Up Capital Management Inc. Invests $10.27 Million in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Up Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTRFree Report) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 57,774 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,269,000. Palantir Technologies accounts for approximately 9.2% of Up Capital Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bare Financial Services Inc lifted its stake in Palantir Technologies by 54.5% in the 3rd quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. United Financial Planning Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the third quarter worth $32,000. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 250.0% during the fourth quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC now owns 175 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $31,000. 45.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. DA Davidson dropped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $180.00 to $165.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Weiss Ratings lowered Palantir Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Phillip Securities upped their target price on Palantir Technologies from $190.00 to $202.00 in a report on Monday, May 11th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Benchmark downgraded Palantir Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $192.76.

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Palantir Technologies Price Performance

Shares of PLTR stock opened at $128.47 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $137.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $152.57. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a one year low of $122.68 and a one year high of $207.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $307.98 billion, a PE ratio of 144.35, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.53.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTRGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.05. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 43.67% and a return on equity of 28.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.13 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 84.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts expect that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 319,934 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $43,523,821.36. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 592 shares in the company, valued at $80,535.68. This represents a 99.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Shyam Sankar sold 165,514 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $22,516,524.56. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 642,786 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $87,444,607.44. This represents a 20.48% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 927,270 shares of company stock worth $126,197,785. Corporate insiders own 9.53% of the company’s stock.

About Palantir Technologies

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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.

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