Palantir Technologies stock closed at a record high Friday as part of a broader rally in tech stocks, days before the company is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings.
Palantir Technologies is scheduled to report its earnings on Monday. Above, the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.
The stock climbed 4.9% to an intraday record of $85.22, closing with a gain of 1.6% to $82.49. The previous record closing price was $82.38.
The gains Friday came amid a tech rally triggered, in part, by better-than-expected quarterly earnings from Apple. The iPhone maker also guided for solid revenue growth.
Palantir is set to announce fourth-quarter and full-year earnings after stock markets close on Monday. Analysts surveyed by FactSet anticipate earnings of 11 cents a share and sales of $776 million for the quarter, and earnings of 38 cents a share on sales of $2.8 billion for the full year.
The company was a top performer in 2024, gaining more than 300%.
Wedbush analysts last week raised their price target on Palantir stock to $90 from $75 and maintained an Outperform rating on the shares. The analysts cited “unprecedented demand” for Palantir’s artificial-intelligence offerings, arguing that the company was poised to capitalize on trillions of AI spending over the next few years.
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