Lauren Elaina Friedman Stat, the director of Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR), sold 400 shares of Palantir Technologies stock on Monday, February 2. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.14 with a total value of $60,456.00. After the transaction, Lauren now directly owns 58,287 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,809,497.18. However, the trade was a 0.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Palantir’s Strong Fundamentals as the Stock Sees Volatile Trading
On Wednesday, the shares of Palantir Technologies stock traded down $18.34, hitting $139.54. 112,731,315 shares of the stock traded hands compared to the average volume of 42,078,484. The stock has a market cap of $332.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 221.50, a beta of 1.64, and a PEG ratio of 3.97. The 50-day moving average price of the firm was $175.20, and the 200-day moving average price was $173.49. Palantir Technologies Inc. had a 12-month low of $66.12 and a 12-month high of $207.52.
The quarterly earnings of Palantir Technologies released on February 2nd reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.02. The business had a revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the analyst estimates of $1.34 billion. The firm had a net margin of 36.31% and a return on equity of 23.81%. Palantir Technologies’ quarterly revenue was up 70.0% compared to the same quarter last year, when the business earned $0.14 EPS. On average, the equities research analysts expect that Palantir Technologies Inc. will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Related Insider Activity
Alexander D. Moore also reported significant sales during this period. He sold 20,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in an unplanned transaction. On February 2nd of 2026, he executed multiple open-market sales that he entered on November 22, 2024. The sale was under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The report listed a weighted average sale price ranging from about $146.75 to $151.14 across several price bands. After the sales, it was reported that Moore has now beneficially owned 1,172,978 shares of Palantir Technologies Class A Common Stock directly. The sales occurred immediately after the firm reported its crushing Q4 2025 results, with 70% YoY revenue growth and a 137% surge in US commercial revenue. The timing is consistent with regulatory compliance, as the Rule 10b5-1 plan allows insiders to sell their shares during the blackout periods.
Lauren had also sold 3,400 shares of Palantir Technologies stock on Friday, January 2nd, selling the stock at an average price of $181.35, for a total value of $616,590.00.
AI Growth Crushes Expectations
Brent Moors, an X handle, posted on X that Palantir Technologies is defying the tech sell-off by jumping by 6%, crushing the expectations with 70% revenue growth.
He also added that the investors are piling up after the firm issued its 2026 revenue guidance, which exceeded the Wall Street expectations. Here, it is noted that the AI demand has resulted in more significant contract wins than expected.
