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Why Planet Labs (PL) Shares Are Getting Obliterated Today

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What Happened?

Shares of earth imaging satellite company Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) fell 10.7% in the afternoon session after the company announced a proposed $300 million private offering of convertible senior notes due 2030. 

The move came despite the satellite imaging company reporting record second-quarter revenue that beat analyst expectations and an improved financial outlook. Investors appear to be focusing more on the near-term financing than the strong operational update. The notes, which will be offered to qualified institutional buyers, can be converted into cash or shares of Planet Labs' stock. This potential for future share dilution, which would reduce the ownership stake of existing shareholders, is the likely concern driving the stock's decline. Planet Labs did state it intends to use part of the proceeds to fund capped call transactions, which are designed to reduce this potential dilution.

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What Is The Market Telling Us

Planet Labs’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 58 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Planet Labs and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.

The previous big move we wrote about was 1 day ago when the stock gained 35.6% on the news that the company reported strong second-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations and raised its full-year financial guidance. For the quarter, Planet posted revenue of $73.4 million, up 20.1% year-over-year, and an adjusted loss of $0.03 per share, both of which topped analysts' forecasts. The company also demonstrated a significant improvement in profitability, with adjusted EBITDA coming in at $6.41 million, crushing estimates of a $3.50 million loss. Furthermore, Planet Labs generated $46.29 million in free cash flow, a stark reversal from a $22.98 million burn in the same period last year. Buoyed by this strong performance, the company lifted its full-year revenue guidance to a midpoint of $285 million, up from its previous forecast of $272.5 million.

Planet Labs is up 118% since the beginning of the year, but at $8.65 per share, it is still trading 10.5% below its 52-week high of $9.66 from September 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Planet Labs’s shares at the IPO in April 2021 would now be looking at an investment worth $873.75.

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