Key Considerations for Palantir Technologies Investors

By Kim Brooks • Friday, September 12 15:29 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Palantir Technologies today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 4.3% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

Palantir Technologies Inc. builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.
Palantir Technologies has moved 361.8% over the last year compared to 17.1% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 344.7%
PLTR has an average analyst rating of hold and is 12.97% away from its mean target price of $151.74 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $0.3
Palantir Technologies has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 571.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.47 and its forward P/E ratio is 364.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 68.57 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Palantir Technologies is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 30.44 and an average P/B of 4.19
Palantir Technologies has on average reported free cash flows of $394.51 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 28.0%

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