Bouvel Investment Partners LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Bouvel Investment Partners LLC lowered its position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) by 44.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 26,208 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,220 shares during the period. Bouvel Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $4,658,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in PLTR. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 213,886,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,017,133,000 after purchasing an additional 8,168,604 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 7.2% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 101,258,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,471,648,000 after purchasing an additional 6,777,771 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 38.7% during the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 15,679,158 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,814,879,000 after purchasing an additional 4,373,201 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 228.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 5,182,560 shares of the company’s stock worth $945,403,000 after purchasing an additional 3,602,471 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $408,763,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Palantir Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Argus upgraded Palantir Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Robert W. Baird upgraded Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $200.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Freedom Capital upgraded Palantir Technologies from a “strong sell” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $197.77.

Palantir Technologies Stock Performance

PLTR stock opened at $128.01 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $306.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 203.19, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.68. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $85.47 and a one year high of $207.52. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $143.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $166.48.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 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 analysts’ expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.14 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting Palantir Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Political and defense tailwinds: President Trump publicly praised Palantir’s warfighting capabilities and the company is tied to sizable Pentagon programs (Maven expansion, Army procurement pathways) that support revenue visibility for defense customers. QuiverQuant: Trump Praises Palantir
• Positive Sentiment: Bull analyst views and high price targets: Several firms (including Wedbush) have reiterated bullish targets (Wedbush $230) and some investors call the sell‑off overdone, arguing for large upside from current levels. That support can attract dip buyers. Benzinga: Wall Street Bull Sees 70% Upside
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/bounce signals: Short-term trading signals triggered intraday support and produced a modest rebound, indicating active momentum traders are buying dips. Benzinga: Trading Signal
• Neutral Sentiment: Strong fundamentals but rich expectations: Palantir reported robust revenue growth and improving margins (background Q4 strength), which underpins long-term case — but much of that is already priced in. MarketBeat: PLTR Fundamentals
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst divergence widens volatility: While some firms keep high targets, others highlight execution/valuation risk — that split increases intraday swings and investor disagreement over fair value. Zacks: Valuation Comparison
• Negative Sentiment: High-profile bearish catalyst — Michael Burry: Burry publicly reiterated and expanded bearish bets (long‑dated puts) and wrote that Anthropic is “eating Palantir’s lunch,” which sparked a sharp, sentiment-driven sell‑off and headline volatility. CNBC: Burry Still Betting Against Palantir
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic/AI competition fear: Launches like Anthropic’s Mythos heightened concerns that cheaper, easier-to-deploy AI models could reallocate enterprise AI spend away from Palantir’s heavier platform. That sector narrative pressured software peers too. Investopedia: Anthropic Shockwave
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and insider selling: PLTR trades at very rich multiples vs. earnings, leaving little margin for disappointment; public disclosures show significant insider sales that some investors read as cautionary. QuiverQuant: Valuation & Insider Activity

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Palantir Technologies news, insider David A. Glazer sold 17,438 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total value of $2,331,809.36. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 392,370 shares in the company, valued at $52,467,716.40. The trade was a 4.26% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 493,025 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.78, for a total value of $65,956,884.50. Following the sale, the insider owned 6,432,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $860,507,475.24. The trade was a 7.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,029,879 shares of company stock worth $137,746,253 over the last ninety days. 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.