Principal Financial Group Inc. Sells 429,758 Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Principal Financial Group Inc. trimmed its stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTRFree Report) by 13.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,857,609 shares of the company’s stock after selling 429,758 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. owned 0.12% of Palantir Technologies worth $418,011,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $5,149,641,000. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 101,258,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,471,648,000 after acquiring an additional 6,777,771 shares in the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. raised its stake in Palantir Technologies by 917.4% during the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 6,585,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,170,596,000 after acquiring an additional 5,938,343 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Palantir Technologies by 1,449.7% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,272,601 shares of the company’s stock worth $937,205,000 after acquiring an additional 4,932,364 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 38.7% during the third quarter. Amundi now owns 15,679,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,814,879,000 after purchasing an additional 4,373,201 shares in the last quarter. 45.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other Palantir Technologies news, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 319,934 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total value of $43,523,821.36. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 592 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,535.68. The trade was a 99.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 397,744 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $54,109,093.76. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 6,432,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $875,044,378.32. This trade represents a 5.82% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 1,112,270 shares of company stock worth $150,247,785 in the last 90 days. 9.53% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on PLTR shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $90.00 price target on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Oppenheimer started coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $200.00 price objective on the stock. President Capital upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $25.50 to $133.00 in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Wedbush began coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $190.85.

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Palantir Technologies Price Performance

PLTR stock opened at $130.05 on Tuesday. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $106.37 and a 1-year high of $207.52. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $132.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $145.61. The company has a market capitalization of $311.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 146.13, a PEG ratio of 2.03 and a beta of 1.56.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTRGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.13 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 84.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Palantir Technologies 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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