Planet Labs PBC
Business
Planet Labs PBC operates an Earth observation business that designs, builds, launches, and operates a large fleet of imaging satellites to image the Earth daily and deliver geospatial data. It offers satellite imagery, machine learning analytics, and cloud-native data delivery through products such as Planet Monitoring, Planet Tasking, Planet Hyperspectral, APIs, apps, basemaps, analytic feeds and Planetary Variables. The company’s operations are organized around Data Solutions and Platform and Analytics capabilities supported by R&D, sales, marketing and partner programs. It sells recurring subscriptions and usage-based licenses to commercial and government customers worldwide via direct sales, partners and cloud channels.
Summary from filing dated 2025-03-26
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2026 2026-01-31 | FY 2025 2025-01-31 | FY 2024 2024-01-31 | FY 2023 2023-01-31 | FY 2022 2022-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 308 | 244 | 221 | 191 | 131 | |
| Cost of revenue | 135 | 105 | 108 | 97 | — | |
| Gross profit | 172 | 140 | 113 | 94 | 48 | |
| Research and development | 107 | 101 | 116 | 111 | 67 | |
| Sales and marketing | 73 | 78 | 86 | 78 | 53 | |
| General and administrative | 88 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 57 | |
| Total operating expenses | 268 | 256 | 283 | 270 | 176 | |
| Loss from operations | −95 | −116 | −170 | −176 | −128 | |
| Interest income | 14 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 21,000 | |
| Interest expense | −3 | −832,000 | 0 | — | — | |
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | −161 | −15 | 14 | 7 | — | |
| Other income (expense), net | 3 | 1 | 931,000 | 330,000 | −2 | |
| Total other income (expense), net | −147 | −5 | 30 | 15 | −7 | |
| Total loss before income taxes | −242 | −121 | −140 | −161 | −135 | |
| Provision for income taxes | 5 | 2 | 815,000 | 847,000 | 2 | |
| Net loss | −247 | −123 | −141 | −162 | −137 | |
| Basic net loss per share attributable to common stockholders (in USD per share) | −0.8 | −0.42 | −0.5 | −0.61 | −1.72 | |
| Diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders (in USD per share) | −0.8 | −0.42 | −0.5 | −0.61 | −1.72 | |
| Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares) | 308 | 292 | 280 | 267 | 80 | |
| Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares) | 308 | 292 | 280 | 267 | 80 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2026 2026-01-31 | FY 2025 2025-01-31 | FY 2024 2024-01-31 | FY 2023 2023-01-31 | FY 2022 2022-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 229 | 118 | 84 | 182 | 491 | |
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current | 642,000 | 7 | 8 | 527,000 | — | |
| Short-term investments | 411 | 104 | 215 | 227 | 0 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $3 and $807, respectively | 84 | 56 | 43 | 39 | 44 | |
| Inventories | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 45 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 16 | |
| Total current assets | 775 | 302 | 370 | 476 | 552 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 151 | 122 | 113 | 108 | 133 | |
| Capitalized internal-use software, net | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 11 | |
| Goodwill | 143 | 136 | 136 | 113 | 103 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 27 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 14 | |
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents, non-current | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | — | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 15 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 8 | |
| Other non-current assets | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Total assets | 1,146 | 634 | 702 | 753 | 821 | |
| Accounts payable | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| Accrued and other current liabilities | 56 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 49 | |
| Deferred revenue | 221 | 82 | 72 | 52 | 64 | |
| Liability from early exercise of stock options | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | |
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | — | |
| Public and private placement warrant liabilities | 173 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Total current liabilities | 469 | 142 | 137 | 122 | 132 | |
| Deferred revenue | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Deferred hosting costs | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |
| Public and private placement warrant liabilities | 0 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 23 | |
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 8 | 12 | 17 | 17 | — | |
| Contingent consideration | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| Convertible notes | 447 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 1 | 530,000 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total liabilities | 957 | 193 | 184 | 177 | 173 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 570,000,000, 30,000,000 and 30,000,000 Class A, Class B and Class C shares authorized at January 31, 2026 and 2025, 312,421,506 and 278,937,702 Class A shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, 22,909,742 and 21,157,586 Class B shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2026 and 2025, 0 Class C shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2026 and 2025 | 34,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 27,000 | 27,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,632 | 1,645 | 1,596 | 1,513 | 1,423 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 6 | −1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −1,450 | −1,203 | −1,080 | −939 | −777 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 188 | 441 | 518 | 576 | 648 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 1,146 | 634 | 702 | 753 | 821 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2026 2026-01-31 | FY 2025 2025-01-31 | FY 2024 2024-01-31 | FY 2023 2023-01-31 | FY 2022 2022-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 42 | 46 | 48 | 43 | 45 | |
| Stock-based compensation, net of capitalized cost of $2,605, $2,339 and $2,344, respectively | 55 | 48 | 57 | 76 | 42 | |
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration | 465,000 | 3 | −741,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 1 | −920,000 | −4 | −404,000 | −1 | |
| Accounts receivable | −30 | −12 | −3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Inventories | −609,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | −11 | 8 | 10 | −10 | −9 | |
| Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities | 14 | −13 | −25 | −3 | 16 | |
| Deferred revenue | 151 | 16 | 22 | −14 | −5 | |
| Deferred hosting costs | −2 | −2 | −1 | −3 | 6 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 134 | −14 | −51 | −74 | −42 | |
| Purchases of property and equipment | −77 | −44 | −38 | −10 | −10 | |
| Capitalized internal-use software | −5 | −5 | −4 | −2 | −5 | |
| Maturities of available-for-sale securities | 90 | 61 | 161 | 55 | 0 | |
| Sales of available-for-sale securities | 33 | 193 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchases of available-for-sale securities | −428 | −140 | −189 | −280 | 0 | |
| Business acquisition, net of cash acquired | −5 | −1 | −8 | −4 | −10 | |
| Purchases of licensed imagery intangible assets | −1 | −5 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Other | 0 | −300,000 | −1 | −557,000 | −598,000 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | −393 | 58 | −34 | −242 | −25 | |
| Proceeds from the exercise of common stock options | 28 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 11 | |
| Payments for withholding taxes related to the net share settlement of equity awards | −73 | −12 | −9 | −6 | −6 | |
| Proceeds from employee stock purchase program | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payments of contingent consideration for business acquisitions | −4 | −9 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payment of indemnification holdback for business acquisition | −5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net of discount | 449 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payment of debt issuance costs | −3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from the exercise of warrants | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Other | −3 | −738,000 | −15,000 | −504,000 | 0 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 357 | −16 | −2 | 8 | 489 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents | 7 | −201,000 | 17,000 | −402,000 | −2 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalent | 106 | 28 | −86 | −309 | 420 | |
| Contingent consideration for business acquisition | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| Issuance of Class A common stock for business acquisition | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | — | |
| Transfers from property and equipment, net to inventories, net | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Accrued purchase of property and equipment | 5 | 718,000 | 1 | 51,000 | 354,000 |