Quent Long Short Global Small Cap Fund LP Takes Position in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Quent Long Short Global Small Cap Fund LP purchased a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 5,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,029,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. raised its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 778.7% in the 3rd quarter. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. now owns 61,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,187,000 after acquiring an additional 54,347 shares in the last quarter. Watershed Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 75.3% in the 3rd quarter. Watershed Private Wealth LLC now owns 7,798 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,423,000 after acquiring an additional 3,350 shares in the last quarter. GAM Holding AG raised its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 39.0% in the 3rd quarter. GAM Holding AG now owns 13,788 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,515,000 after acquiring an additional 3,868 shares in the last quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 26.4% in the 3rd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 58,548 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,680,000 after acquiring an additional 12,229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 153.8% in the 3rd quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 1,397,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $254,951,000 after acquiring an additional 847,036 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on PLTR shares. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Northland Securities upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $195.00 to $185.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $208.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $196.35.

Palantir Technologies Stock Down 7.2%

Shares of NASDAQ PLTR opened at $141.57 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $144.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $164.12. The company has a market cap of $338.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 224.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.68. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $100.91 and a 12 month high of $207.52.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 36.31% and a return on equity of 23.81%. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.34 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.14 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 70.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Palantir Technologies

In other news, insider Ryan D. Taylor sold 19,988 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total transaction of $2,672,795.36. Following the transaction, the insider owned 219,421 shares in the company, valued at approximately $29,340,976.12. The trade was a 8.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Shyam Sankar sold 168,004 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total value of $22,465,494.88. Following the sale, the insider owned 642,786 shares in the company, valued at approximately $85,953,343.92. This represents a 20.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,029,879 shares of company stock worth $137,746,253. Insiders own 9.23% of the company’s stock.

Palantir Technologies News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Won a $300M Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture — expands Palantir’s government revenue runway and ties the company to a politically important national farm-security initiative. USDA and Palantir sign $300 million software purchase agreement
• Positive Sentiment: DZ Bank initiated coverage with a Buy and $175 price target — a fresh institutional buy-rating that signals more analyst conviction and a material upside target vs. current levels. DZ Bank Just Launched Palantir at Buy With a $175 Target
• Positive Sentiment: Recent results show strong top-line momentum ( ~70% revenue growth cited by market coverage), supporting the narrative that Palantir is still scaling quickly. Palantir Rallies 4% as 70% Revenue Surge Overshadows Mizuho Price Target Cut
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings/announcements could be an early AI-sector catalyst — one write-up flags a May earnings print that may move AI peers ahead of Nvidia. Timing makes the next few weeks important for sentiment. Palantir Earnings Could Ignite AI Stocks Before Nvidia
• Neutral Sentiment: New specialist ecosystem activity (Vanyar launch focused on Palantir Foundry/AIP) could help enterprise adoption but is too early to quantify. Palantir and AIP Specialist Firm, Vanyar, Launches
• Negative Sentiment: Stock sold off amid a broader software/AI rotation and risk‑off trade (investors moving to defensives as oil/bonds move), which overwhelmed company-specific positives today. Market-flow headlines flagged the same sector-driven pressure. Here’s Why Palantir Stock Is Dropping 8% Despite A $300 Million Contract Win
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and momentum concerns persist — some analysts/covers have trimmed targets or flagged downside risk, and commentary warns the rally may be vulnerable if growth expectations are repriced. Wall Street May Be Too Optimistic About Palantir — 2 Red Flags Investors Shouldn’t Ignore
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational noise from management’s public statements/“manifesto” and light-hearted merch has drawn media attention — such controversies can introduce political and PR risk given Palantir’s heavy government exposure. Palantir published a mini manifesto calling some cultures ‘harmful and middling’

About Palantir Technologies

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.