Equities Analysts Set Expectations for PLTR FY2025 Earnings

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) – Analysts at Wedbush boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, November 4th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the company will earn $0.57 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.47. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $200.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Palantir Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $0.31 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Palantir Technologies’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Citigroup upped their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $190.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group restated an “underperform” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday. Piper Sandler increased their price target on Palantir Technologies from $201.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price target on Palantir Technologies from $170.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $169.44.

Palantir Technologies Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of Palantir Technologies stock opened at $187.90 on Thursday. Palantir Technologies has a 12-month low of $51.61 and a 12-month high of $207.52. The stock has a market cap of $445.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 447.39, a P/E/G ratio of 10.11 and a beta of 2.63. The business’s 50 day moving average is $176.97 and its 200-day moving average is $152.92.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 3rd. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.04. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 15.48% and a net margin of 28.11%.The company had revenue of $1.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.09 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.10 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 62.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Palantir Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at EPS.

Insider Activity at Palantir Technologies

In other news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $186.39, for a total transaction of $149,112.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 62,087 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,572,395.93. This represents a 1.27% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Shyam Sankar sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.55, for a total value of $4,786,500.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 702,786 shares in the company, valued at approximately $112,129,506.30. This trade represents a 4.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,527,750 shares of company stock worth $234,463,896 in the last quarter. 9.23% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Palantir Technologies

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies by 2.3% in the third quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 68,139 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,430,000 after purchasing an additional 1,509 shares during the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies by 30.2% in the third quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 52,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,518,000 after purchasing an additional 12,108 shares during the last quarter. D.B. Root & Company LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies by 3.5% in the third quarter. D.B. Root & Company LLC now owns 3,564 shares of the company’s stock valued at $650,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Breakwater Capital Group bought a new position in Palantir Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $227,000. Finally, REAP Financial Group LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies by 45.5% in the third quarter. REAP Financial Group LLC now owns 512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.