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Check out their SEC filings: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001321655 http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&
by insidious 12y ago
Check out their SEC filings:
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001321655 http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CI...
Insiders are selling shares to private wealth management firms / asset management firms. It's amazing how much hype can do in the private finance world when you have the perception of momentum and herd mentality. Look at Clinkle raising $30mm ... this is the same thing happening at a bigger scale. Look at Groupon... same thing.
Here's one to S F Sentry Securities, Inc.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165514000004/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/0001321655140...
Morgan Stanley took over $25mm in fees to arrange these sales... the reason for that is because they know that there is no way Palantir is going to have an IPO in the near future -- or else they would be salivating to do this kind of transaction for free to gain favor with management.
The fundamental problem with Palantir is that they are a government contractor masquerading as a product company. $200mm in government contracts comes with enough overhead that there is not a ton of margin. You can see tons of defense contractors in the midwest doing hundreds of millions in revenue.
Take a look at their revenue numbers for federal government (which is likely a major portion of their ~$420mm in revenue):
http://goo.gl/v7JzT5 http://goo.gl/v7JzT5
http://goo.gl/AzZeuR http://goo.gl/AzZeuR
- boomzilla 12y agoAccording to this form, Morgan Stanley charges 25M to arrange a sale of 50M. Is there something behind this, or is this normal? http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165514000005/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/0001321655140...
- insidious 12y agoThere are a few other sales where there are 0 fees. So likely they "don't charge" for those and put all of the fees in a single filing.
- jsprogrammer 12y agoGo, go transparency!
- JMCQ87 12y agoUnbelievable that this can be legal.
- zo1 12y agoCould you explain to me why it's a problem or should be illegal? I don't know enough about the topic to understand your surprise that it's legal.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y ago>Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency. source: http://www.sec.gov/edgar/aboutedgar.htm http://www.sec.gov/edgar/aboutedgar.htm "Delaying" the filing of required disclosures makes it more difficult for investors and potential investors to make informed decisions, and possibly defeats the purpose of requiring its disclosure in the first place.