Shares of Palantir Technologies (PLTR -10.08%) fell on Wednesday. The company's stock lost 10.1% as of market close and lost as much as 12.9% earlier in the day.
Palantir (PLTR -10.08%) stock saw big sell-offs in Wednesday's trading. The software specialist's share price ended the daily session down 10.1% and had been off as much as 12.9% earlier in trading.
Software company Palantir Technologies' stock swiftly fell Wednesday afternoon after The Washington Post reported the Pentagon is preparing for defense budget cuts that must be drafted by Feb. 24, prompting concerns the cuts could impact the major defense contractor.
Caroline Woods and Kevin Green react to the dramatic swings in Palantir (PLTR) and Supermicro (SMCI) following news that the Trump administration will be enacting budget cuts at the Pentagon. Legacy defense stocks as well as PLTR fell in reaction to the news.
Shares of Palantir tumbled as much as 12.5% on Wednesday following a report that the Pentagon has been directed to prepare for 8% annual defense budget cuts in each of the next five years. Palantir, known for its defense contracting work, provides software and AI-driven analytics to US military and intelligence agencies.
The share price of Palantir fell by as much as 12%. The drop followed a report by the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told top Pentagon brass to prepare to cut the U.S. defense budget by 8% each year for the next five years.
The US stock market is somewhat quiet in the premarket trading of Wednesday, as seen in some of the largest tech stocks that I follow here at FX Empire.
As Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) trades at a new all-time high, a Wall Street analyst is sounding caution, detailing key fundamental factors that could work against the stock.
It's hard to overstate the success of Palantir Technologies (PLTR 4.58%). After struggling through its early history as a publicly traded company, the stock has surged since mid-2023, and it's the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 since the start of 2024, now up 584% in a little over a year as of Feb. 13 (Palantir was added to the index in September 2024).
Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) surged 4.58% on Tuesday alongside the S&P 500 setting a new all-time high. CEO Alex Karp's CNBC interview also acted as a catalyst, during which he praised Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to curtail federal spending.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR 4.58%) stock continued to run higher on Tuesday, climbing as much as 4.9%. By the time the market closed, the stock was still up 4.6%.
Palantir (PLTR 4.58%) stock posted another day of gains in Tuesday's trading. The software company's share price closed out the daily session up 4.6% and had been up as much as 4.9% earlier in trading.