Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Planet Labs PBC PL
$17.50 +8.43% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.83B
Strong growthExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 18.2% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $378.3M, up 44.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from 34.1% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is 66% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginTop 7%
- Operating marginBottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
- Interest coverBottom 8%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 20%
- 6-month returnBottom 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 34%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 34.1% | 44.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 58.9% | 55.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -31.5% | -27.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 12.3% | 6.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 44.1% | 34.1% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Gross margin | 55.4% | 58.9% | ↓ | Top 7% |
| Operating margin | -27.2% | -31.5% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Net margin | -95.1% | -34.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.2% | 12.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -9.5% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 17.2% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -33.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 16.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -28.2 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -18.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -4.02%
- Shareholder yield
- -4.02%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +18.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +9.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +6.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $34.71
- Target vs current price
- +98.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | +205.1% | -8.2% | -16.5% | -19.3% | — |
| Jun 4, 2026 | +28.2% | +0.9% | -28.8% | -27.2% | -53.7% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | -916.7% | +8.7% | +42.6% | +60.8% | +25.6% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -467.3% | +0.8% | +39.3% | +74.8% | +101.1% |
| Sep 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +47.9% | +49.8% | +134.5% | +79.2% |
| Jun 4, 2025 | -18.0% | +3.9% | +45.6% | +59.9% | +87.8% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -300.0% | -1.9% | -11.3% | -26.2% | +24.3% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | +50.0% | -2.9% | -3.6% | -1.2% | -4.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.02 | -$0.02 | +205.1% | $116.1M |
| Jun 4, 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.04 | +28.2% | $94.2M |
| Mar 19, 2026 | -$0.48 | -$0.05 | -916.7% | $86.8M |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -$0.19 | -$0.03 | -467.3% | $81.3M |
| Sep 8, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | +0.0% | $73.4M |
| Jun 4, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.04 | -18.0% | $66.3M |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.02 | -300.0% | $61.6M |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -$0.02 | -$0.04 | +50.0% | $61.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 15.49× | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.40% | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Earnings yield | -6.29% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -16.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -36.0%
- RSI (14)
- 46.6
- Relative volume
- 1.13×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 60.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 31th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.23
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -66.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -68.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2021 | Apr 30, 2024 | -85.7% | 611 days | 350 days (Sep 23, 2025) |
| May 28, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -68.8% | 75 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | -29.0% | 13 days | 30 days (Mar 20, 2026) |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 | -28.8% | 33 days | 13 days (Dec 11, 2025) |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -21.1% | 3 days | 3 days (Apr 2, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.83B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.10
- Revenue (TTM)
- $378.3M
- 52-week range
- $10.52 – $51.76
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $131.2M | $191.3M | $220.7M | $244.4M | $307.7M |
| Gross profit | $48.2M | $94.0M | $113.0M | $139.7M | $172.5M |
| Operating income | -$128.1M | -$175.7M | -$169.7M | -$116.1M | -$95.1M |
| Net income | -$137.1M | -$162.0M | -$140.5M | -$123.2M | -$246.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.52 | -$0.61 | -$0.50 | -$0.42 | -$0.80 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $61.3M | $61.6M | $66.3M | $73.4M | $81.3M | $86.8M | $94.2M | $116.1M |
| Net income | -$20.1M | -$35.2M | -$12.6M | -$22.6M | -$59.2M | -$152.5M | -$138.9M | -$9.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.12 | -$0.04 | -$0.07 | -$0.19 | -$0.48 | -$0.40 | -$0.03 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$42.2M | -$73.9M | -$50.7M | -$14.4M | $134.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.9M | -$12.8M | -$42.4M | -$44.3M | -$76.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$57.1M | -$86.7M | -$93.1M | -$58.7M | $57.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$5.6M | -$6.3M | -$9.0M | $5.9M | $35.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $865.4M
- Total assets
- $1.43B
- Total liabilities
- $866.6M
- Total debt
- $448.3M
- Net debt
- $33.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $564.4M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 29,266,845
- Days to cover
- 1.86
- Change vs previous report
- +0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.