Cathie Wood Loads Up $57M In Palantir As Stock Stages Reversal On Q1 Earnings Beat

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Tuesday snapped up 2.8 million shares, worth about $56.7 million, in Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR after the data analytics company reported strong earnings on Tuesday.

Shares of Palantir, which reported earnings before the market opened, were down to about $16.50 in premarket trading on Tuesday before staging a reversal that saw the stock close up 9.42% at $20.21. The shares were further up 2.3% in extended hours.

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The trades were made through Ark Innovation ETF ARKK and the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW, which together held PLTR shares, worth about $414 million, ahead of Tuesday’s trade.

No other Ark ETF has a position in Palantir. 

The New York-based investment firm had on Monday also snapped up 1.36 million shares in Palantir.

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Palantir reported first-quarter earnings of 4 cents per share on Tuesday, which was in line with the consensus estimate. Revenue grew 49% year-over-year to $341 million, which beat the estimate of $332.23 million. Palantir also reaffirmed its guidance for annual revenue growth of 30% or greater through 2025. 

On the conference call, the company said it would begin accepting Bitcoin as payment from customers. Further, Palantir said it's considering investing in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.

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Other Ark Buys On Tuesday:

• Coinbase Global Inc COIN
• Veracyte Inc VCYT
• 908 Devices Inc MASS
• Repare Therapeutics Inc RPTX
• Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc IONS
• Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp ADPT
• CM Life Sciences II Inc CMII
• CareDx Inc CDNA
• Codexis Inc CDXS
• Uipath Inc PATH
• Roku Inc ROKU
• Shopify Inc SHOP
• Spotify Technologies SPOT
• TuSimple Holdings TSP
• Unity Software Inc U
• Zoom Video Communications Inc ZM
• Pacific Biosciences of California Inc PACB
• Beam Therapeutics BEAM
• Berkeley Lights Inc BLI
• Fate Therapeutics Inc FATE
• DraftKings Inc DKNG
• Crispr Therapeutics AG CRSP
• One AONE
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc KTOS
• Iridium Communications Inc IRDM
• The 3D Printing ETF PRNT
• Teradyne Inc TER
• JD.com Inc JD
•  

Other Ark Sells On Tuesday:

• Yeahka Ltd YHEKF
• Silvergate Capital Corp SI
• Phreesia Inc PHR
• Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc SYRS
• Nanostring Technologies Inc NSTG
• Sarepta Therapeutics Inc SRPT
• Roche Holding Ag RHHBY
• Pluristem Therapeutics Inc PSTI
• KE Holdings BEKE
• Baidu Inc BIDU
• Lendingtree Inc TREE
• Synopsys Inc SNPS
• Novartis Ag NVS
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc REGN
• Nintendo Co Ltd NTDOY
• Huya Inc HUYA
• Organovo Holdings Inc ONVO
• Komatsu Ltd KMTUY
• Workhorse Group Inc WKHS
• Alphabet Inc GOOGL
• Intercontinental Exchange Inc ICE
• Agora Inc API
• Adyen Nv ADYEY
• LendingTree Inc TREE
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc SPCE
• Deere & Co DE

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