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Palantir Technologies Inc.

$PLTR·$395B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$186.38+0.0%YTD-10.3%1Y+18.6%
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2026-08-22: 356 posts4,022+9%
Price updated 15h ago·X counts updated 10d ago
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$PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.
$186.38+0.05%4.0k posts+9%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PLTR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-01

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Fundamentals are real but so is 60x sales; Karp just sold $86M into the strength.

Palantir sells enterprise AI-orchestration software to governments and large commercials — the platform story finally works, and the numbers are backing it up. The stock has climbed back near an all-time high and the crowd is stalking a breakout.

Where the tension actually lives:

  • The growth is genuine and rare — last quarter revenue grew 85% YoY to $1.63B at an 87% gross margin and 46% operating margin, and consensus for the full year is 32% growth to $7.7B; there's no other software company at this scale printing these numbers.
  • The multiple is the whole risk — 142x trailing earnings and 60x sales prices in most of the credible bull case, and any slip in the growth trajectory hits both the numerator and the multiple.
  • CEO Karp just monetized $86M — he exercised nearly 1M options and immediately sold about half, a mechanical 10b5-1 pattern but a sizable one at these prices; officer Buckley added another $577K in sales the same week.
  • Structural coil is real — the stock sits at 79% of the 52-week range on volume running only 60% of average, with price 23% above the 200-day; buyers are firm but not committed enough to trigger a fresh accumulation phase.

The coil breaks higher if the Nov 2 print backs the William Blair note that Maven is tracking a $1B ARR run-rate and government bookings hold above the 50% growth line; a single quarter of decelerating commercial-segment growth is what would invalidate the setup and hand Burry his 'sandcastle' thesis a chapter.

Agrees with X sentimentX is right that the fundamentals — 85% growth, Rule of 40 at 155, Maven traction — are genuine, but the crowd is under-weighting Karp's $86M monetization and the 60x sales base; agree in direction, with the valuation and insider-selling caveats the bulls prefer to skip.

What to watch: Nov 2 earnings — Maven ARR update, commercial segment growth (below 50% is the crack), and any fresh CEO/CFO sales disclosure in the following week's Form 4s.

On the calendar: 2026-11-02 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment169 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

The crowd is loudly bullish as Palantir climbs back near an all-time high around $186, with posters citing 93% revenue growth, a Rule of 40 score of 155, and a William Blair note that Maven is tracking to a $1B ARR run rate. The counter-camp is anchored by Michael Burry, who added to his short and, in one poster's paraphrase, called it a "sandcastle" price that could be worth under $1 long-term; that view stays the minority against a wave of breakout and target-raise posts.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Builds AI data platforms for US intelligence agencies, military, and commercial enterprises to analyze complex operational data.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Infrastructure sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PLTR.

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

SaaS multiples remain compressed as rate-sensitive valuations weigh on pure-play software; customers are lengthening deal cycles outside of AI-native workloads. AI co-pilot upsell is the only clear near-term catalyst — companies without it are treading water.

What this means for $PLTR

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; Palantir Technologies Inc.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
+2.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
142.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
22.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
38.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
59.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
32.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
84.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 3, 2026$0.41$0.34+19.0%
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$0.33$0.29+13.8%
Q4 2025Feb 2, 2026$0.25$0.23+8.6%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$0.21$0.17+25.1%
Next earningsMon, Nov 2·consensus EPS $0.41

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.6B+84.7%86.8%46.2%$0.36$891.8M
Q4 FY25$1.4B+70.0%84.6%40.9%$0.26$764.0M
Q3 FY25$1.2B+62.8%82.4%33.3%$0.20$501.9M
Q2 FY25$1.0B+48.0%80.8%26.8%$0.14$531.6M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 24 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.7B$7.7B – $7.9B$1.46$1.27 – $1.6723
FY27$11.2B$10.6B – $11.9B$2.08$1.59 – $2.5324
FY28$16.2B$16.1B – $16.3B$3.06$2.34 – $3.7017
FY29$31.2B$29.9B – $34.8B$6.05$5.71 – $6.9514
FY30$68.8B$65.8B – $76.7B$13.27$12.52 – $15.258

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.79%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+28.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+23.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β1.565-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 21Jeffrey BuckleySee Remarks1.3K sh$218KSellAug 20Jeffrey BuckleySee Remarks2.1K sh$359KSellAug 20Alexander C. KarpSee Remarks492.3K sh$86.1MSellAug 17Alexander D. MooreDirector16.0K sh$2.8MSellAug 6Shyam SankarSee Remarks35.0K sh$5.4MSellAug 5Stat Lauren Elaina FriedmanDirector3.0K sh$500KSellJul 15Alexander D. MooreDirector16.0K sh$2.1MSellJul 2Shyam SankarSee Remarks185.0K sh$24.1MSellJun 15Alexander D. MooreDirector5.0K sh$657KSellJun 11Jeffrey BuckleySee Remarks1.5K sh$191K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 38-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PLTR filed an 8-K (Item 2.02) reporting its financial results, filed 2026-08-03. The actual financial figures are in the attached press release (Exhibit 99.1), not reproduced in the body excerpt. This is a material disclosure; investors should review the press release for beat/miss details and guidance.

8-KShareholder voteJun 98-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) held its 2026 Annual Meeting on June 3, 2026, with all seven director nominees elected, including Alexander Karp, Stephen Cohen, Peter Thiel, Alexander Moore, Alexandra Schiff, Lauren Friedman Stat, and Eric Woersching. The meeting utilized a tri-class voting structure (Class A = 1 vote, Class B = 10 votes, Class F = ~160-1,260 votes per share depending on proposal), concentrating significant control in founding insiders. Additional proposals (2-6) were voted on but the body excerpt was truncated before final tabulation; the filing is routine governance disclosure with no immediate financial impact.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 48-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

PLTR reported period ending 2026-05-04 financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Palantir's $448 Billion Valuation Still Isn't Scaring Bairdgurufocus.com·23h agoInvestors Are Looking Beyond the Magnificent Seven. Could This Be the Next AI Giant?247wallst.com·23h agoBigBear.ai vs. Palantir: Which Defense AI Stock Is the Better Choice?zacks.com·1d agoOptions Corner: PLTR Pushes Back Toward Record Highsyoutube.com·1d agoWall Street analyst updates Palantir stock price targetfinbold.com·1d ago

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