Hilltop Holdings Inc. Has $1.17 Million Position in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Hilltop Holdings Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) by 63.9% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 7,985 shares of the company’s stock after selling 14,140 shares during the period. Hilltop Holdings Inc.’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $1,168,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $450,000. Bison Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 37.4% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 17,130 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,296,000 after purchasing an additional 4,667 shares during the last quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 38.0% in the first quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 17,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,447,000 after purchasing an additional 4,722 shares in the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 36.8% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 6,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after purchasing an additional 1,694 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vivaldi Capital Management LP bought a new position in Palantir Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $315,000. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Palantir Technologies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Citi lowered its price target on Palantir to $200 from $225 but kept a Buy rating, signaling continued confidence in the company’s long-term upside and pointing to expected commercial growth rebound. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analyst write-ups highlighted Palantir’s strong growth profile, with Wall Street price-target averages implying meaningful upside and recent earnings estimate revisions moving higher. Zacks article
• Positive Sentiment: Palantir and other major tech firms defended open AI models in Washington, which could help avoid new restrictions that might slow AI adoption and enterprise spending. Financial Times article
• Neutral Sentiment: Several stories ahead of the Aug. 3 earnings report focused on Palantir’s business model, investor base, and CEO Alex Karp’s bullish comments on AI, but these were largely commentary rather than new company-specific catalysts. TipRanks article
• Neutral Sentiment: Other coverage noted that Palantir remains a high-growth AI name with strong free cash flow, but also emphasized that the stock has already fallen sharply in 2026 and is being judged against a demanding valuation. MarketBeat article
• Negative Sentiment: Investors appear cautious ahead of earnings, with headlines saying Palantir is tumbling before the report and that concerns over valuation, competition from open-source AI, and broader AI stock weakness are weighing on sentiment. Yahoo Finance article

Palantir Technologies Price Performance

PLTR opened at $122.92 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $131.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $142.55. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $106.37 and a fifty-two week high of $207.52. The company has a market cap of $294.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 138.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.56.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 43.67% and a return on equity of 28.34%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 84.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.13 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.17 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on PLTR. Phillip Securities upped their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $190.00 to $202.00 in a report on Monday, May 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $138.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Wedbush assumed coverage on Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, June 16th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Benchmark lowered Palantir Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. Finally, Oppenheimer assumed coverage on Palantir Technologies in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $200.00 price target on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $189.88.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 397,744 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $54,109,093.76. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 6,432,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $875,044,378.32. The trade was a 5.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 319,934 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total value of $43,523,821.36. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $80,535.68. This represents a 99.82% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold 1,112,270 shares of company stock worth $150,247,785 over the last three months. Insiders own 9.53% of the company’s stock.

Palantir Technologies Profile

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.