Silver Oak Securities Incorporated decreased its position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR – Free Report) by 19.9% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 17,846 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,421 shares during the period. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $2,611,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $5,149,641,000. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 7.2% in the third 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 during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. lifted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 917.4% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 6,585,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,170,596,000 after purchasing an additional 5,938,343 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 1,449.7% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,272,601 shares of the company’s stock worth $937,205,000 after purchasing an additional 4,932,364 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi boosted its position in Palantir Technologies by 38.7% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 15,679,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,814,879,000 after buying an additional 4,373,201 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.65% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages recently weighed in on PLTR. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. DA Davidson reduced their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $180.00 to $165.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $200.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Palantir Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Finally, BTIG Research downgraded Palantir Technologies to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $192.76.
Key Palantir Technologies News
Here are the key news stories impacting Palantir Technologies this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Palantir’s partnership with Zeta Global strengthens the company’s AI growth narrative and adds another enterprise use case for Foundry, which analysts view as validation of Palantir’s platform. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest bought Palantir shares, a signal that some growth investors still see value in the pullback. Article Title
- Neutral Sentiment: Several articles argue that Palantir’s selloff may have gone too far and that the stock could be a buy for long-term investors, but these are opinion pieces rather than new fundamentals. Article Title
- Negative Sentiment: Sentiment remains weak because Palantir has been sliding toward or hitting new 52-week lows, with reports pointing to AI disruption fears, sector rotation out of software, and valuation concerns as reasons for the decline. Article Title
- Negative Sentiment: Coverage also highlighted competitive and international setbacks, including reports of European customers moving away from Palantir, which may add pressure to the stock. Article Title
Palantir Technologies Trading Down 2.8%
Palantir Technologies stock opened at $113.47 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $272.03 billion, a PE ratio of 127.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.53. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $112.25 and a 12 month high of $207.52. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $137.11 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $151.23.
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR – Get Free Report) last posted its 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. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 43.67% and a return on equity of 28.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 84.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.18 EPS for the current year.
Insider Activity at Palantir Technologies
In other Palantir Technologies news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 1,598 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.00, for a total value of $255,680.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 55,022 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,803,520. This represents a 2.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 397,744 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $54,109,093.76. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 6,432,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $875,044,378.32. The trade was a 5.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders have sold 927,270 shares of company stock valued at $126,197,785 in the last quarter. 9.53% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Palantir Technologies Profile
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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