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PLTR Earnings Date August 3, 2026: Options Priced a ±12.2% Move

Palantir (PLTR) reported earnings on Monday, August 3, 2026, after the market close. Options priced ±12.2% going in — here’s the move history, beat rate and what it means for options.

EarningsWatcher Research 7 min read Data as of July 2026 · Education, not advice
Earnings date PLTR reported on August 3, 2026 (after market close). Options had priced a ±12.2% move going in. See the weekly earnings calendar.

Palantir (PLTR) has a heating two-year regime (±15.1% vs ±13.0% decade). Below is its earnings behaviour as of July 23, 2026 (MCP peak move, 10y defaults).

PLTR earnings at a glance

±13.0%
Avg move (10yr)
peak, day of release
±15.1%
Avg move (2yr)
regime: heating
±27.7%
95th-pct tail
outliers still possible

PLTR’s decade-long average earnings move is about ±13.0%, with the last two years at ±15.1% (heating). The 95th-percentile tail is about ±27.7%.

Does PLTR beat its implied move?

The implied move is what the options market prices in before the report. PLTR’s actual peak move has topped the implied in about 56% of recent reports with tracked implieds (9 of 16).

~56%
Beat rate
actual > implied (9 of 16)
Near
history
Near-term pricing
live ~13.2% vs ~13.0% avg
What this implies Options priced ±12.2% going in — compare to ±13.0% decade and ±15.1% two-year averages. History is a reference, not a signal.

How PLTR’s moves are distributed

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 10-yr avg ±13.0% ±5.7% 5th ±7.1% 20th ±10.2% median ±22.1% 80th ±27.7% 95th
The spread of PLTR’s earnings-day peak moves. The 95th-percentile worst case is about ±27.7%.

Use the live implied move against this distribution rather than a single average.

Recent PLTR earnings

Headline (MCP): PLTR averages a ±13% earnings move over the last 10 years (peak intraday; n=23). Recent prints swing hard both ways — May 2026 peaked near −7.7% vs ~9.6% implied.

See the full history The complete report-by-report record — every past implied vs actual move, open/peak/close behaviour and post-earnings drift, plus the live implied move as the next date approaches — lives in the EarningsWatcher app.

IV rush and IV crush on PLTR

Implied volatility builds into the report (the IV rush) and collapses afterward (the IV crush).

What PLTR’s earnings data means for options

These figures are a reference point, not a signal. Compare the live implied move in the EarningsWatcher app. A straddle or strangle needs the actual move to exceed the implied to pay; an iron condor needs it smaller.

On the “next” implied move Palantir reported August 3, 2026 (after market close). Options priced a ±12.2% move into this report.

Frequently asked questions

When is Palantir (PLTR) earnings date?

Palantir reported on Monday, August 3, 2026, after the market close.

What is PLTR's implied move for earnings August 3, 2026?

Options priced a plus or minus 12.2% move into the August 3, 2026 report. The realised move is published once the following full session completes.

How much does PLTR move on earnings?

Over the last 10 years, PLTR's average earnings-day peak move was about plus or minus 13.0%, with the last two years averaging about plus or minus 15.1%. The 95th-percentile move is about plus or minus 27.7%.

Does PLTR usually beat its implied move?

About 56% of recent reports with tracked implieds (9 of 16).

See PLTR’s live earnings data

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