Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR
Promising (early) Artificial Intelligence sector · Data-and-AI operating platforms for governments and big enterprises.
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) is an Artificial Intelligence company, graded Promising (early) on FrontierLab's evidence-based quality rubric (data as of 2026-08-21). Revenue grew 78.9% year-over-year at a 84.8% gross margin. Gross-profits-to-assets is 0.45; Rule of 40 is 121.7. Net share issuance 0.3% YoY (flat share count). 2 risk flags are noted below. Analyst mix: 27 buy / 10 hold / 2 sell.
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Key quality signals
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 78.9% |
|---|---|
| Gross margin | 84.8% |
| Gross profits / assets | 0.45 |
| Rule of 40 | 121.7 |
| Net margin | 42.8% |
| Cash runway (months) | — |
| PEG | 0.5 |
| Price / sales | 64.9 |
Quality checklist
Each line is one quality test behind the grade — ✓ passed · ~ borderline · ✗ failed. Hover a metric in the tables below for what it means.
- ✓ Revenue growth — 78.9% (pass ≥ 20%)
- ✓ Capital efficiency
- ✓ Gross margin — 84.8% (pass ≥ 60% · Artificial Intelligence)
- ✓ Gross-margin trend — 4.8 (pass ≥ 2)
- ✓ Share dilution — 0.3%
- ~ Competitive moat — Narrow
- ✓ Market size (TAM) — Large
Grade history
Graded Promising (early) since 2026-06-10 — no grade changes recorded yet.
How have Early-stage-graded names performed?
The forward returns of all Early-stage-graded names since each grade was recorded — the bucket this name currently sits in, not a forecast of this individual stock.
| Window | Forward record vs the S&P | Median |
|---|---|---|
| ~1 month | 69% of Early-stage-graded names beat the S&P over 21 sessions (95% CI 51–82%, N=32). | Median excess vs the S&P was +3.9%. |
| ~3 months | building — 13 more sessions needed | |
| ~6 months | building — 76 more sessions needed | |
How have this name's flags scored?
| Flag | N | Mean excess vs S&P |
|---|---|---|
| Hyper-expansion — assets up ~59% in a year; aggressive expanders have historically lagged. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
| Parabolic one-day spike (+30%) in the last month — extreme single-day moves tend to mean-revert. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
These per-flag figures are observational — a flag firing is not a randomized assignment, so any edge can reflect what kind of names trip a flag, not the flag itself. Descriptive, not causal.
Scope: these are forward returns vs the S&P among names still covered at each horizon's end, within the curated universe — not a survivorship-clean whole-market backtest. Names later dropped from coverage are counted as attrition (not hidden), and single-session moves beyond ±300% are treated as split/data artifacts and excluded. How this is measured → · Full track record →
How it compares
Coarse same-sector, same-stage context — not a percentile or rank. GP/A is graded on its absolute level, not position.
Fundamentals
| Market cap | $399.42B |
|---|---|
| Stage | Early |
| Share issuance (YoY) | 0.3% · flat share count |
| Moat | Narrow |
| TAM | LARGE |
| P/E (trailing) | 147.4 |
| EPS (trailing) | $1.18 |
| Burn multiple | — |
| Gross-margin trend (pts) | 4.8 |
| Cash / assets | 0.81 |
| Accruals (%) | -4% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.6 |
| Statements as of | Q2 FY2026 · filed 2026-08-04 |
Momentum context — describes the past, not a signal
Low reached Jun 25, 2026 · high reached Nov 3, 2025 — by daily close.
| Price | $173.96 (as of 2026-08-20) |
|---|---|
| Last session move | — |
| % off 52-wk high | -16.2% |
| RSI (14) | 66 |
| Relative volume | 0.6× |
Risk flags
Positive signals
Insider activity (90 days)
| Cluster buyers | 0 |
|---|---|
| Sellers | 4 |
Insider selling is routine diversification, not a bearish signal.
Analyst mix
| Strong buy | 12 |
|---|---|
| Buy | 15 |
| Hold | 10 |
| Sell | 1 |
| Strong sell | 1 |
▲ Analyst view improving — net +1 buy rating over ~4 weeks (per aggregated analyst ratings)
Ratings are context, not a price target. "Momentum" = how the mix changed over recent weeks, not a forecast.
AI take — daily, AI-generated
AI leans positive
Exceptional growth (78.9%) with outstanding margins (84.8%) and a PEG of 0.5 suggest compelling value, though the 'early' grade signals execution risk remains.
Generated by an AI model from the day's news — an opinion for context only. Not financial advice, not a recommendation, and not a price target.
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Data as of 2026-08-21 08:12 (end-of-day). How grades are computed →