Drive Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR – Free Report) by 2.4% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 5,602 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the quarter. Drive Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $764,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of PLTR. Mechanics Financial Corp bought a new position in Palantir Technologies in the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the second quarter worth about $25,000. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the first quarter worth about $27,000. 1248 Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the first quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Frazier Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective (up previously from $110.00) on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $110.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. DA Davidson set a $170.00 price objective on Palantir Technologies and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $177.00 price objective (up previously from $158.00) on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Mizuho set a $165.00 target price on Palantir Technologies in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Palantir Technologies presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $141.28.
Palantir Technologies Price Performance
NASDAQ PLTR opened at $178.15 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $422.63 billion, a PE ratio of 593.85, a P/E/G ratio of 9.66 and a beta of 2.60. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $171.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $143.67. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $40.90 and a 1-year high of $190.00.
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $939.29 million. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 10.75% and a net margin of 22.18%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 48.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.09 EPS. Palantir Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at Palantir Technologies
In other news, insider Ryan D. Taylor sold 36,048 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.35, for a total value of $5,708,200.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 307,470 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,687,874.50. The trade was a 10.49% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider David A. Glazer sold 81,000 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.47, for a total value of $12,512,070.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 431,169 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $66,602,675.43. This trade represents a 15.82% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,557,750 shares of company stock worth $239,713,896. 12.93% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Palantir Technologies Profile
Palantir Technologies, Inc engages in the business of building and deploying software platforms that serve as the central operating systems for its customers. It operates under the Commercial and Government segments. The Commercial segment focuses on customers working in non-government industries. The Government segment is involved in providing services to customers that are the United States government and non-United States government agencies.
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