Palantir’s astronomical growth in 3 charts
Alexander Karp, Palantir Technologies Inc.
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PalantirThe 2020 direct list has been nothing but an astronomical increase since its first release on the New York Stock Exchange.
For about five years, its founders, the famous venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and the Denver -based company, including the current CEO Alex Karp, has increased by more than 1,700%. At the same time, his valuation broke new peaks and dwarf some of the world’s technology giants with much more income.
The artificial intelligence -supported software company continued its rise after publishing its first quarter with more than 1 billion dollars of revenue and after passing a market valuation of $ 430 billion.
Since April 2025, stocks were not less than $ 100. The stock was traded under $ 10 in May 2023 before starting a stable climb.
Retail investors are an important part of the power of the stock.
Last month retail, according to data palantir stock poured $ 1.2 billion. Goldman Sachs.
Here is a closer look at Palantir’s growth in the last five years and how the company is compared with Megacap peers.
State currency
Government contracts have been one of Palantir’s biggest growth areas since its establishment.
In the last quarter, the company’s US government revenue increased by 53% to $ 426 million. The government made up 55% of the company’s total income, but it shows commercial promises. Palantir said that these revenues in the United States grew by 93% in the last quarter.
Nevertheless, one of the oldest customers of the company The US army.
At the beginning of this month, the Company signed a contract for data and software to facilitate productivity and to meet increasing military needs. In May, the Ministry of Defense increased its agreement with Palantir for AI -backed battlefields $ 795 million.
“We believe that America is the leader of the free world and that the West is superior,” Karp called on a call at the beginning of this month. He said. “We must fight for these values, we must give an unfair advantage to American companies and most importantly our government.”
Beyond the USA
The United States, especially the company signed more contract with the US army, was the key driving force of Palantir’s growth.
Palantir said that the US is currently about three quarters of the total income. Commercial international revenues decreased by 3% in the past quarter, and analysts increased concerns about the growth orbit of this segment.
In the last five years, US revenues have reached almost $ 156 million from $ 733 million. Revenues other than USA doubled from approximately $ 133 million to 271 million dollars.
Pay a premium
Palantir’s market value rose rapidly last year, because investors betting on AI vehicles, their shares rose by about 500%.
Meteoric rise Palantir was among the top 10 US technology companies and 20 most valuable US companies. But Palantir makes some of the income of the companies in these lists.
In the last quarter, he first reported more than $ 1 billion in three-month income and the advanced price-win ratio increases 280 times.
Compared, Apple And Microsoft During the period, it has published $ 94 billion and 76 billion dollars, respectively and carries approximately 30 times the PE PE ratio.
Forward PE is a valuation metric that compares a company’s future earnings to the current stock price. The higher the PE, the higher the growth expectations, the higher the entity. A lower price / earning rate indicates that it is a slower growth or a worthless asset.
Except, most of the seven spectacular stocks Nvidia And TeslaHave an advanced PE circulating in the 20s and 30s. While Nvidia earns more than 40 times, Tesla is sitting about 198 times.
At these levels, investors pay criko premiums to have the shares of one of the hottest AI stocks in Wall Street, as their valuation rises to astronomical heights.
“This generation once, we are really abnormal quarter and very proud,” Palantir called for a profit after the second quarter results. He said. “We are sorry for those who hate those who hate, but there is much more quarter to be disappointed.”
Gabriel Cortes from CNBC contributed to this story.
