Captrust Financial Advisors Increases Stock Holdings in Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) by 4.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 577,594 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,660 shares during the quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors’ holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $105,365,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bare Financial Services Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Palantir Technologies by 54.5% in the third quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 156 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Financial Consulate Inc. purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in Palantir Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. United Financial Planning Group LLC bought a new position in Palantir Technologies in the third quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palantir Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $32,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.65% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other news, insider Shyam Sankar sold 168,004 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total transaction of $22,465,494.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 642,786 shares in the company, valued at approximately $85,953,343.92. This represents a 20.72% decrease in their position. The transaction 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 19,988 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.72, for a total transaction of $2,672,795.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 219,421 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $29,340,976.12. This trade represents a 8.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 1,045,279 shares of company stock worth $140,539,043 over the last three months. 12.93% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Monday. Argus raised Palantir Technologies to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. UBS Group upgraded Palantir Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $180.00 to $150.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Freedom Capital raised Palantir Technologies from a “strong sell” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $194.05.

Palantir Technologies News Summary

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

Palantir Technologies Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of PLTR stock opened at $155.08 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $152.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $168.84. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 52 week low of $66.12 and a 52 week high of $207.52. The stock has a market cap of $370.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 246.16, a PEG ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.70.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 analyst estimates of $1.34 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.14 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 70.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate 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.