Palintir gets a downgrade and a lower price target from HSBC ahead of first-quarter earnings

Cnbc · May 04, 2026 · 239 words · By Davis Giangiulio

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What to know about Palintir gets a downgrade and a lower price target from HSBC ahead of first-quarter earnings

Competition for Palantir Technologies is heating up as artificial intelligence agents erode barriers to entry in its software space, according to HSBC, and that could hurt the stock.

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What happened

Competition for Palantir Technologies is heating up as artificial intelligence agents erode barriers to entry in its software space, according to HSBC, and that could hurt the stock.

Why it matters

The investment bank downgraded its rating on Palantir to hold from buy, and cut its price target to $151 from $205, implying just 5% potential upside over the coming year compared with Friday's close.

Common ground

Palantir gained success by embedding its engineers with customers to implement software and efficiently use the company's AI platform, HSBC analyst Stephen Bersey said in a report published Friday.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Palintir gets a downgrade and a lower price target from HSBC ahead of first-quarter earnings?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that cut its price target to $151 from $205?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “cut its price target to $151 from $205”

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Only the Benzinga source explicitly mentions the price target cut from $205 to $151. Other sources mention different price targets or general analyst debates.

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Claim 2: “Anthropic's growing revenues are shrinking Palantir's”

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While evidence confirms Anthropic's revenue is growing and projecting high numbers, there is no evidence in the provided text stating that this growth is specifically 'shrinking' Palantir's revenues.

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web search NEUTRAL — CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa joins ‘The Exchange’ to report on Anthropic’s big revenue projections for 2024, how the company is competing against established AI playe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtmOgUqQe7s

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic: $4 billion annual pace. This means Anthropic has achieved 40% of OpenAI’s revenue scale while operating largely in the shadows of consumer consciousness. The question isn’t whether Anthropi…
https://www.saastr.com/anthropic-may-never-catch-openai-but-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic sees revenue potentially soaring to $34.5 billion in 2027 ...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-projects-soarin…

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Claim 3: “HSBC analyst Stephen Bersey said in a report published Friday”

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Multiple sources (TradingView, Markets Insider, TipRanks) confirm Stephen Bersey is an HSBC analyst who publishes reports on Palantir.

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web search NEUTRAL — Take, for example, one of the sell-side analysts arguing for reduced enthusiasm in their latest PLTR stock analysis: HSBC’s Stephen Bersey. Following the earnings release, Bersey downgraded Palantir f…
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/dont-let-the…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two leading analysts upgraded Palantir to Buy on February 3, 2026, underscoring a strong shift in sentiment. William Power of Baird lifted his price target to $200, while Stephen Bersey of HSBC raised…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/palantir…

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web search NEUTRAL — HSBC analyst Stephen Bersey said he expects the U.S. commercial segment to see a compound annual growth rate of 58.8% from 2025 to 2029, reaching $9.3 billion in 2029.
https://www.tradingview.com/news/gurufocus:343fb6111094b:0-p…

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Claim 4: “Palantir is set to report earnings after the market closes Monday”

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Three independent sources (TradingView, Options pricing report, and The Motley Fool) all confirm that Palantir is scheduled to report earnings after the market closes on a Monday.

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web search NEUTRAL — What To Know: Palantir is scheduled to report financial results for the third quarter after the market close on Monday. Analysts are expecting the company to report earnings of 9 cents per share and r…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/benzinga:9c18c29cf094b:0-wh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir is scheduled to report earnings after the closing bell Monday, with Wall Street analysts expecting record revenues. Options pricing suggests traders expect Palantir's stock could move nearly …
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-much-traders-expect-pal…

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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results after the market close on Monday, Feb. 2. Let's review the company's most recent results and what Wall Street is saying ahead of the big day.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/01/27/should-you-buy-pal…

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Claim 5: “The investment bank downgraded its rating on Palantir to hold from buy”

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Two independent sources confirm the downgrade from Buy to Hold: Benzinga and Markets Insider.

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