Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) Director Sells $60,456.00 in Stock

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.14, for a total transaction of $60,456.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 58,287 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,809,497.18. The trade was a 0.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, January 2nd, Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 3,400 shares of Palantir Technologies stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.35, for a total transaction of $616,590.00.

Palantir Technologies Stock Performance

Palantir Technologies stock traded down $18.34 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $139.54. 112,731,315 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 42,078,484. The stock has a market capitalization of $332.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 221.50, a P/E/G ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.64. The business’s 50-day moving average is $175.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $173.49. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $66.12 and a 12 month high of $207.52.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.34 billion. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 36.31% and a return on equity of 23.81%. Palantir Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 70.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.14 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts predict that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $3,307,457,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 4.0% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 213,886,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,017,133,000 after purchasing an additional 8,168,604 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 7.2% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 101,258,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,471,648,000 after purchasing an additional 6,777,771 shares during the period. Amundi increased its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 38.7% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 15,679,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,814,879,000 after purchasing an additional 4,373,201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in Palantir Technologies by 228.0% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 5,182,560 shares of the company’s stock valued at $945,403,000 after buying an additional 3,602,471 shares during the period. Institutional investors 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: Blowout Q4 results and aggressive FY‑2026 guidance (revenue, EPS, margins and bookings all topped expectations), which earlier triggered the rally and underpinned bullish analyst revisions. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analyst upgrades and price‑target hikes (including bulls raising targets and at least one street‑high PT) that gave institutional and retail investors cover to buy after the earnings beat. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: U.S. commercial demand surged (management cited very large deal wins and a sharp jump in U.S. commercial sales), supporting the thesis that Palantir is monetizing AI effectively. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Friendly media and TV commentary (CNBC, Jim Cramer, others) reinforced the upbeat narrative but also amplified intraday volatility as viewers reacted to rapid price moves. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO remarks flag a geographic growth split — strong U.S. adoption but what management calls slower uptake in parts of Europe/Canada, which could cap international upside. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation worries resurfaced quickly: commentators flagged that Palantir’s rich multiples mean the bar for future execution is very high — a primary reason for profit‑taking after the rally. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: After the huge post‑earnings pop, intraday heavy volume and profit‑taking forced a pullback — traders who bought the initial surge appear to be exiting on the first signs of a rollover. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Persistent micro‑risks: notable insider selling disclosures and reports of hedge‑fund activity (e.g., option bets by prominent investors) add to the narrative that some participants are hedging or booking gains. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on PLTR shares. Jefferies Financial Group set a $208.00 target price on Palantir Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Palantir Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Palantir Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Phillip Securities started coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $208.00 price target on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $191.95.

Palantir Technologies Company 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.