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PLTR: 3 drawdowns of 30%+ in 6 years (2020 2026) - the price assumes continued AIP expansion beyond current earnings power.
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Technology · Software - Infrastructure
What changedF1: Large customers cut AI software budgets in a wave that stalls AIP expansions. — News articles discuss analyst predictions of significant stock price declines and mention AI safety concerns, but do not provide evidence of large customers cutting AI software budgets or stallin… · as of this morning
Swintenel read
Speculation-heavy
PLTR: 3 drawdowns of 30%+ in 6 years (2020 2026) - the price assumes continued AIP expansion beyond current earnings power.
Growth beats expectations and the speculation premium holds — upside if narrative strengthens.
Expectations reset lower — miss risk is elevated with 64% speculation premium priced in.
Price series and mix come from the ticker cache. Quote multiples and annual statements come from FMP when the key is configured. Headlines and earnings dates come from the scan cache. Missing fields stay as dashes — we do not invent a live tape or a buy/sell rating.
Price mix
We split the last price into three parts: what looks backed by earnings today, what already assumes growth, and what is still a bet. This describes the price. It is not a rating.
How much of today's price looks backed by what the company already earns. Not a guess about next year.
How much of the price already assumes growth that looks more like it is on the books, sitting on top of today's earnings.
What is left after those two. The market is paying for a future that still has to show up. That leftover can stay, shrink, or reverse. It is not a score or a buy signal.
Constructive and risk cases sit on Overview. What would break the thesis lives in Thesis check.
When they report
Two things: when you'd hear the next report, and whether profit per share has been going up.
Next report on file is Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · in 44 days. That's when you'd hear the latest numbers.
Last print
Next print
Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · in 44 days
Profit per share is up about 2% versus a year ago.
Options in the cache imply about a 12.5% swing either way. Not a call on up or down.
Sales
Sales
Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · in 44 days
Headlines
Operational memo
What has to stay true, and what would break it. A price drop alone does not count. Street counts stay in the rail; definitions are at the bottom of this page.
The memo bet on Palantir Technologies: PLTR is priced as customers keeping and expanding AIP / platform deals — commercial and government — with deal velocity sensitive to the same AI budget cycle as the hyperscaler buildout. It sits in Software - Infrastructure.
Full description, quality metrics, and statements live under Depth. This tab is the economics the memo is betting on — and whether the latest facts still match that bet.
When the economics of Palantir Technologies changed — or looked like they might — here is what that looks like now.
Palantir recently reported strong earnings, exceeding revenue estimates by 5.9% ($1.63B vs $1.54B) and EPS by 19.0%. Despite this performance, the stock has experienced a 52-week price change of -22.9%.
The market is currently debating the sustainability of deal velocity and expansion within the current AI budget cycle.
This performance has been built over the past year, but the market's reaction suggests lingering questions.
Over the past year, PLTR's stock has declined 22.9%, adding to its history of volatility with three drawdowns exceeding 30% in the last six years. The core thesis is that customers will continue to adopt and expand their use of Palantir's platforms, especially AIP.
While recent results show robust growth and margins, the market is still assessing if this expansion can support the current valuation.
These historical patterns set the stage for the current debate about the company's future.
Palantir's history is marked by significant price volatility, including three drawdowns of over 30% in the past six years. This pattern fuels the ongoing debate about whether the company's growth trajectory is sustainable or if its valuation overestimates future expansion, particularly concerning its AI offerings.
The debate centers on whether customers will continue to expand their use of Palantir's AI platform.
At least one check for PLTR is warming.
PLTR is priced as customers keeping and expanding AIP / platform deals — commercial and government — with deal velocity sensitive to the same AI budget cycle as the hyperscaler buildout.
Below we track the key markers for this stock. If any of them break, that is a mechanical hit to the thesis. A stock drop alone does not count.
Must be true Existing large customers keep expanding AIP / platform usage.
WarmingBreaks if: Large customers cut AI software budgets in a wave that stalls AIP expansions.
Where we look: PLTR quarterly · customer budget season · PLTR earnings — customer count, remaining deal value, AIP commentary
Must be true AI software budgets at customers stay funded through the next two quarters.
IntactBreaks if: A named large customer churns or discloses a material platform replacement.
Where we look: Customer disclosures / PLTR filings · Customer / hyperscaler budget commentary; PLTR deal announcements
Analyst price targets
Consensus $183.42 · median $200
Range $80 – $250 · +3.3% vs last
via FMP · as of Sep 19, 2026
Street grade mix
0 strong buy · 13 buy · 10 hold · 3 sell · 0 strong sell
26 ratings · FMP label “Buy” — counts only, not a recommendation.
via FMP · as of Sep 19, 2026
Street annual estimates
FY 2026 · revenue $8.18B · EPS $1.59
What analysts publish for the next annual period (20 EPS estimates) — not a Swintenel forecast.
via FMP · as of Sep 19, 2026
RSI
RSI(14) = 57 · bar 2026-09-18
RSI (Relative Strength Index) measures recent price momentum on a 0–100 scale. Readings under 30 are often called 'oversold'; over 70 'overbought' — labels for the reading, not trade advice.
via FMP · as of Sep 19, 2026
Insider Form 4 activity
Y2026 Q3: 7 acquire / 48 dispose transactions
Descriptive ownership activity from filings — not a buy/sell signal.
via FMP · as of Sep 19, 2026
Average close
50-day avg $157.29 · 200-day avg $151.7
Simple moving averages of recent closes — context for where price sits, not a signal.
via FMP · as of Sep 19, 2026
Dossier
Cached research in tabs. More filled dots means higher versus other names. Not a rating.
Palantir Technologies Inc. · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Palantir Technologies Inc. builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It provides Palantir Gotham integrates with other platforms for defense offerings which enables users to see, understand, and act in the modern battlespace; operations centers to the tactical edge; integrating data from domains and sensors in near real-time; and situational awareness and accelerating operational decision-making, as well as facilitates the hand-off between analysts and operational users, helping operators plan and execute real-world responses to threats that have been identified within the platform. The company also offers Palantir Foundry, a platform that helps organizations operate by creating a central operating system for their data; and allows individual users to integrate and analyze the data they need in one place. In addition, it provides Palantir Apollo, a software that delivers software and updates across the business, as well as enables customers to deploy their software virtually in any environment; and Palantir Artificial Intelligence Pla
Reported quality from statements first. More filled dots means higher versus other names. Not a rating.
Ownership, short interest, and Form 4 stats. Named 13F holder tables are not on this FMP tier.
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