Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Palantir Technologies — Shares of Palantir rose 1% in extended trading after the software company reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street’s estimates , with government sales growing 52% from a year ago. Palantir earned 21 cents per share, after adjustments, on revenue of $1.18 billion for the period, while analysts polled by LSEG expected it to earn 17 cents per share on $1.09 billion in revenue. Palantir also gave better-than-expected fourth-quarter guidance as its commercial business, driven by its AI platform, continues to ramp up. Vertex Pharmaceuticals — The biotech stock lost 4% after it reported mixed third-quarter results. Vertex earned $4.80 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $3.08 billion. Although the company’s profit came out lower than the $4.58 per share estimate from analysts surveyed by FactSet, revenue beat the $3.06 billion forecast. Diamondback Energy — Diamondback Energy stock lost 2% in after-hours trading. The oil and gas company said it would sell its subsidiary Viper Energy’s non-Permian assets for $670 million in a transaction set to close in the first quarter of 2026. Diamondback also topped analysts’ consensus expectations, posting an adjusted third-quarter profit of $3.08 per share while analysts forecasted $2.93 per share, per LSEG. The company’s revenue of $3.92 billion for the period a …
