Caerus Investment Advisors LLC Purchases New Position in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Caerus Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 14,486 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,643,000. Palantir Technologies comprises about 1.1% of Caerus Investment Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest holding.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Palantir Technologies by 4.0% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 213,886,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,017,133,000 after purchasing an additional 8,168,604 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 101,258,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,471,648,000 after buying an additional 6,777,771 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $3,307,457,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 5.9% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 21,798,785 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,976,534,000 after buying an additional 1,213,529 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,088,462 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,846,957,000 after buying an additional 769,238 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other Palantir Technologies news, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 493,025 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.78, for a total value of $65,956,884.50. Following the sale, the insider owned 6,432,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $860,507,475.24. The trade was a 7.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 327,088 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total value of $43,738,207.36. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $79,162.24. This trade represents a 99.82% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,045,279 shares of company stock valued at $140,539,043 in the last 90 days. 12.93% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Palantir Technologies News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Palantir Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major U.S. Navy ShipOS win — Palantir will embed Foundry and its AI Platform across Navy shipbuilding and supplier workflows as part of the ShipOS initiative, a program with authorized funding approaching $500M that could create multiyear, sticky defense revenue streams. Keel Joins Palantir and U.S. Navy in ShipOS Initiative
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic sovereign-AI partnership with NVIDIA — the collaboration packages Palantir software with NVIDIA hardware to deliver “sovereign AI” stacks for governments and enterprises, increasing Palantir’s addressable market in regulated, high‑security use cases. This strengthens its competitive moat for large institutional customers. Palantir’s New Partnership Continues Separating Fact From Fiction
• Positive Sentiment: Execution and customer traction — AIPCon customer showcases (GE Aerospace, Centrus, LG CNS) and recent earnings beat (revenue up ~70% y/y; EPS beat) reinforce the narrative that Palantir is shifting toward high-margin, product-led enterprise software with growing commercial/defense backlogs. Analysts (e.g., Wedbush) are keeping bullish coverage and higher targets. Palantir Maintains Growth Momentum, Analysts Say
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term market dynamics — positive technical momentum, option flows and coverage in market roundups are amplifying intraday buying and enabling option strategies, but these are trading drivers rather than long-term fundamentals. Option Plays in Palantir Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad defense spending theme — large defense deals (e.g., Army/Anduril contract context) lift sentiment for defense‑tech peers including Palantir, but upside depends on contract ramps and integration execution. U.S. Army Deal Points to Upside for Palantir
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and notable share disposals — reports of heavy insider selling in 2026 and a recent filing from co‑founder Peter Thiel have raised governance/flow concerns that can pressure sentiment despite strong top‑line momentum. Palantir insiders have been dumping nearly $6 million PLTR shares per day
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and bear case remain active — several analysts and commentators flag a steep multiple and argue much growth is already priced in; that makes the stock sensitive to execution slips, slowing commercial adoption, or any negative macro headlines. Palantir Stock Surges 460% in Five Years. Why I’m Bearish

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have weighed in on PLTR shares. Weiss Ratings lowered Palantir Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Truist Financial began coverage on Palantir Technologies in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $223.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group set a $208.00 price target on Palantir Technologies in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Mizuho upgraded Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $195.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities started coverage on Palantir Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 27th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $194.05.

Palantir Technologies Trading Up 1.5%

PLTR opened at $155.08 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $370.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 246.16, a P/E/G ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.70. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $66.12 and a 12 month high of $207.52. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $152.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $168.84.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) 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 analysts’ expectations of $1.34 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.14 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 70.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts predict that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Palantir Technologies Company Profile

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.