Bridgewater Advisors Inc. Has $1.33 Million Position in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Bridgewater Advisors Inc. cut its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTRFree Report) by 33.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,602 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,840 shares during the quarter. Bridgewater Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $1,331,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 6.3% during the third quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 84,715 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,454,000 after buying an additional 5,026 shares in the last quarter. Mendel Money Management acquired a new position in Palantir Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth about $202,000. Berkeley Capital Partners LLC raised its position in Palantir Technologies by 20.2% in the third quarter. Berkeley Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,908 shares of the company’s stock valued at $348,000 after purchasing an additional 320 shares during the last quarter. Wharton Business Group LLC bought a new position in Palantir Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $265,000. Finally, New Millennium Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 329.8% during the third quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 55,929 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,203,000 after purchasing an additional 42,917 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 3,400 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.35, for a total transaction of $616,590.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 58,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,642,887.45. This represents a 5.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Ryan D. Taylor sold 36,048 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.36, for a total transaction of $5,852,753.28. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 251,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $40,818,765.24. The trade was a 12.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 62,100 shares of company stock valued at $10,576,379 over the last 90 days. 9.23% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PLTR has been the subject of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Palantir Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies from $205.00 to $180.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. CICC Research increased their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $128.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $191.05.

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Shares of NASDAQ PLTR opened at $135.24 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $322.34 billion, a PE ratio of 214.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.64. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $66.12 and a twelve month high of $207.52. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $164.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $171.59.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTRGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.02. Palantir Technologies had a return on equity of 23.81% and a net margin of 36.31%.The firm had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.34 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.14 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 70.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Palantir Technologies Profile

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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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