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Why Palantir's stock is down despite a stellar first quarter

Cnbc · · 717 words · By Tobias Burns
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/why-palantirs-stock-is-down-despite-a-stellar-fi…

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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Palantir has forward price-to-earnings of roughly 85 times and forward price-to-free-cash-flow of about 66 times, according to FactSet”
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The provided evidence contains general definitions of P/E and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratios and a general mention of Palantir's financial turnaround, but does not provide the specific numbers (85x and 66x) attributed to FactSet.
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web search NEUTRAL — As the ratio of a stock (share price) to a flow (earnings per share), the P/E ratio has the units of time.The price/earnings ratio (PER) is the most widely used method for determining whether shares a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price–earnings_ratio
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir Forward P/E Ratios. Strategic Effectiveness and Management Execution.Palantir's strategic effectiveness is increasingly evident in its financial outcomes, particularly the shift to consistent…
https://www.monexa.ai/blog/palantir-pltr-financial-turnaroun…
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web search NEUTRAL — Price to Free Cash Flow: Definition, Uses, and Calculation - Investopedia.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pricetofreecashflow.asp
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“Anthropic said its new Mythos model can reverse engineer hacks on even closed-source software.”
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Multiple independent sources (Google News, a specialized AI news site, and a report on zero-day flaws) confirm that Anthropic's Mythos model has powerful hacking/cybersecurity capabilities and that Anthropic is withholding it due to these risks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Because of its cybersecurity capabilities and concerns that they could be abused, Anthropic has opted not to make the model generally available. Mythos Preview, Anthropic claimed, has already discover…
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/anthropics-claude-mythos-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic refused to release Claude Mythos publicly. So a 22-year-old built OpenMythos from public research papers. It has 10K stars and no actual weights.
https://www.remio.ai/post/openmythos-someone-reverse-enginee…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic withholds Mythos Preview model because its hacking is too powerful. 2 days ago.Anthropic’s latest AI model could let hackers carry out attacks faster than ever.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“The company [Anthropic] has reportedly been facing pressure from the White House to limit its rollout on security concerns.”
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Multiple sources report the White House's involvement, specifically mentioning Chief of Staff Susie Wiles meeting with CEO Dario Amodei to discuss safety and cybersecurity regarding the Mythos model.
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web search NEUTRAL — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles met Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday to discuss the Mythos AI model, with both sides calling the talks productive on safety, cybersecurity and US AI leadersh…
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/anthropics-mythos-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic, though, very quickly moved into the defense space, becoming the first AI lab to have the infrastructure needed to securely process classified documents. “Anthropic is committed to using fro…
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/anthropic-is-somehow-both-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Regulators have raised concerns because Mythos AI is not yet available in Europe. Officials pointed to its controlled rollout, which has so far given early access only to U.S. companies, even as Anthr…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/white-house-to-press-anthropic…
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“Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai met with senior Trump administration officials last week about boosting AI processing power to make sure the government can "maintain its own defenses," according to The New York Times .”
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The New York Times explicitly reports that Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai met with senior Trump administration officials to discuss compute/AI processing power for government defenses.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-lett…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.
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“The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) has fallen more than 16% year to date.”
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The claim states the IGV ETF has fallen more than 16% year to date, but the evidence from a financial performance source shows it is actually +23.4% YTD as of 12/2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's larg…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guggenheim Partners, Inc is an American global investment and advisory financial services firm headquartered in New York City that engages in investment banking, asset management, capital markets serv…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo…
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“The company reported revenue growth of 85% on a year-over-year basis”
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Multiple independent sources (Binance News, TipRanks) confirm that Palantir reported 85% year-over-year revenue growth for Q1 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Caedmon Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the software firm Palantir Technologies. Karp earn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Karp
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. () is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics platforms. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, it was founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Ste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A palantír ([paˈlanˌtiːr]; in-universe pl. palantíri) is one of several indestructible crystal balls from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The word comes from Quenya palan …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantír
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“a score of 145% on Big Tech's favored Rule of 40”
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TipRanks explicitly reports that Palantir achieved a Rule of 40 score of 145% in its Q1 2026 report.
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir Gotham is an intelligence tool used by militaries and counter-terrorism analysts, including the United States Intelligence Community and United States Department of Defense. Multiple police d…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 11, 2025 · Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PLTR/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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“U.S. commercial revenue grew by 133% annually in the first quarter to $595 million, down from 137% in the fourth quarter.”
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Multiple sources (TheStreet Pro and another report on US Warfighters) confirm that U.S. commercial revenue grew 133% to $595 million in the quarter, and Wikipedia notes the previous growth was 137%.
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir had 55% year-over-year growth in the U.S. commercial market in Q2 2024; it also serves foreign customers.U.S. commercial revenue rose 137% year-over-year to $507 million. Total contract value…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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web search NEUTRAL — Compared to the year-ago quarter, the company’s top line rose just shy of 85%, with U.S. commercial up 133%, year over year, to $595 million and U.S. government revenue climbing 84%, year over year, t…
https://pro.thestreet.com/portfolio/palantirs-nonsensical-pu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Overall revenue increased 85% year over year, driven by rapid expansion in the United States, where revenue climbed 104% to $1.28 billion. Within the U.S. segment, commercial revenue surged 133% to $5…
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/05/52273065/palanti…
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“the first quarter, which saw the U.S. and Israel launch military operations against Iran.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny military operations by the U.S. and Israel against Iran in the first quarter.
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“Usage of the company's Maven intelligence platform has "doubled in the past four months through the end of March, and is now 4x over the past 12 months across the services, the combatant commands, the Joint Staff, and the intelligence community,"”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific usage growth metrics of the Maven intelligence platform.
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