Planet Labs
About: Planet Labs PBC is an Earth-imaging company. It uses space to help life on Earth by imaging the world every day and making change visible, accessible, and actionable. Its platform includes imagery, insights, and machine learning that empower companies, governments, and communities around the world to make timely decisions about the evolving world. Its solutions are Broad Area Management. Its products are Planet Monitoring, Planet Tasking, Planet Analytic Feeds, Planetary Variables, Planet Basemaps, Planet Insights, and Platform Pricing. The group provides solutions to the Agriculture Science Program, Energy & Infrastructure, Forestry & Land Use, Mapping, Sustainability, Maritime, Civil Government, U.S. State and Local, Europe, Planet Federal, Defense & Intelligence, and Armed Services.
Employees: 970
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Funds holding %
of 7,425 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
189% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $7.55M | Put options by funds: $2.62M
156% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 18
98% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $275M [Q3] → $544M (+$269M) [Q4]
23% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 59 | Existing positions reduced: 48
17% more funds holding
Funds holding: 162 [Q3] → 189 (+27) [Q4]
3.61% more ownership
Funds ownership: 45.26% [Q3] → 48.86% (+3.61%) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 6 (+0) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$3.50
10%
downside
Avg. target
$6.08
56%
upside
High target
$8
106%
upside
4 analyst ratings
3 positive
75%
1 neutral
25%
0 negative
0%
Needham Ryan Koontz 53% 1-year accuracy 58 / 109 met price target | 106%upside $8 | Buy Reiterated | 14 May 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Noah Poponak 45% 1-year accuracy 10 / 22 met price target | 10%downside $3.50 | Neutral Downgraded | 11 Apr 2025 |
Citizens Capital Markets Trevor Walsh 79% 1-year accuracy 37 / 47 met price target | 67%upside $6.50 | Market Outperform Reiterated | 21 Mar 2025 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Colin Canfield 40% 1-year accuracy 2 / 5 met price target | 62%upside $6.30 | Overweight Reiterated | 21 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about PL published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Planet Signs 7-Figure Contract Expansion with the German Government, Enabling Land and Water Management from Space
BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs Germany GmbH, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) and the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) have signed a seven-figure contract with Planet with a one year term and an option to renew for two more years. The deal includes a fixed rate of all of Planet's data products over Germany, including insights from Planetary Variables, water moni.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Planet to Announce Fiscal First Quarter 2026 Results on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced that it plans to release its fiscal first quarter 2025 financial results for the quarter that ended April 30, 2025, after market close on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Planet's management will host a conference call to discuss the financial results and business outlook at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT the same day. Planet invites you to listen to the conferenc.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Rocket Lab vs. Planet Labs: Which Space Stock is a Stronger Player Now?
Investors should adopt a wait-and-watch approach for RKLB and PL stocks, considering their negative ROE and downward earnings revisions.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
Planet Signs Three-Year Contract with EMDYN, Providing Satellite Data for Intelligence, Insurance, and Security Solutions
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a multi-year contract with EMDYN, a European-based company providing agile intelligence-led solutions and security services. Through this relationship, EMDYN will use Planet's near-daily global satellite imagery and taskable high resolution SkySat satellites to monitor subtle activity across large geographical regions—such as border movements, infrastr.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Planet Signs Multi-Year Expansion with onX, Enabling Advanced Digital Navigation for Outdoor Recreationalists
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a multi-year expansion with onX, a pioneer in outdoor digital navigation. Through this deal, onX is gaining robust access to Planet's near-daily satellite data to inform their suite of outdoor recreation apps, including onX Hunt, onX Offroad, onX Backcountry, and onX Fish. In 2023, onX began ingesting Planet data into their apps to build their novel Re.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Planet Labs: Differentiated Data And Analytics Are Advantages
Planet Labs' hyperspectral and high-resolution satellites are opening new opportunities, positioning the company for strong future growth. While agriculture has been an area of recent weakness, recent deals with Bayer and Syngenta suggest this part of the business is stabilizing. Growth is expected to accelerate significantly in the coming years, which is supported by the company's large backlog and a recent uptick in hiring.
Neutral
The Motley Fool
1 month ago
Why Rocket Lab, Planet Labs, and AST SpaceMobile Stocks All Dropped on Monday
Investors sold off tech stocks hard on Monday, with the Nasdaq down 1.5% through 11:30 a.m. ET, versus drops of only 0.6% for the broader S&P 500 , and actually a tiny gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Neutral
The Motley Fool
1 month ago
Why Planet Labs Stock Bounced Back Monday
Planet Labs (PL 7.92%) stock tumbled 11% through the closing bell Friday after "missing" on its fiscal Q4 2025 earnings report and guiding investors to expect further misses throughout fiscal 2026 (which, by the company's calendar, is this year).
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Planet Signs Deal with European Space Agency, Enabling Greek Government to Expand National Space Services
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced that they have signed a new contract with the European Space Agency on behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance to support the Greek National SmallSat Programme, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF) Greece 2.0. Using Planet's commercial satellite data, Greece aims to inform and complement the development of their national satel.
Positive
Benzinga
1 month ago
Planet Labs' Pivot To Solutions And AI Signals Long-Term Upside, Says Analyst
On Friday, Benchmark analyst Josh Sullivan reiterated the Buy rating on Planet Labs PBC PL, with a price forecast of $7.
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