Hsbc Holdings PLC Trims Stock Holdings in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Hsbc Holdings PLC reduced its position in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTRFree Report) by 11.3% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 4,299,759 shares of the company’s stock after selling 548,126 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $766,138,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Bare Financial Services Inc raised its position 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 during the 4th quarter worth $29,000. United Financial Planning Group LLC purchased a new position in Palantir Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $32,000. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC grew its position in Palantir Technologies by 250.0% during the 4th quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC now owns 175 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $31,000. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Palantir Technologies

In related news, Director Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat sold 1,598 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.00, for a total value of $255,680.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 55,022 shares in the company, valued at $8,803,520. This trade represents a 2.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Jeffrey Buckley sold 1,481 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.80, for a total transaction of $190,752.80. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 60,226 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,757,108.80. This represents a 2.40% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 927,270 shares of company stock valued at $126,197,785. 9.53% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on PLTR. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Palantir Technologies in a report on Thursday, April 30th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $200.00 target price for the company. UBS Group raised Palantir Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Wedbush started coverage on Palantir Technologies in a research report on Tuesday. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Phillip Securities increased their price objective on Palantir Technologies from $190.00 to $202.00 in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Palantir Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $192.76.

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Palantir Technologies Stock Performance

NASDAQ:PLTR opened at $128.47 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $137.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $152.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $307.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 144.35, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.53. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $122.68 and a 1 year high of $207.52.

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

Palantir Technologies Company 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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