While the quarterly reports of two giants such as A, the father of Google and Merck, yesterday they disappointed investors' expectations causing the stock to slip, the star on the Wall stage was Palantir Technologies: the title yesterday has earned 25% registering a record price of the actions within a whisker of the 107 dollars, after announcing a optimistic guidance and results of the fourth quarter stronger of expectations.
La performance from January 1st as of today it is already around at +40% and its stock has increased fivefold in the past two years, reaching a market capitalization of about $240 billion, Websim points out. Palantir shares have exploded higher by more than +400% in the last year, fueled by a boom in enthusiasm for applications of theartificial intelligence started in 2022. Palantir has reached up to 240 billion dollars of capitalization, figure higher than American Express (221 billion), McDonald's (208 billion) e Disney (207 billion). The stock has increased more than 10 times its value two years ago, when its market capitalization was less than $20 billion. It is now the 47th largest U.S. “mega-cap” company listed on the stock exchange. The report 12-month price/earnings Palantir's stock is 160,93. Last year, the stock was added to both the S&P500 and Nasdaq 100 benchmarks. In US pre-market today a -1,34% is indicated.
Earnings per share at $0,14 in the three months to December, above expectations
For the three months ended December 31, Palantir reported to evaluate rectified by $ 0,14 per share su revenues of 827,5 million, exceeding the estimates of the analyst which saw adjusted earnings per share of $0,11 and revenues of $778,2 million. total revenue for the quarter they increased by + 36 % year on year, sustained, said the ceo Alex Karp from the strong “demand for artificial intelligence” and in particular for data analysis software and services by companies.
Supplies to Defense and the US Government
Co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Palantir AIP is used to test, debug code and evaluate AI-related scenarios. It is a key provider of technology services for defense agencies, (such as software that displays army positions for example) and revenues arising in particular from the United States government are grew by +45% compared to the previous year, reaching 343 million. But also other US revenues, which also include services for Amazon, increased: +64%, reaching 214 million.
In addition to its government relations, Palantir has formed new partnerships strategic, including one with Anduril industries for the development of defense technologies and an agreement with the startup AI Anthropic to integrate advanced language models into intelligence and defense operations. number of customers grew by +43% year over year, as the firm closed 129 deals of at least $1 million, 58 deals of at least $5 million, and 32 deals of at least $10 million.
CEO Taylor advises clients against using DeepSeek
“Our business results continue to impress, demonstrating our ever-deepening position at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution” Karp said. Speaking on the earnings call, Palantir’s Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Taylor said the company has “strongly discouraged” his customers from using the Chinese startup's AI model DeepSeek.
La Chinese DeepSeek she proposed herself with performances similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT, despite using less advanced data but costing only $6 million to develop. The news had shocked global stock markets last week. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said last week that U.S. officials were assessing the implications of DeepSeek for the National security. Taylor pointed out in this regard that, with the imposition of new duties Trump's move could increase demand for the company's analytics services focused on supply chain management and logistics.
Full-year outlook up
The company is now aiming for a turnover between $3,741 billion and $3,757 billion in its fiscal year 2025, above Wall Street's expectations for a forecast of 3,53 billion. For the first quarterPalantir said it expects revenue between $858 million and $862 million, compared with analysts' projections of $799,4 million.
Il net assets Karp’s fortune increased by $1,5 billion, from $7,8 billion to $9,3 billion, moving him from the 374th richest person in the world to the 281st. Co-founder Thiel’s fortune increased by $2,9 billion, from $15,9 billion to $18,8 billion, making him the 106th richest person on the planet.
The appreciation of some analysts
Despite its high valuation, according to data collected by LSEG, at least nine analysts raised their price targets on the stock, while Morgan Stanley, which views Palantir as “a powerful AI story,” raised its rating from “underweight” to “equalweight” and raised its price target from $60 to $95.
Other analysts' doubts
Some analysts have pointed out that the new revenue target is $750 million lower than the initial target of $4,5 billion announced by Karp inAugust 2022. Growing competition from open-source solutions could put pressure on government business, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Based on the commonly cited valuation metric of price/sales ratio, which compares a company's market value to its last 12 months of revenue, Palantir is by far the most expensive stock in the S&P: Palantir's ratio of 70 is more than 20 times the S&P average of 3, even more than Nvidia's price-to-sales ratio of 35.
