When Palantir Hits This Price, I’m BUYING HEAVY!
By Everything Money
Summary
## Key takeaways - **Price vs. Value: The Core Investment Principle**: Chasing a stock solely because it's going up is gambling, not investing. Price is what you pay, but value is what you get, and overpaying for even a great company can lead to losses. [00:44] - **Palantir's AI Platform Fuels Growth**: Palantir's Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), launched in April 2023, has made its technology accessible to businesses beyond government, driving triple-digit revenue growth in its commercial division with clients like Wendy's and American Airlines. [02:50] - **Valuation Concerns: A Stretched PE Ratio**: Palantir's current Price-to-Earnings (PE) ratio of 606 is extremely high, especially compared to tech giants like Microsoft, suggesting the stock may be priced for perfection and is trading at 135 times sales versus Microsoft's 12. [06:38] - **Bull Case: Sticky AI Infrastructure & Operating Leverage**: Palantir's AIP is considered essential infrastructure, and its sticky integration creates a competitive moat. The company also benefits from significant operating leverage, with an 80% gross margin that allows profits to grow faster than revenue. [12:27] - **Bear Case: Dilution and High Buyback Costs**: Palantir's significant stock-based compensation leads to dilution, increasing the number of shares outstanding by 35%. Furthermore, the company's buyback plan is used to repurchase shares of an already expensive company, trading at 600 times earnings. [10:00] - **Target Price: $60 for a Watchlist Entry**: Despite Palantir's growth and potential, the current valuation is too high. The analyst intends to add Palantir to their watchlist at $60 per share, acknowledging that this price may never be reached, but prioritizing avoiding stocks at the wrong price. [22:20]
Topics Covered
- Why Hype Alone Doesn't Make a Stock a Smart Buy.
- Even Great Companies Can Be Bad Investments at the Wrong Price.
- Unpacking Palantir's Hidden Risks and Valuation Concerns.
- Palantir's AI Platform: The Operational Backbone of Western AI?
- How to Analyze a Stock Beyond the Hype.
Full Transcript
Everyone is talking about Palanteer. The
stock is hot. The story sounds amazing.
And people are saying it will continue
to be the next big thing. Here's the
deal. If you don't know what it's worth,
you're just guessing. You're just
chasing a ticker up and down. In this
video, I'm going to show you how to
determine the price that makes Palunteer
a great investment and explain it in a
way that anyone can understand. Let's
break this down together. All right,
let's be honest. Everyone has fun trying
to figure out and find the next hot
stock. Everyone wants to say, "I called
it before it took off." And trust me, I
love doing that. The thrill, it's real.
But here's the thing that most people
don't understand. Just because a stock
is exciting because it's going up,
doesn't mean it's worth buying. Price is
what you pay. Value is what you get. And
if you're paying the wrong price, even
for the right company, you will still
lose money. So today we're going to talk
about Palunteer. Yes, the artificial
intelligence buzz is real. Yes, the hype
is there, but the question we ask around
here is always the same. What's it
worth? You won't hear this kind of
breakdown anywhere else on YouTube. Not
from any of the hype guys, not from the
not from the price watchers because
they're focused on watching a ticker
symbol go up and down. We're focused on
what makes sense. So, if you're tired of
empty predictions and want to actually
understand when Palanteer becomes a
smart buy, not just a popular one,
you're in the right place. So, let's
talk about what really actually happened
here with Palanteer, because the stock
has been on a wild ride. Back in 2022,
Palanteer got to $6 a share. I'm going
to pat myself on the back here, so get
ready. In early 21, Palanteer was
hitting $45 a share. And you guys all
know that hypster on YouTube who was
saying this thing was going to 500. And
I came out and made a video. I said, "I
don't see it. I think it's worth five
bucks a share. That's what I'm going to
be interested." Well, it got to 583. And
I never pulled the trigger cuz it didn't
hit five. I wish I regret that. I wish I
could go back and change that. But that
was $45 down to 5.83. At that point, I
understood the reason why, hey, it's
583. It's probably worth it here. But
the same people who thought it was worth
$6 a share and said it was awesome now
at $200 a share say this thing is even
better. That's not investing. If you're
the type of person who sees a stock go
up 30x in a short period of time and the
fundamentals haven't gone up 30x with
it, they're not investing. Think about
that for a second. AI wasn't the
buzzword yet when it fell down to six
and it looked like Palanteer was just
another overhyped story. Fast forward to
October of 2025. It's a totally
different world. The stock has gone from
six to 190. Guys, that's a 30 over a 30x
gain in under three years. So, what has
changed? Two words, artificial
intelligence. The company has grown
tremendously, guys. In April 2023,
Palunteer launched something called the
artificial intelligence platform or AIP.
