Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Palantir Technologies Inc. develops software platforms that help government agencies and commercial organizations integrate, analyze and act on data. Its products are designed to support complex operations such as defense and intelligence, supply-chain management, manufacturing, healthcare and other data-intensive activities.

Palantir’s principal platforms include Gotham, which is primarily used by government and defense customers; Foundry, which helps commercial and institutional users build data-driven workflows; Apollo, a platform for deploying and managing software across diverse environments; and the Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), which connects generative artificial intelligence capabilities with an organization’s data and operational systems.

Founded in 2003, the company initially focused on software for government and national-security applications before expanding into commercial markets. Palantir serves customers in the United States and internationally, including organizations in allied countries. The company became publicly traded on the Nasdaq exchange in 2020.

Palantir is led by co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp. Co-founder Peter Thiel serves as chairman of the board, and Shyam Sankar is the company’s chief technology officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $184.45 to $203.55
• 50-Day Range: $165.86 to $209.05
• 52-Week Range: $106.37 to $212.94
• Volume: 33.24 million shs
• Average Volume: 23.42 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $447.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 159.00
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $201.61
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Palantir Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Palantir Technologies scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 186th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Palantir Technologies has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.59, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 23 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Palantir Technologies is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Palantir Technologies has been the subject of 21 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 45.04%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Palantir Technologies are expected to grow by 45.04% in the coming year, from $1.31 to $1.90 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Palantir Technologies is 159.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.32.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Palantir Technologies is 159.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.58.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Palantir Technologies has a PEG Ratio of 3.27. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Palantir Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 59.43. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.56% of the float of Palantir Technologies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Palantir Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.43, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Palantir Technologies has recently decreased by 7.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Palantir Technologies does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Palantir Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

Palantir Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 163 news articles for Palantir Technologies this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 266 people have searched for PLTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -2% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

208 people have added Palantir Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 121% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Palantir Technologies insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $97,909,177.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.53% of the stock of Palantir Technologies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.65% of the stock of Palantir Technologies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Today: 10/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PLTR
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PLTR
• CIK: 1321655
• Web: www.palantir.com
• Phone: 720-358-3679
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,401
• Year Founded: 2003

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Palantir Technologies: $201.61
• High Price Target: $265.00
• Low Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.59
• Research Coverage: 37 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 159.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 142.01
• P/E Growth: 3.27
• Net Income: $1.63 billion
• Net Margins: 49.01%
• Pretax Margin: 49.90%
• Return on Equity: 30.57%
• Return on Assets: 25.64%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 7.23
• Quick Ratio: 7.23

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.16 billion
• Price / Sales: 72.62
• Cash Flow: $0.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 269.41
• Book Value: $3.13 per share
• Price / Book: 59.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,403,058,000
• Free Float: 2,174,047,000
• Market Cap: $447.04 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.60