Planet Labs PBC Class A Common Stock (PL)

FairStock Score: 26/100 — RISKY

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AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for businesses that earn durable profits and sell at a sensible price. Planet Labs owns a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites and sells geospatial data. The asset is interesting, but I do not yet see a durable moat. In fiscal Q2 2027, the quarter ended 2026-07-31, revenue was $116.1 million and net income was a loss of $9.4 million, compared with revenue of $73.4 million and a loss of $22.6 million in fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2025-07-31. That is strong revenue growth and a narrower loss. However, in fiscal Q1 2027, the quarter ended 2026-04-30, the net loss was $138.9 million, and for FY2026, the year ended 2026-01-31, the net loss was $246.9 million on revenue of $307.7 million. FY2025, the year ended 2025-01-31, had a net loss of $123.2 million on revenue of $244.4 million. So profitability is not yet proven. At the close on 2026-10-13, the price was $15.16 and market capitalization $5.5 billion. FairStock calculations show a negative P/E of -13.78, a P/B of 12.13, ROE of -71.97%, ROCE of -5.05%, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, and a tiny FCF yield of 0.3% on $18.8 million of trailing free cash flow. The Piotroski F-Score of 7/9 and Altman Z-Score of 2.80 offer some encouragement, but the FairStock score is 26/100 and the Lynch category is none because the company has lost money in each of the last four years. I would want a much clearer path to durable earnings before calling this cheap.

In plain English: Planet Labs runs satellites that photograph Earth every day and sells the data it collects. Sales are growing quickly and the latest quarterly loss was smaller, but the company still loses money each year, so the business looks unproven and financially weak. At the current stock price, it looks expensive compared with its sales and the value on its books because profits are not there yet.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2027 10-Q (period ended 2026-07-31) · fiscal Q1 2027 10-Q (period ended 2026-04-30) · fiscal Q3 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-10-31) · fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-07-31) · FY2026 10-K (period ended 2026-01-31) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-01-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-01-31)

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