If one had bought Palantir on Aug. 8, 2022, a $1,000 investment would be worth about $15,700 today. Three years ago, a dramatic pullback from the highs of the 2021 bull market left Palantir trading below $10 per share, the approximate level where it sold on its first day of trading on Sept. 30, 2020.

What Happened? Shares of data-mining and analytics company Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) jumped 3.6% in the afternoon session after investor optimism improved ahead of its second-quarter earnings report, coupled with a new 'Overweight' rating from analysts at Piper Sandler.

Palantir Technologies stock (NASDAQ: PLTR) has had a remarkable run this year, more than doubling since early January to trade at around $160 per share. The stock has been buoyed by surging interest in generative AI and a wave of new government contracts following the re-election of Donald Trump as U.