Palantir (PLTR) shares tumbled additional and have been seen at buying and selling at a low of $142.34 this morning as traders continued to rotate out of high-beta tech names on considerations of stretched valuations.
PLTR shares at the moment are down greater than 20% versus an all-time excessive they recorded on Aug. 12.
Nonetheless, Jefferies’ senior analyst Brent Thill maintains the latest selloff in Palantir inventory might show a drop within the bucket in comparison with how a lot additional it might crash from present ranges.
In a CNBC interview this morning, Brent Thill mentioned there’s hardly something incorrect with Palantir’s fundamentals. Actually, it’s “executing higher than the vast majority of the business.”
In keeping with him, the true concern with PLTR inventory stays its price-sales (P/S) ratio of over 140x at writing, since there hasn’t ever been a software program title that sustained that a number of over the long run.
That will partially be the explanation why insiders have been aggressively unloading Palantir shares in latest months.
In keeping with Barchart, insiders have offered PLTR shares about 19 occasions over the previous three months, whereas none of them have purchased Palantir inventory even as soon as throughout the identical interval.
On “Squawk on the Avenue,” the Jefferies analyst additionally argued that Palantir inventory isn’t simply costly right here at roughly $150, it’ll really stay costly even when it have been to crash sharply from right here.
“If you happen to put the most costly software program a number of on Palantir, the inventory can be $60,” which nonetheless indicators potential draw back of one other 60% from present ranges.
Briefly, the funding agency’s “Underperform” score on PLTR inventory just isn’t based mostly on fundamentals, which Brent Thill agreed stay phenomenal, with no indicators of deceleration within the close to time period.
As an alternative, it’s all about “sustainability” of the AI inventory’s overly stretched a number of, he concluded.
Whereas not practically as bearish as Jefferies, different Wall Avenue companies are towards shopping for Palantir shares at present ranges as effectively.
The consensus score on PLTR inventory at present sits at “Maintain” solely with the imply goal of roughly $155 now not indicating any significant upside from right here.
