** Palantir Technologies shares fall 3.6% to $24.62 premarket after analysts at Monness Crespi Hardt double downgrade the data analytics firm to "sell" from "buy"
** MCH analyst Brian White believes valuation has reached a "a gluttonous extreme" after a near 50% rise YTD and ~167% surge in 2023
** "On the back of a dismal earnings season for enterprise software and the failure of this 18-month gen AI propaganda cycle to deliver more than de minimis revenue for most companies in the industry, we believe the market will increasingly shun software stocks with excessive valuations," White says
** MCH issues PT of $20; median PT on the stock is $23.50 and avg rating "hold" - LSEG data
** Stock is trading at forward P/E of 70.76
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru)
((sruthi.shankar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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