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 7,419 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
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$3.50
18%
upside
Avg. target
$6.40
116%
upside
High target
$8
170%
upside
7 analyst ratings
6 positive
86%
1 neutral
14%
0 negative
0%
Goldman Sachs Noah Poponak 33% 1-year accuracy 7 / 21 met price target | 18%upside $3.50 | Neutral Downgraded | 11 Apr 2025 |
Needham Ryan Koontz 28% 1-year accuracy 29 / 102 met price target | 170%upside $8 | Buy Reiterated | 24 Mar 2025 |
Citizens Capital Markets Trevor Walsh 67% 1-year accuracy 36 / 54 met price target | 120%upside $6.50 | Market Outperform Reiterated | 21 Mar 2025 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Colin Canfield 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 5 met price target | 113%upside $6.30 | Overweight Reiterated | 21 Mar 2025 |
Benchmark Josh Sullivan 58% 1-year accuracy 30 / 52 met price target | 136%upside $7 | Buy Maintained | 5 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about PL published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
4 weeks 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
4 weeks 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.
Negative
The Motley Fool
1 month ago
Why Planet Labs Stock Crashed on Friday
Shares of Planet Labs (PL -11.32%) tumbled 15% through 11:35 a.m. ET Friday after the company reported last night that it had missed earnings forecasts.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Planet Awarded as a Subcontractor for $95M California Satellite Data Purchase Program
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced it was selected as the primary subcontractor for the California Air Resource Board's (CARB) Satellite Data Purchase Program (SDPP). The $95M SDPP multi-year contract was awarded to Carbon Mapper with Planet as a subcontractor to provide the state of California with methane data built upon Tanager hyperspectral collections, and other Planet data product.
Negative
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Planet Labs Continues To Pare Losses, But Q4 Miss Suggests Being Patient
Planet Labs experienced a Q4 miss, with revenue $0.33 million below estimates and GAAP EPS 5¢ below expectations, causing a stock drop. Despite commercial sector weakness, defense and intelligence segments grew 20% YoY, and civil government grew 15%, with strong performance in Latin America. The company achieved positive adjusted EBITDA for the first time, signaling progress towards profitability, though GAAP earnings missed expectations.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Planet Labs PBC (PL) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL ) Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call March 20, 2025 5:00 PM ET Corporate Participants Cleo Palmer-Poroner - Investor Relations Will Marshall - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ashley Johnson - President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Colin Canfield - Cantor Fitzgerald Edison Yu - Deutsche Bank Michael Latimore - Northland Jason Gursky - Citi Ryan Koontz - Needham & Company Jeff Van Rhee - Craig-Hallum Trevor Walsh - Citizens Financial Group Josh Sullivan - The Benchmark Company Anthony Valentini - Goldman Sachs & Co. Greg Pendy - Clear Street Markets Caleb Henry - Quilty Space Operator Good afternoon, thank you for attending today's Planet Labs PBC Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Call. My name is Jayla and I'll be your moderator for today.
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