Planet Labs (PL)
Maps global change with daily satellite imagery, analytics, and customer satellite services.
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Licenses near-daily PlanetScope imagery, high-resolution tasking, hyperspectral data, and analytics through a cloud platform, while also building and operating satellites for government and enterprise customers. Its repeatable data-licensing model is complemented by longer-term satellite-services contracts and depends on continued constellation replenishment.
Images Earth's landmass near-daily with the PlanetScope monitoring constellation, while Pelican and SkySat support high-resolution tasking and Tanager supplies hyperspectral measurements. The Planet Insights Platform and Sentinel Hub deliver imagery, basemaps, derived variables, APIs, and AI-enabled analytics to commercial, civil-government, and defense customers worldwide.
Designs, builds, and operates compact satellites, creating a frequently refreshed archive that can be licensed repeatedly through subscription and usage contracts. Satellite Services adds customer-owned spacecraft, dedicated capacity, mission engineering, launch procurement, ground infrastructure, and operations. This vertically integrated manufacturing-and-data model shortens the path from spacecraft design to usable intelligence. Execution depends on replenishing constellations, third-party launches, cloud hosting, remote-sensing licenses, export controls, and renewing annual or multi-year customer agreements.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 21, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Deutsche Bank | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $36 | Target: $28 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Northland Securities | Target | Target: $50 | Target: $40 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Craig-Hallum | Target | Target: $49 | Target: $35 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | New Street | Upgrade | ||
| Sep 4, 2026 | Needham | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $53 | Target: $40 |
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Balance sheet, Jul 31, 2026Cash & short-term investments $865.4M · Total debt $448.3M · Total assets $1.43B · Shareholders' equity $564.4M
- Revenue
- $116.1M
- Operating income
- −$13.5M
- Net income
- −$9.4M
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | 70.90% | 257.96M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 532 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 5.62% | 20.44M shares | |
| 10 holders · as of Sep 17, 2026 | |||
| Other | 23.48% | 85.45M shares | |
| remainder | |||
363.85M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
Two share counts disagree (363.85M in the company's Sep 22, 2026 report, 332.91M elsewhere); stakes use the report.
This company has 2 share classes; every stake here is a share of the whole company.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Alphabet Inc.Institution | 9.69% | 35.25M A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 5.08% | 18.48M A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
William MarshallInsider | 4.60% | 16.74M | filed Jan 15, 2026 |
American Century Companies IncInstitution | 3.96% | 14.40M A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vanguard Capital Management LLCInstitution | 3.54% | 12.87M A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Ashley F. Johnson | officer: President & CFO | −55,663 | $16.96 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Robert H. Schingler | director, officer: Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off. | −52,240 | $16.96 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Ashley F. Johnson | officer: President & CFO | −110,028 | $22.08 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Kristen Robinson | director | −37,107 | $25.05 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | John W. Raymond | director | −6,494 | $26.16 |
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| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Labs | $16.97 | −0.62% | $5.68B | — | — | 15.0 | +58.1% |
| BlackSky Technology | $23.43 | +1.10% | $948.2M | — | — | 8.7 | +50.1% |
| Satellogic | $5.70 | +2.06% | $768.1M | — | — | 24.1 | +258.5% |
| MDA Space | $31.28 | −1.60% | $5.15B | 55.8 | 30.4 | 3.8 | +28.0% |
| Spire Global | $12.31 | +2.93% | $389.1M | — | — | 6.2 | −5.9% |
| Median | 55.8 | 30.4 | 7.5 | +39.1% |