Smith Anglin Financial LLC cut its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR – Free Report) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,082 shares of the company’s stock after selling 259 shares during the quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $536,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 96.4% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 82,512,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,069,463,000 after buying an additional 40,498,024 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position 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 worth $1,777,568,000 after buying an additional 16,598,253 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 14,982,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $557,365,000 after buying an additional 808,444 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 12,478,281 shares of the company’s stock worth $464,192,000 after buying an additional 1,004,603 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Palantir Technologies by 60.5% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,387,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $460,798,000 after buying an additional 4,667,955 shares in the last quarter. 45.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Palantir Technologies Stock Performance
PLTR opened at $68.10 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $69.70 and a 200 day moving average price of $46.54. The company has a market cap of $155.13 billion, a PE ratio of 340.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.18 and a beta of 2.82. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $16.03 and a 1 year high of $84.80.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Palantir Technologies news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.29, for a total value of $61,032.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 62,139 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,740,584.31. This trade represents a 1.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Alexandra W. Schiff sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.63, for a total transaction of $286,520.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 195,393 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,996,000.59. This trade represents a 2.01 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 23,642,189 shares of company stock valued at $1,444,232,453. 12.93% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts have issued reports on PLTR shares. Raymond James lowered shares of Palantir Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd. William Blair restated an “underperform” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $16.00 to $41.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Robert W. Baird started coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $70.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Wedbush upped their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $57.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.12.
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About Palantir Technologies
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.
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