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Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR
$188.75 -0.68% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $433.38B
Strong growthHigh quality
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.18, up 288.9% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $6.16B, up 78.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from 67.7% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to 42.8% from 16.6% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 6%
- Gross marginTop 5%
- Operating marginTop 3%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 35%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 4%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 41%
- 6-month returnTop 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 17%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 32%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 67.7% | 78.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 293.0% | 288.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 80.0% | 84.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 42.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 49.7% | 54.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 78.9% | 67.7% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 288.9% | 293.0% | ↓ | Top 7% |
| Gross margin | 84.8% | 80.0% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Operating margin | 42.8% | 16.6% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Net margin | 49.0% | 22.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 54.6% | 49.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 25.6% | — | Top 6% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 32.9% | — | Top 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.13×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 13.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +19.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.59×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 12
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +16.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $183.42
- Target vs current price
- -2.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 26
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +19.0% | +2.1% | +39.8% | +51.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +13.8% | +1.4% | -4.4% | +11.5% | -14.6% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | +8.6% | +0.8% | -7.3% | -1.0% | -3.7% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +25.1% | +3.3% | -11.2% | -16.5% | -24.2% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +15.8% | +4.1% | +21.2% | +1.6% | +22.6% |
| May 5, 2025 | +1.1% | -0.4% | -5.6% | +6.2% | +27.6% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +27.3% | +1.5% | +34.4% | +1.1% | +40.7% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +10.3% | -1.2% | +39.3% | +58.4% | +96.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.34 | +19.0% | $1.94B |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.29 | +13.8% | $1.63B |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.23 | +8.6% | $1.41B |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.17 | +25.1% | $1.18B |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.14 | +15.8% | $1.00B |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.13 | +1.1% | $883.9M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.11 | +27.3% | $827.5M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.10 | $0.09 | +10.3% | $725.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 160.0× | 258.8× | 25th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 118.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 139.2× | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| EV / Sales | 70.11× | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.78% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Earnings yield | 0.63% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 137.8× – 475.4× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +288.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -71.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 43
- Days above the 200-day average
- 43
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +14.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +11.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +24.1%
- RSI (14)
- 61.2
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 71.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.45
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -8.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2021 | Dec 27, 2022 | -84.6% | 483 days | 444 days (Oct 3, 2024) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Jun 25, 2026 | -48.2% | 160 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -40.6% | 33 days | 26 days (May 13, 2025) |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Dec 2, 2020 | -22.5% | 4 days | 34 days (Jan 22, 2021) |
| Dec 24, 2024 | Jan 13, 2025 | -21.1% | 11 days | 13 days (Jan 31, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $433.38B
- P/E (TTM)
- 160.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.16B
- 52-week range
- $106.37 – $207.52
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.54B | $1.91B | $2.23B | $2.87B | $4.48B |
| Gross profit | $1.20B | $1.50B | $1.79B | $2.30B | $3.69B |
| Operating income | -$411.0M | -$161.2M | $120.0M | $310.4M | $1.41B |
| Net income | -$520.4M | -$373.7M | $209.8M | $462.2M | $1.63B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.27 | -$0.18 | $0.09 | $0.19 | $0.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $725.5M | $827.5M | $883.9M | $1.00B | $1.18B | $1.41B | $1.63B | $1.94B |
| Net income | $143.5M | $79.0M | $214.0M | $326.7M | $475.6M | $608.7M | $870.5M | $1.06B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.03 | $0.08 | $0.13 | $0.19 | $0.24 | $0.34 | $0.41 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $333.9M | $223.7M | $712.2M | $1.15B | $2.13B |
| Capital expenditure | -$12.6M | -$40.0M | -$15.1M | -$12.6M | -$33.9M |
| Free cash flow | $321.2M | $183.7M | $697.1M | $1.14B | $2.10B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $507.5M | $86.1M | $218.2M | $681.2M | $54.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $9.41B
- Total assets
- $11.68B
- Total liabilities
- $1.79B
- Total debt
- $211.4M
- Net debt
- -$1.82B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $9.77B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 60,184,903
- Days to cover
- 2.24
- Change vs previous report
- -7.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.