Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR) traded at $23.80 at close of the session on Tuesday, March 19, made a downward move of -0.83% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $24.00 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 2.81 . The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 263.57. In terms of its 52-week price range, PLTR has a high of $27.50 and a low of $7.28. The company’s stock has lost about -2.62% over that past 30 days.
Palantir Technologies Inc has a market cap of $52.66 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on May 06, 2024 – May 10, 2024. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of $0.08, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $0.33 for 2024 and $0.4 for next year. These figures represent 32.00% and 21.20% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $625.33 million, with a low of $613.12 million and a high of $740 million. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 19.10% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $2.71 billion, or 22.00% up from figures reported last year.
There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the PLTR stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note the current price level is -2.60% off its SMA20 and 12.58% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 50.79 while the volatility over the past week is 3.48% and jumps to 4.44% over the past one month. The beta value is 2.81, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 1.21.
Coming back to Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 71.54 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 80.85 million. Current shares outstanding are 2.10 billion.
The insiders hold 15.29% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 39.38%. The data shows that short shares as of Feb 29, 2024, stood at 97.08 million at a short ratio of 0.95. This represents a 4.39% short interest in shares outstanding on Feb 29, 2024. Shares short fall in February from the previous month at 114.72 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 38.61% up in year-to-date price movement.
