.67% and a return on equity of 28.34%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 84.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.13 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Palantir Technologies Company Profile

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Palantir Technologies is a software company that develops data integration, analytics and operational decision-making platforms for government and commercial customers. Founded in 2003 by a team that included Alex Karp and Peter Thiel, Palantir has grown into a provider of enterprise-scale software designed to help organizations integrate disparate data sources, build analytic models and drive operational workflows. The company went public in 2020 and continues to position its products around large, complex data projects where security, provenance and real-time collaboration are important.

Palantir’s product portfolio centers on a small number of core platforms.

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