Yahoo Finance Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) closed at $7.40 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.41% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 1.72% loss on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.62%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.01%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had lost 12.47% over the past month. This has traded in line with the Business Services sector and lagged the S&P 500's loss of 9.09% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from Palantir Technologies Inc. as it approaches its next earnings release. On that day, Palantir Technologies Inc. is projected to report earnings of $0.01 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 75%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $474.58 million, up 21.02% from the year-ago period.
PLTR's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $0.03 per share and revenue of $1.9 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -76.92% and +23.3%, respectively.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Palantir Technologies Inc. should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. Palantir Technologies Inc. currently has a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell).
Looking at its valuation, Palantir Technologies Inc. is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 245.67. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 21.74, which means Palantir Technologies Inc. is trading at a premium to the group.
Meanwhile, PLTR's PEG ratio is currently 7.95. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Technology Services was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.8 at yesterday's closing price.
The Technology Services industry is part of the Business Services sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 146, which puts it in the bottom 43% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks 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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