Q3 EPS Forecast for Palantir Technologies Lowered by Analyst

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) – Wedbush cut their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 4th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.07 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.08. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $90.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Palantir Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $0.19 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Palantir Technologies’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $725.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $705.11 million. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 18.01% and a return on equity of 9.94%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.03 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. DA Davidson raised their price target on shares of Palantir Technologies from $47.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. William Blair restated an “underperform” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price target on Palantir Technologies from $72.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Baird R W raised Palantir Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price target on Palantir Technologies from $42.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $69.44.

Palantir Technologies Stock Up 9.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:PLTR opened at $111.28 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $75.56 and its 200 day moving average is $52.26. The stock has a market cap of $253.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 556.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.54 and a beta of 2.81. Palantir Technologies has a 52-week low of $20.33 and a 52-week high of $111.55.

Institutional Trading of Palantir Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 96.4% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 82,512,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,069,463,000 after buying an additional 40,498,024 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 52.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 47,946,926 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,777,568,000 after purchasing an additional 16,598,253 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 3,476.2% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 6,832,301 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,162,000 after purchasing an additional 6,641,253 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 60.5% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,387,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $460,798,000 after purchasing an additional 4,667,955 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC raised its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 943.2% in the 3rd quarter. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC now owns 3,300,766 shares of the company’s stock valued at $122,788,000 after buying an additional 2,984,348 shares during the period. 45.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 9,746 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.77, for a total transaction of $650,740.42. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 111,644 shares in the company, valued at $7,454,469.88. The trade was a 8.03 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 4,500,000 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.10, for a total value of $283,950,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 6,432,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $405,875,479.80. The trade was a 41.16 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 15,656,687 shares of company stock worth $1,040,105,687. 12.93% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.