Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC Has $22.30 Million Stock Holdings in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Key Points

• Orion Portfolio Solutions increased its stake in Palantir by 16.4% in Q3 and now owns 122,249 shares valued at approximately $22.30 million.
• Palantir reported a strong quarter with $1.41B revenue (up 70% year‑over‑year) and $0.25 EPS (beating estimates), and Wall Street consensus is a “Moderate Buy” with a $192.68 average target price.
• Significant insider selling has occurred recently — including Stephen Cohen and CEO Alexander Karp sales — with insiders offloading a total of 1,054,279 shares worth $142.2M over the last 90 days, leaving insiders with 9.23% ownership.

Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR - Free Report) by 16.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 122,249 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 17,187 shares during the period. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC's holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $22,301,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA bought a new position in Palantir Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Bare Financial Services Inc increased its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 54.5% in the 3rd quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 156 shares of the company's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the second quarter worth $29,000. Zeit Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the second quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the third quarter valued at $30,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.65% of the company's stock.

Trending Headlines about Palantir Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Geopolitical / defense demand lift: Increased U.S.-Iran hostilities have pushed defense software and AI demand higher, and traders are buying PLTR as a direct beneficiary of that shift. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher targets: Rosenblatt and other firms have raised price targets and reiterated buy ratings (Rosenblatt to $200), which supports bullish flow and gives momentum to the rally. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strong fundamentals / commercial AI traction: Recent results (70% y/y revenue growth) and reports that Foundry and Gotham are accelerating enterprise AI adoption underpin the narrative that Palantir’s growth is durable beyond government work. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation and rotation debate: Coverage is split on whether PLTR or larger AI names (e.g., NVIDIA) offer better risk/reward — Palantir’s premium multiple is drawing scrutiny even as some see it as a defense-tilt play. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor narratives / long-term bulls weigh in: Several opinion pieces and stock-picking outlets reiterate Palantir as a strategic AI-in-defense investment, helping sentiment but not changing fundamentals immediately. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic fallout: The Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic forces Palantir to unwind or rebuild parts of its Maven Smart Systems where Claude was embedded — a potentially costly, time‑sensitive integration risk for key defense contracts. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling / founder liquidity: Reports that Peter Thiel and other insiders have taken large proceeds are feeding concerns about insider selling and governance optics that can weigh on sentiment longer term. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/regulatory risk: An FT report on an NHS official advising Palantir while pushing to add patient data raises governance and procurement scrutiny that could hurt healthcare expansion efforts. Read More.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on PLTR shares. William Blair raised shares of Palantir Technologies from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. CICC Research increased their price target on Palantir Technologies from $128.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $188.00 to $182.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Palantir Technologies from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $192.68.

Palantir Technologies Trading Up 4.1%

PLTR opened at $153.19 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $366.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 243.16, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.70. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $66.12 and a 12 month high of $207.52. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $156.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $169.14.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.34 billion. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 23.81% and a net margin of 36.31%.Palantir Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 70.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.14 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts predict that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 327,088 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were 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 directly owned 592 shares in the company, valued at $79,162.24. This represents a 99.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 493,025 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.78, for a total value of $65,956,884.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 6,432,258 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $860,507,475.24. This represents a 7.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,054,279 shares of company stock worth $142,212,233. 9.23% of the stock is currently owned by company 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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