Northland Capmk Issues Positive Estimate for PLTR Earnings

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) – Investment analysts at Northland Capmk boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Palantir Technologies in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 4th. Northland Capmk analyst M. Latimore now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.08 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.07. The consensus estimate for Palantir Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $0.19 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Palantir Technologies’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.29 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.01. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 18.01% and a return on equity of 9.94%. The business had revenue of $725.52 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $705.11 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.03 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 30.0% on a year-over-year basis.

PLTR has been the subject of several other research reports. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Palantir Technologies from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. Citigroup increased their target price on Palantir Technologies from $42.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho upped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $44.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $90.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of Palantir Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $60.00 to $95.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $69.44.

Palantir Technologies Price Performance

Shares of PLTR opened at $111.28 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $75.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $52.26. The stock has a market cap of $253.50 billion, a PE ratio of 556.43, a P/E/G ratio of 7.54 and a beta of 2.81. Palantir Technologies has a 12 month low of $20.33 and a 12 month high of $111.55.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 60.5% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,387,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $460,798,000 after acquiring an additional 4,667,955 shares during the period. Diversify Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Palantir Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $876,000. Destiny Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $3,233,000. State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 22.9% in the 3rd quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 370,625 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,786,000 after buying an additional 68,945 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 19.2% in the 3rd quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 541,567 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,146,000 after purchasing an additional 87,062 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 11,794 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.80, for a total value of $1,212,423.20. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 88,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,059,661.20. The trade was a 11.80 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Ryan D. Taylor sold 483,987 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.48, for a total transaction of $36,047,351.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 170,273 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,681,933.04. This trade represents a 73.97 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 15,656,687 shares of company stock valued at $1,040,105,687 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 12.93% of the company’s stock.

About Palantir Technologies

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.