On August 7, Palantir Technologies Inc. rose 3.16% in regular trading, trading at $164.645/share, with turnover of $783 million. The stock rebounded after a modest 3.3% pullback the prior session, which followed a single-day surge of approximately 29% driven by a blowout Q2 earnings report.
On the fundamental side, Palantir reported Q2 revenue of $1.935 billion, representing 93% year-over-year growth and significantly exceeding the consensus estimate of $1.802 billion. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.41, above the $0.35 consensus. US commercial revenue surged 149% to $764 million, well ahead of the $716 million expected. Management raised full-year revenue guidance substantially to $8.15 billion. Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock to Buy, UBS raised its price target to $220, and Citi lifted its target to $245, reinforcing strong institutional conviction.
The broader Application Software sector also provided a tailwind, with Atlassian surging 34.45%, Datadog up 5.56%, Strategy up 5.61%, IREN Ltd up 3.27%, and AppLovin up 2.9%, reflecting improved industry sentiment.
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