Data-mining and analytics company Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) will be reporting results tomorrow morning. Here's what to expect.
Last quarter Palantir reported revenues of $392.1 million, up 35.5% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 1.51%. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a very optimistic guidance for the next quarter and an exceptional revenue growth.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Palantir's revenue to grow 29.7% year on year to $418 million, slowing down from the 40.4% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.04 per share.
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 3.76%.
Looking at Palantir's peers in the data and analytics software segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) delivered top-line growth of 7.65% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 3.91% and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) reported revenues up 70.5% year on year, exceeding estimates by 9.22%. Commvault Systems traded down 1.15% on results, Confluent was down 21.8%. Read our full analysis of Commvault Systems's results here and Confluent's results here.
There has been a positive change in sentiment among investors in the software segment, with the stocks up on average 5.07% over the last month. Palantir is down 6.07% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $24.9, compared to share price of $14.06.
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