3,030 Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) Acquired by Cypress Wealth Services LLC

Cypress Wealth Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $256,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Roxbury Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Palantir Technologies by 73.5% in the fourth quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 392 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 166 shares during the last quarter. Sierra Ocean LLC purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. First Command Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Palantir Technologies Stock Performance

Palantir Technologies stock opened at $119.91 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $282.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 631.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.84 and a beta of 2.64. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $21.23 and a fifty-two week high of $135.28. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $109.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.71.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.13. The company had revenue of $883.86 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $863.89 million. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 6.85% and a net margin of 16.13%. Palantir Technologies’s revenue was up 39.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.08 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.25, for a total value of $65,000.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 61,339 shares in the company, valued at $4,983,793.75. This represents a 1.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 39,825 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.97, for a total value of $5,016,755.25. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 6,432,258 shares in the company, valued at $810,271,540.26. This represents a 0.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 3,894,925 shares of company stock valued at $369,820,528. Insiders own 9.23% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. UBS Group upped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. DA Davidson upped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Daiwa Capital Markets assumed coverage on Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, April 1st. They set a “neutral” rating and a $90.00 price target for the company. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $83.95.

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.