Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Palantir Technologies Inc. is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Infrastructure), with a market value of $453.6B, based in the USA.
It employs about 4,401 people and has been listed since Sep 30, 2020.
Palantir Technologies Inc. builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It provides Palantir Gotham integrates with other platforms for defense offerings which enables users to see, understand, and act in the modern battlespace; operations centers to the tactical edge; integrating data from domains and sensors in near real-time; and situational awareness and accelerating operational decision-making, as well as facilitates the hand-off between analysts and operational users, helping operators plan and execute real-world responses to threats that have been identified within the platform.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 161.3 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — relatively expensive.
Revenue is growing 93% a year — the market is paying ahead for that growth. If it slows, the high multiple becomes the risk.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 85.5 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 195.57, 4% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 81% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.6) — big daily moves both ways.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 55 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (20 vs 2).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 93% a year.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.5% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
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A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.