William Blair Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for PLTR

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) – Equities researchers at William Blair decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, May 5th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now anticipates that the company will earn $0.09 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.10. The consensus estimate for Palantir Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $0.31 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Palantir Technologies’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.13. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 16.13% and a return on equity of 6.85%. The firm had revenue of $883.86 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $863.89 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.08 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 39.4% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on PLTR. Citigroup upped their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $28.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Palantir Technologies from $90.00 to $98.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Mizuho raised their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $80.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on Palantir Technologies from $90.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Palantir Technologies has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $83.95.

Palantir Technologies Trading Up 8.0 %

Shares of PLTR stock opened at $119.32 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $93.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $81.48. The company has a market cap of $279.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 628.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.84 and a beta of 2.68. Palantir Technologies has a 12-month low of $20.50 and a 12-month high of $125.41.

Institutional Trading of Palantir Technologies

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PLTR. Mechanics Financial Corp purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Roxbury Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Palantir Technologies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. First PREMIER Bank purchased a new position in Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC lifted 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 valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 265 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighMark Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Palantir Technologies by 73.5% during the fourth quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 392 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 166 shares during the period. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other news, insider Heather A. Planishek sold 13,891 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.96, for a total transaction of $1,610,800.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 512,006 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $59,372,215.76. This represents a 2.64 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Alexandra W. Schiff sold 6,776 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.63, for a total transaction of $587,004.88. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 184,617 shares in the company, valued at $15,993,370.71. This represents a 3.54 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 2,978,181 shares of company stock worth $252,115,667. Insiders own 12.93% of the company’s stock.

Palantir Technologies Company Profile

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.