Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. Buys 6,514 Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. $PLTR

Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. lifted its stake in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) by 6.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 103,393 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,514 shares during the period. Palantir Technologies accounts for 0.6% of Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 27th biggest position. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in Palantir Technologies were worth $18,378,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in PLTR. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palantir Technologies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $450,000. Bison Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 37.4% in the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 17,130 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,296,000 after acquiring an additional 4,667 shares during the period. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Palantir Technologies by 38.0% in the first quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 17,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,447,000 after acquiring an additional 4,722 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its position in Palantir Technologies by 36.8% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 6,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after buying an additional 1,694 shares during the period. Finally, Vivaldi Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Palantir Technologies during the second quarter valued at approximately $315,000. 45.65% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Palantir Technologies

In other Palantir Technologies news, insider Stephen Andrew Cohen sold 319,934 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $43,523,821.36. Following the transaction, the insider owned 592 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $80,535.68. The trade was a 99.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Alexander C. Karp sold 397,744 shares of Palantir Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.04, for a total transaction of $54,109,093.76. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 6,432,258 shares in the company, valued at $875,044,378.32. This represents a 5.82% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 925,789 shares of company stock valued at $126,007,032. 9.53% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

More Palantir Technologies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Management continues to showcase demand for Palantir’s AI platform, with the company highlighting customer adoption at AIPCon and announcing new enterprise partnerships, including a multi-year AI deal with McCarthy Building Companies and an AI-powered platform with Kirkland & Ellis. These updates reinforce the bull case that PLTR is becoming a core enterprise AI layer. Palantir’s AIPCon Shows Why Customers Are Fueling the Bull Case
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts and commentators remain constructive, with Rosenblatt reiterating a buy rating and Wedbush maintaining an outperform view. That suggests some Wall Street support remains despite the recent pullback. Rosenblatt Remains a Buy On Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Alex Karp’s comments about enterprise customers being frustrated with frontier AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic may help Palantir position itself as the safer, more enterprise-ready AI alternative. He also highlighted enthusiasm around SpaceX, which keeps Palantir tied to major AI/defense themes. Palantir’s Karp says businesses are ‘unhappy’ with the frontier AI labs
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock remains highly sensitive to AI sentiment and hype-cycle comparisons, with multiple articles debating whether PLTR’s premium valuation is justified after a strong run and sharp pullback. Palantir Stock Has Fallen More Than 35% From Its High. Is This the Pullback Long-Term AI Investors Have Been Waiting For?
• Neutral Sentiment: Michael Burry’s reported short against Palantir is still drawing attention and may be amplifying caution around AI stocks broadly, but it is more a sentiment overhang than a direct business development. Michael Burry’s NVDA, PLTR Shorts Are Paying Off—And More Trouble May Be Coming For AI Stocks
• Negative Sentiment: The biggest drag on PLTR is valuation risk: several recent pieces argue the stock is still expensive even after the selloff, and that earnings are the next key catalyst to prove the growth story can keep up with the multiple. Palantir Stock Has Fallen More Than 35% From Its High. Is This the Pullback Long-Term AI Investors Have Been Waiting For?
• Negative Sentiment: Broader negative headlines around AI competition, including new Anthropic model releases and concerns about frontier-lab economics, are pressuring sentiment across software names and may be contributing to Palantir’s recent decline. Workday, Oracle, and Palantir Technologies Shares Plummet, What You Need To Know
• Negative Sentiment: There is also fresh political/regulatory noise around Palantir’s UK NHS contract review, which could add headline risk if officials move toward using a break clause in 2027. UK reviewing Palantir’s NHS contract amid pressure to use break clause

Palantir Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PLTR opened at $130.21 on Thursday. Palantir Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $122.68 and a 1-year high of $207.52. The company has a market capitalization of $312.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 146.31, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.53. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $140.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $154.11.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.05. Palantir Technologies had a net margin of 43.67% and a return on equity of 28.34%. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 84.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 1.18 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on PLTR shares. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Palantir Technologies from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Phillip Securities boosted their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $190.00 to $202.00 in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Friday, June 5th. DA Davidson cut their target price on shares of Palantir Technologies from $180.00 to $165.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and set a $138.00 target price on shares of Palantir Technologies in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $192.76.

Palantir Technologies 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.