Sharp decrease in PLTR’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

Daniel Torres

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Palantir Technologies Inc shares valued at $616,590 were sold by Stat Lauren Elaina Friedman on Jan 02 ’26. At $181.35 per share, Stat Lauren Elaina Friedman sold 3,400 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 58,687 shares worth approximately $10.38 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Moore Alexander D. sold 20,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,459,615 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $172.98 each, the insider now holds 1,192,978 shares.

Before that, Taylor Ryan D. had sold 12,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,176,200, the insider traded Palantir Technologies Inc shares for $181.35 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,000 shares, worth approximately $42.34 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Truist on January 06, 2026, Palantir Technologies Inc [PLTR] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $223. Analysts at Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sell”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of July 25, 2025, Piper Sandler has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for PLTR. Earlier on July 16, 2025, Mizuho upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for PLTR stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.

Analyzing PLTR Stock Performance

On last trading session, Palantir Technologies Inc [NASDAQ: PLTR] plunged -2.65% to $176.86. The stock’s lowest price that day was $174.37, but it reached a high of $185.66 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.50%. Over the course of the year, Palantir Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 132.96%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $187.28 on 01/07/26 and a 52-week low of $166.35 on 01/02/26.

Support And Resistance Levels for Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 172.27, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 167.67. In the upper region, resistance lies at 183.56. The next price resistance is at 190.25. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.47 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Palantir Technologies Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Palantir Technologies Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -5.17 million shares to 45.83 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 51.0 million shares. A decline of -11.27% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.12 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.12.

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In terms of Palantir Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 200.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 10.36% from the previous closing price of $181.68. Analysts anticipate Palantir Technologies Inc stock to reach 223 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 160. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked Palantir Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On April 01, 2025, Daiwa Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $90.

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