Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC Has $22.30 Million Position in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) by 16.4% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 122,249 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 17,187 shares during the quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $22,301,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Occidental Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Occidental Asset Management LLC now owns 1,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC now owns 2,452 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc grew its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 54.5% in the 3rd quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Palantir Technologies by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,130 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,395,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Ellenbecker Investment Group lifted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 3.6% during the third quarter. Ellenbecker Investment Group now owns 1,619 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,000 after buying an additional 57 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PLTR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Robert W. Baird upgraded Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $200.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Truist Financial started coverage on Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $223.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Zacks Research cut Palantir Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $192.68.

Key Headlines Impacting Palantir Technologies

Here are the key news stories impacting Palantir Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Geopolitical / defense demand lift: Increased U.S.-Iran hostilities have pushed defense software and AI demand higher, and traders are buying PLTR as a direct beneficiary of that shift. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher targets: Rosenblatt and other firms have raised price targets and reiterated buy ratings (Rosenblatt to $200), which supports bullish flow and gives momentum to the rally. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strong fundamentals / commercial AI traction: Recent results (70% y/y revenue growth) and reports that Foundry and Gotham are accelerating enterprise AI adoption underpin the narrative that Palantir’s growth is durable beyond government work. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation and rotation debate: Coverage is split on whether PLTR or larger AI names (e.g., NVIDIA) offer better risk/reward — Palantir’s premium multiple is drawing scrutiny even as some see it as a defense-tilt play. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor narratives / long-term bulls weigh in: Several opinion pieces and stock-picking outlets reiterate Palantir as a strategic AI-in-defense investment, helping sentiment but not changing fundamentals immediately. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic fallout: The Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic forces Palantir to unwind or rebuild parts of its Maven Smart Systems where Claude was embedded — a potentially costly, time‑sensitive integration risk for key defense contracts. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling / founder liquidity: Reports that Peter Thiel and other insiders have taken large proceeds are feeding concerns about insider selling and governance optics that can weigh on sentiment longer term. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/regulatory risk: An FT report on an NHS official advising Palantir while pushing to add patient data raises governance and procurement scrutiny that could hurt healthcare expansion efforts. Read More.

Palantir Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PLTR opened at $153.19 on Thursday. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $66.12 and a 52-week high of $207.52. The company has a market capitalization of $366.38 billion, a PE ratio of 243.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.70. The company has a fifty day moving average of $156.94 and a 200-day moving average of $169.14.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.34 billion. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 23.81% and a net margin of 36.31%.The firm’s revenue was up 70.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.14 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other Palantir Technologies news, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 493,025 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.78, for a total transaction of $65,956,884.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 6,432,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $860,507,475.24. This trade represents a 7.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 327,088 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total transaction of $43,738,207.36. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 592 shares in the company, valued at approximately $79,162.24. This represents a 99.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 1,054,279 shares of company stock worth $142,212,233 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 9.23% of the company’s stock.

About Palantir Technologies

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.