Global Retirement Partners LLC Invests $9.27 Million in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Global Retirement Partners LLC bought a new stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 79,424 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,266,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $450,000. Bison Wealth LLC raised its stake in Palantir Technologies by 37.4% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 17,130 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,296,000 after purchasing an additional 4,667 shares during the period. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 38.0% in the 1st 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 during the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 36.8% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 6,294 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,000 after buying an additional 1,694 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vivaldi Capital Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth $315,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Key Palantir Technologies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Strong growth and margins support the bull case: Palantir’s latest quarter featured approximately 93% year-over-year revenue growth, an earnings beat, and expanding margins. Analysts and commentators argue that its rising Rule of 40 score and efficient AI-driven growth could represent a durable structural advantage. Palantir’s Margin Expansion Signals a Structural Growth Advantage
• Positive Sentiment: Enterprise and sovereign AI demand remains a key catalyst: CEO Alex Karp said Palantir could sustain its current growth and margin profile over the next 18 months, while the company’s Sovereignty Bootcamps have attracted nearly 200 organizations. The strong participation suggests growing demand for localized and secure AI deployments. Palantir’s Sovereignty Bootcamps Draw Nearly 200 Organizations in <30 Days
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum and analyst optimism continue: Recent coverage describes improving software-stock outlooks, potential technical breakout conditions, and continued post-earnings momentum. Zacks also added PLTR to its Rank #1 Strong Buy list. Is Palantir Stock About to Breakout?
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-covering may be amplifying the rally: Reports estimate roughly $12 billion in short interest and about $5 billion in short-seller losses, potentially adding technical buying pressure. This can support the stock near term but does not necessarily change the company’s underlying value. Short Sellers Are Losing Big on Palantir — Here’s the Data
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation is the principal risk: With the stock trading at a very high earnings multiple after its sharp advance, skeptics question whether extraordinary growth is already priced in. Some bearish commentary argues that even strong execution may not justify current expectations. Is Palantir Still a Buy After Its 33% Rally Over the Past Month?
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling adds caution: A Palantir director reportedly sold approximately $2.79 million of shares, reinforcing concerns about valuation and profit-taking after the rally. Palantir Director Offloads $2.79M

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on PLTR shares. President Capital upgraded Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $25.50 to $133.00 in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Needham & Company LLC set a $215.00 price target on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded shares of Palantir Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $192.19.

Insider Activity at Palantir Technologies

In other news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 3,032 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $165.00, for a total transaction of $500,280.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 54,107 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,927,655. This represents a 5.31% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Shyam Sankar sold 150,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $19,500,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 599,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $77,986,870. The trade was a 20.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 227,778 shares of company stock valued at $30,696,263. Insiders own 9.53% of the company’s stock.

Palantir Technologies Trading Down 0.7%

NASDAQ PLTR opened at $173.96 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $418.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 148.68, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.59. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $137.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $140.47. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $106.37 and a 52 week high of $207.52.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.07. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 49.01% and a return on equity of 30.57%. The business had revenue of $1.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.16 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 92.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.