Northland Capmk Has Bullish Forecast for PLTR Q1 Earnings

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) – Analysts at Northland Capmk lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Palantir Technologies in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 4th. Northland Capmk analyst M. Latimore now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.08 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.07. The consensus estimate for Palantir Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $0.19 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Palantir Technologies’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.29 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last posted 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $705.11 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.03 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms also recently issued reports on PLTR. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $16.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Baird R W upgraded Palantir Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Morgan Stanley upgraded Palantir Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $60.00 to $95.00 in a report on Tuesday. Wedbush raised their price target on shares of Palantir Technologies from $75.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $69.44.

Palantir Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PLTR opened at $111.28 on Friday. Palantir Technologies has a 1-year low of $20.33 and a 1-year high of $111.55. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $75.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $52.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $253.50 billion, a PE ratio of 556.43, a P/E/G ratio of 7.54 and a beta of 2.81.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of PLTR. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC acquired a new position in Palantir Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 747.1% during the 3rd quarter. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 737 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 650 shares in the last quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. First PREMIER Bank purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Wolff Wiese Magana LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies by 230.4% during the fourth quarter. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC now owns 380 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares during the period. 45.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Palantir Technologies

In related news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.29, for a total value of $61,032.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 62,139 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,740,584.31. This trade represents a 1.27 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 1,823,602 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.12, for a total value of $115,105,758.24. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6,432,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $406,004,124.96. This trade represents a 22.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 15,656,687 shares of company stock worth $1,040,105,687 in the last 90 days. 12.93% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.