Northland Capmk Has Bullish Forecast for PLTR Q3 Earnings

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR - Free Report) - Research analysts at Northland Capmk boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 5th. Northland Capmk analyst M. Latimore now expects that the company will earn $0.13 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.10. The consensus estimate for Palantir Technologies' current full-year earnings is $0.31 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Palantir Technologies' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on PLTR. Piper Sandler set a $182.00 price target on Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Palantir Technologies from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their price objective for the company from $80.00 to $160.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley set a $155.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies from $90.00 to $141.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wedbush set a $200.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seventeen have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $136.61.

Palantir Technologies Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:PLTR opened at $182.20 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $144.43 and a 200 day moving average of $114.82. The company has a market capitalization of $429.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 607.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 13.07 and a beta of 2.60. Palantir Technologies has a 52 week low of $26.69 and a 52 week high of $184.48.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.02. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 22.18% and a return on equity of 10.75%. The business had revenue of $1 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $939.29 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.09 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 48.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Palantir Technologies

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of PLTR. Mechanics Financial Corp purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Palantir Technologies during the second quarter valued at $25,000. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. 1248 Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, Briaud Financial Planning Inc purchased a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the second quarter worth about $27,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.65% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In related news, insider Shyam Sankar sold 405,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.08, for a total transaction of $53,492,400.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 702,786 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $92,823,974.88. This represents a 36.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Ryan D. Taylor sold 30,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.00, for a total transaction of $5,250,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 363,755 shares in the company, valued at approximately $63,657,125. This represents a 7.62% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,515,632 shares of company stock worth $196,472,623. 9.23% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Palantir Technologies Company Profile

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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