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Relative winners and losers over the last quarter, followed by names of note, concluding with a spreadsheet containing setup tables for all of the day’s reporters.
Relative Winners and Losers
Names of Note
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
Bull Bullets: AI Platform Dominance and Government Tailwinds Fuel Unprecedented Demand
Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) is generating what Wedbush’s Dan Ives calls “unprecedented demand,” with consensus expecting Q1 revenue of approximately $1.54 billion, reflecting roughly 74% year-over-year growth and a potential 11th consecutive quarter of revenue acceleration. If management raises the current $7.19 billion full-year revenue guide, it would further validate that AIP’s commercial traction is broadening well beyond initial pilot deployments.
The company’s dual-moat positioning across both government and commercial verticals gives it rare strategic optionality. U.S. Commercial revenue grew 137% in Q4 2025, demonstrating that AIP boot camps are converting enterprise prospects at scale, while the government side benefits from expanding defense and intelligence budgets globally. This two-engine model creates resilience that pure-play SaaS peers lack.
Despite trading down roughly 28% from its 52-week high of $207.52, the analyst consensus has shifted decisively bullish, with 14 of 21 analysts at Buy and an average price target of $191.28 implying 35%+ upside. Baird’s William Power sees free cash flow potentially reaching $7.5 billion by 2027, suggesting the recent pullback may offer a favorable entry into a compounding story.
Bear Bullets: Extreme Valuation Premium Leaves No Room for Execution Stumbles
At roughly 80x trailing sales and a forward P/E above 100x, Palantir is the most expensive large-cap software stock on the planet by virtually every traditional metric. Jefferies carries a $70 bear-case target, and GuruFocus estimates fair value near $61, suggesting the stock could trade at a 50%+ discount to current levels if growth merely decelerates rather than collapses. Even minor guidance disappointments at this multiple could trigger violent drawdowns.
Government revenue growth is forecast to decelerate sharply from current levels to around 42% in 2026 and 31% in 2027, which would diminish a core pillar of revenue visibility. Export controls, geopolitical tensions, and the potential for shifting defense spending priorities under changing political administrations all introduce headwinds that the commercial business alone may not offset quickly enough.
High-valuation growth stocks are typically the first casualties of macro deterioration. With a $355 billion market cap built on roughly $4.5 billion in annual revenue, any tightening of financial conditions, rotation out of momentum, or broader AI spending rationalization would disproportionately punish PLTR. One analyst projects an 80% decline if the price-to-sales ratio normalizes toward the software industry’s typical range of around 10x.
Key Investment Thesis
Palantir builds enterprise data integration and AI deployment software for government agencies and commercial enterprises.
Upside Case: If AIP adoption continues accelerating and management raises full-year guidance beyond $7.19 billion, the stock could re-rate toward Wedbush’s $230 target as Wall Street begins underwriting a path to $10 billion or more in revenue within a few years, making today’s valuation look less extreme on a forward basis.
Downside Case: The stock has historically moved 8-12% on earnings prints, and at current multiples, even a modest slowdown in commercial bookings or a soft government pipeline update could reignite the valuation debate and send shares sharply lower, particularly given the stock is already down 20% year-to-date.
Differentiation: Palantir is the only at-scale platform that operates seamlessly across classified government environments and commercial deployments, creating a switching cost moat that neither hyperscalers nor pure SaaS vendors can easily replicate.
Duolingo (DUOL)