BDF Gestion acquired a new stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 32,345 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,409,000.
Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of PLTR. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies in the second quarter valued at $2,543,888,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the first quarter valued at $520,232,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in Palantir Technologies by 55.2% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 13,346,061 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,126,408,000 after buying an additional 4,748,513 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in Palantir Technologies by 38.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 15,180,154 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,281,205,000 after buying an additional 4,221,392 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi raised its stake in Palantir Technologies by 56.1% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 10,620,301 shares of the company's stock valued at $887,857,000 after buying an additional 3,815,386 shares in the last quarter. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of analysts have weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley set a $155.00 price target on Palantir Technologies and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Bank of America raised their price target on Palantir Technologies from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $165.00 price target (up from $110.00) on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Palantir Technologies from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their price target for the company from $80.00 to $160.00 in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Palantir Technologies from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Palantir Technologies currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $140.22.
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Palantir Technologies Stock Performance
PLTR traded up $2.34 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $181.67. The company's stock had a trading volume of 31,006,580 shares, compared to its average volume of 88,649,625. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $36.05 and a 52-week high of $190.00. The company's fifty day moving average price is $163.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $131.20. The company has a market capitalization of $430.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 605.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.28 and a beta of 2.59.
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.02. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 10.75% and a net margin of 22.18%.The company had revenue of $1 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $939.29 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.09 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 48.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Palantir Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts predict that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 earnings per share for the current year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies
In other news, insider Ryan D. Taylor sold 36,048 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.35, for a total transaction of $5,708,200.80. Following the sale, the insider owned 307,470 shares of the company's stock, valued at $48,687,874.50. The trade was a 10.49% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider David A. Glazer sold 81,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.47, for a total value of $12,512,070.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 431,169 shares in the company, valued at $66,602,675.43. This trade represents a 15.82% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,634,634 shares of company stock worth $250,524,804. Corporate insiders own 12.93% of the company's stock.
Palantir Technologies Company Profile
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Palantir Technologies, Inc engages in the business of building and deploying software platforms that serve as the central operating systems for its customers. It operates under the Commercial and Government segments. The Commercial segment focuses on customers working in non-government industries. The Government segment is involved in providing services to customers that are the United States government and non-United States government agencies.
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