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PLTR Palantir Technologies

software · 2026-10-06

N/A
too hard · 50
Owner-earnings value$17.93
Price$189.40
Margin of safety -90.5%

Quality gate · 50/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 8.5/22
Margins / pricing power 15.9/16
Balance sheet 15.3/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 0.5/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 5% < 9%)

Median ROIC4.8%
Gross margin84.8%
Net debt / EBITDA-0.5x
FCF conversion214%
Share count / yr+4.4%
Profitable years3/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)3.02B
Owner-earnings yield0.7%
Free-cash-flow yield0.7%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)12.5%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
13.25B 10.0%2.89B
23.55B 9.2%2.80B
33.85B 8.4%2.70B
44.14B 7.7%2.59B
54.43B 6.9%2.46B
64.70B 6.1%2.32B
74.95B 5.3%2.17B
85.18B 4.6%2.01B
95.37B 3.8%1.86B
105.53B 3.0%1.70B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Net cash 1.2B credited to value (interest stripped from owner earnings to avoid double-counting). · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-06 50 $189.40 $17.93 -90.5% N/A
2026-09-02 50 $179.92 $19.40 -89.2% N/A
2026-07-30 50 $123.00 $15.06 -87.8% N/A
2026-07-02 50 $125.73 $15.73 -87.5% N/A
2026-06-25 50 $113.50 $15.74 -86.1% N/A
2026-06-23 50 $116.70 $15.56 -86.7% N/A