With 113.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 99.33 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $87.27 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $82.1601. The 52-week range on PLTR shows that it touched its highest point at $125.41 and its lowest point at $20.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $90.05. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.74.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PLTR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.57%, but this was down by -26.54% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 21.65% while six-month performance rose 147.46%. The stock gained 249.15% in the past year, while it has gained 14.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PLTR yields 0.19 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.70. For the next quarter, that number is 0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of 111.10% for this year and 25.63% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 25.60% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 16.90%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.34 billion PLTR shares are outstanding with a float of 2.14 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 61.18 million, which was 260.99999 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Peter Andreas Thiel as the firm’s Co-Founder & Chairman, Dr. Alexander C. Karp J.D. serves as its Co-Founder, CEO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.53643 of PLTR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, PLTR reported revenue of $827519000.0 and operating income of $11043000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $18049000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PLTR since 14 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PLTR analysts setting a high price target of 125.0 and a low target of 18.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 86.61429. Based on these targets, PLTR could surge 44.94% to reach the target high and fall by -79.13% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 0.43% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.40571 being high and $0.36841 being low. For PLTR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.37811. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.15 and the low estimate is $0.12. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.13.
