Planet Labs PBC (PL)
Information Technology · NYSE
Planet operates a daily-refresh satellite constellation and cloud analytics platform that makes global change visible and actionable for governments, enterprises, and civil society.
What Planet Labs PBC does
Planet Labs designs, builds, and operates a fleet of over 100 satellites to image the entire Earth's landmass daily, delivering a continuously refreshed, proprietary dataset of satellite imagery and analytics. The company generates revenue primarily through subscription and usage-based data licensing agreements accessed via a cloud platform, supplemented by satellite services arrangements where it designs, manufactures, and operates customer-owned satellites. The platform delivers AI-ready datasets and machine learning analytics to support decision-making across civil government, commercial, defense, and intelligence verticals including agriculture, energy, forestry, finance, and insurance.
Themes: ["Earth observation / satellite imagery","AI-ready geospatial data","Machine learning analytics","Agile aerospace / satellite technology","Environmental and climate monitoring","Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)","Defense and intelligence applications"]
Fundamentals
- Price$26.05 as of 2026-07-10 close
- Market cap$9.3B as of 2026-07-12
- 1-year return+294.7% as of 2026-07-10 close
- Net margin-111.2% as of 2026-07-12
- Gross margin+55.5% as of 2026-07-12
- ROE-105.3% as of 2026-07-12
- Debt / equity1.01 as of 2026-07-12
- Revenue growth (YoY)+34.1% as of 2026-07-12
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+17.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.12 as of 2026-07-12
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High customer concentration in government and defense markets subject to budget constraints, procurement cycles, and geopolitical uncertainties including trade tensions and tariffs","Operational dependency on satellite constellation performance and orbital lifespan; satellite failures or mission degradation could reduce data collection capacity and revenue","Company is currently unprofitable with a net margin of -111%; scaling satellite operations and technology requires sustained capital investment before achieving profitability"]
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-12. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-10.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.