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Palantir (PLTR) Q3 Earnings: What To Expect


Adam Hejl /
2022/11/07 2:05 am EST

Data-mining and analytics company Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) will be reporting earnings today before market open. Here's what you need to know.

Last quarter Palantir reported revenues of $473 million, up 25.9% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a weak quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for both the next quarter and the full year below analysts' expectations.

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This quarter analysts are expecting Palantir's revenue to grow 21.1% year on year to $474.9 million, slowing down from the 35.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.02 per share.

Palantir Total Revenue

Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 2.9%.

Looking at Palantir's peers in the data and analytics software segment, some of them have already reported Q3 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Amplitude delivered top-line growth of 35.4% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 2.36% and Alteryx reported revenues up 74.6% year on year, exceeding estimates by 12.1%. Amplitude traded down 1.13% on the results, and Alteryx was up 10.1%. Read our full analysis of Amplitude's results here and Alteryx's results here.

Technology stocks have been hit hard on fears of higher interest rates and while some of the software stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 5.91% over the last month. Palantir is down 2.23% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $10.60, compared to share price of $7.88.

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The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.