Curi RMB Capital LLC acquired a new position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR – Free Report) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 6,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $245,000.
Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Palantir Technologies by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 196,834,580 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,529,164,000 after buying an additional 3,029,317 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 5.7% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 14,982,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $557,365,000 after acquiring an additional 808,444 shares during the last quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC increased its position in Palantir Technologies by 2.2% during the second quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 13,023,099 shares of the company’s stock worth $329,875,000 after acquiring an additional 277,623 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 11,917,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $301,871,000 after purchasing an additional 167,030 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in Palantir Technologies by 4.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 7,326,275 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,575,000 after purchasing an additional 292,885 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.65% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. DA Davidson raised their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $28.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $30.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Northland Securities raised their target price on Palantir Technologies from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “underperform” rating and set a $9.00 price target on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Palantir Technologies has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $31.71.
Insider Activity
In other Palantir Technologies news, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 4,500,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.07, for a total transaction of $162,315,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 6,432,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $232,011,546.06. This represents a 41.16 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Heather A. Planishek sold 11,373 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.25, for a total value of $366,779.25. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 600,633 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,370,414.25. This trade represents a 1.86 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 31,562,840 shares of company stock worth $1,435,787,316. 12.93% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Palantir Technologies Trading Up 11.1 %
Shares of Palantir Technologies stock opened at $65.77 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $147.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 328.87 and a beta of 2.70. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $43.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $32.01. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $15.66 and a 1-year high of $66.00.
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.01. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 9.94% and a net margin of 18.01%. The business had revenue of $725.52 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $705.11 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.03 EPS. Palantir Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.21 EPS for the current year.
Palantir Technologies Company Profile
Palantir Technologies Inc builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company provides Palantir Gotham, a software platform which enables users to identify patterns hidden deep within datasets, ranging from signals intelligence sources to reports from confidential informants, as well as facilitates the handoff between analysts and operational users, helping operators plan and execute real-world responses to threats that have been identified within the platform.
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