Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) ended the recent trading session at $149.07, demonstrating a -1.79% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.06%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.41%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.39%.
Heading into today, shares of the company had gained 8.48% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 9.6% and outpacing the S&P 500's gain of 5.88%.
The upcoming earnings release of Palantir Technologies Inc. will be of great interest to investors. The company's earnings report is expected on August 4, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $0.14, marking a 55.56% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $938.34 million, indicating a 38.37% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $0.58 per share and a revenue of $3.92 billion, indicating changes of +41.46% and +36.75%, respectively, from the former year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Palantir Technologies Inc. These latest adjustments often mirror the shifting dynamics of short-term business patterns. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained unchanged. Palantir Technologies Inc. is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell).
Valuation is also important, so investors should note that Palantir Technologies Inc. has a Forward P/E ratio of 260.36 right now. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 29.18, which means Palantir Technologies Inc. is trading at a premium to the group.
It is also worth noting that PLTR currently has a PEG ratio of 8.12. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. As the market closed yesterday, the Internet - Software industry was having an average PEG ratio of 2.18.
The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 77, this industry ranks in the top 32% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the strength of our separate industry groups by calculating the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks contained within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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