Palantir Technologies’ (PLTR) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Rosenblatt Securities

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTRGet Free Report)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Rosenblatt Securities in a research report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $225.00 price target on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities’ target price points to a potential upside of 64.05% from the company’s previous close.

PLTR has been the topic of several other research reports. Daiwa Securities Group upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 price target on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Palantir Technologies from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Northland Securities upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from a “strong sell” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Benchmark started coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Wednesday, April 1st. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $195.16.

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Palantir Technologies Stock Up 1.4%

NASDAQ:PLTR opened at $137.15 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $328.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 154.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.52. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $143.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is $158.35. Palantir Technologies has a twelve month low of $118.93 and a twelve month high of $207.52.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTRGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.05. The business 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 firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 84.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.13 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect that Palantir Technologies will post 1.18 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other Palantir Technologies news, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 327,088 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total transaction of $43,738,207.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $79,162.24. This trade represents a 99.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider David A. Glazer sold 17,438 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total value of $2,331,809.36. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 392,370 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $52,467,716.40. This represents a 4.26% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,029,479 shares of company stock valued at $137,685,797. Company insiders own 9.53% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Palantir Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PLTR. Milestone Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 229.5% during the 4th quarter. Milestone Asset Management LLC now owns 60,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,763,000 after acquiring an additional 42,173 shares during the period. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 26.4% during the 3rd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 58,548 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,680,000 after acquiring an additional 12,229 shares during the period. VCI Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 42.3% during the 4th quarter. VCI Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,187 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,166,000 after acquiring an additional 3,621 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its stake in Palantir Technologies by 135.3% in the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 540,835 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,659,000 after purchasing an additional 310,942 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Palantir Technologies by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 215,444,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,295,188,000 after purchasing an additional 1,557,828 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

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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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