# Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Common Stock (PLTR) — Stock CV

Palantir Technologies Inc. is a $501B technology company. Revenue grew 78.9% over the last year, it keeps 49¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 166.5× earnings — in the cheapest third of its own history.

> Palantir is an artificial intelligence, analytics, and automated decision-making company that leverages data to drive efficiency across its clients' organizations. The firm serves commercial and government clients via its Foundry and Gotham platforms, respectively.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: PLTR
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Services-Prepackaged Software
- **Headquarters**: AVENTURA, FL
- **Employees**: 4 401
- **Website**: https://www.palantir.com
- **Market cap**: $501B
- **Last price**: $208.55
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $6.16B
- **Net income**: $3.02B
- **Free cash flow**: $3.36B
- **Net cash**: $6.95B
- **P/E**: 166.5
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 78.9%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 30 |
| Growth | 50 |
| Profitability | 100 |
| Health | 50 |
| Quality | 70 |
| Moat | 63 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 6 of 10 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +78.9% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $3.02B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +251.6% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $3.36B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — more cash than debt
- [x] Established company — $501B market cap
- [ ] Not printing shares — +31.0% shares over ~5y
- [ ] Proven track record — 3/6 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 25/100
- [ ] Valuation not extreme — P/E 166.5

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $1.63B net income
- **2024** — The Navy awarded Palantir a nearly $1 billion software contract
- **FY2023** — Turned profitable: $210M net income after a loss year
- **2023** — AIP — AI Platform: LLM-era growth engine; revenue re-accelerated
- **FY2021** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 5-year streak
- **FY2020** — Revenue already above $1B: $1.09B in first reported year
- **Sep 30, 2020** — Direct listing on NYSE: skipped the traditional IPO roadshow
- **2016** — Foundry: brought the same playbook to commercial customers
- **2016** — Palantir bought Kimono Labs, a startup that makes it easy to collect information from…
- **2015** — The AI-powered software platform MOSAIC was developed before 2015 and originally used by the International Atomic…
- **2013** — Thiel said Palantir was a "mission-oriented company" that could apply software similar to PayPal's fraud…
- **Jun 18, 2010** — Vice President of the United States Joe Biden and Office of Management and Budget Director Peter…
- **2008** — Gotham: the government intelligence platform that built the name
- **2004** — According to The Wall Street Journal, when Palantir launched in 2004, there were three investors other than Thiel…
- **2003** — Founded by PayPal alumni: Peter Thiel, Alex Karp and others; early backing from the CIA's In-Q-Tel

## Strengths

- High gross margin (84.8%)
- Strongly profitable — 49.0% net margin
- Revenue growing 78.9% year over year
- Strong cash conversion — FCF is 54.6% of revenue
- Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash

## Watch-outs

- Thin interest coverage (-1.5×)
- Loss-making in 3 of the recent years

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $1.54B | -$520M | $321M |
| FY2022 | $1.91B | -$374M | $184M |
| FY2023 | $2.23B | $210M | $697M |
| FY2024 | $2.87B | $462M | $1.14B |
| FY2025 | $4.48B | $1.63B | $2.10B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/PLTR — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.