It made it easier for businesses, not
just governments, to use Palunteer's
tech to analyze data and make decisions
much faster with AI. Companies like
Wendy's and American Airlines even
started using it. Wendy's revenue in
their US commercial division at
Palunteer exploded. Triple digit growth.
And this was all part of their plan.
Guys, if you go look at their annual
statements, they talked about they were
getting really large government
contracts, but they were okay getting
smaller commercial contracts to
diversify their revenue. And I thought
it was a great idea. By 2024, Palanteer
was the best performing stock in the
entire S&P 500. It even joined the
NASDAQ 100. That's like being invited to
the grown-ups table. It opened the door
to all the big institutional investors
who have to buy index stocks. So, when
it gets added to an index, all these
companies have to go buy that stock.
Well, when all the companies are
institutions are buying the stock, what
happens to the stock price? Also in
2024, they pulled in $462 million in
profit and had 40% margin on their
operations, guys. That's insane. And
don't forget their core fundamental
business, government contracts.
Palanteer didn't walk away from that. In
fact, in August of 25, they locked in a
$10 billion contract with the US Army.
Now, is the stock still volatile?
Absolutely. In fact, let me show you how
volatile it is. In the last one month,
it's basically even. Last three months,
it's up 17%. Last six months, 80%. But
look at these fluctuations up and down,
up and down. Now, there's been some
recent selling and valuation concerns
are real. But the company is not the
same as it was in 2022. It has grown up
much better. It's profitable. It's
diversified. And it's still got a lot of
people fired up about where AI is going
next. So now the question isn't is
Palanteer exciting. It's what price is
Palanteer a good value? And that is what
we're going to figure out in a few
minutes. And I'll show you the price I
think is my fair value for Palunteer.
But in order to make good assumptions in
our stock analyzer tool, we need to look
at both the bull and bare cases for a
company. If you're focused on just one
of them, you're going to miss the entire
story. Every company has a bull case.
Every company has a bear case. The
question is which one's heavier? Now
look, a lot of people are excited about
Palanteer and I get it. It's got a big
story. Government contracts, AI, strong
revenue growth, expanding into
commercial, all the buzzwords are there.
But let me do what other folks on
YouTubes refuse to do. Let's talk about
the bare case, the risks, the stuff that
gets ignored when a stock is flying
high. Because remember, news follows the
stock price. What I mean by that is if
the stock is up, the news that justifies
that will come out. Everything else will
be buried. When the stock is down, the
news that justifies that will come out
and the good news will be buried. Here's
the truth. Every great company is not a
great investment. It comes down to what
you're paying. And right now, I believe
that Palanteer might be priced for
perfection, but we'll get into that
later here on the stock analyzer. Now, I
will say this, their CEO, Alex Karp,
gives me the heeie-jeebies. That guy
bothers me to no end. I'm not going to
lie when I say he alone would be a
reason I wouldn't buy Palunteer and yes
I do think it's important to understand
that I think the guy is absolutely
whackadoo and I think there's some
questionable accounting things they're
doing behind the scenes but the good
news is their free cash flow is always
higher than their net income which is
hard thing to fabricate right now the PE
ratio on Palunteer 606
guys I can understand if a company's a
new business and they're starting out
and they're just trying to get them
investor money, etc. This is a $463
billion company that's been around for
almost 20 years that generates $3.4
billion in revenue. And speaking of
revenue, the app like Microsoft sells
for 12 times sales. For every dollar of
sales they have, their market cap is $12
for it. Palunteer is 135. I think
Microsoft's overvalued and it's selling
for and Palanteer is selling for 12
times more. Keep in mind, Palanteer has
a lot more growth potential than
Microsoft. But again, if it has higher
growth potential, then why not pay 200
time sales? Why not 300 time sales? Why
not 400 time sales? I think we'd agree
that a certain price, it doesn't make
sense. The question is where? Now, if
you told me Palanteer was going to
double its cash flow every year for the
next 30 years, this is cheap because
then the PE becomes 300 after 1 year,
150 after 2 years, 75, 37, and in year
five it's selling for 18.5 times
earnings, and it's still going to double
every year for the next 25 more years.
Nobrainer. But if I told you Palanteer
was going to grow its revenue 1% a year,
this is insane. So again, bring up the
statement 1% a year, this is crazy.
Double every year for the next 30 years,
it's a screaming deal. Somewhere in
between, it doesn't make sense. If that
doesn't mean much to you, think about it
this way. Imagine you bought a house and
you had to wait five 600 years to get
your money back. You would think twice,
right? Even with the house going up in
value, even with your co your your
income going up in value, if you had to
pay 600 times your ear your earnings to
get it, it would be a very very tough
pill to swallow. That's in a very basic
form what these numbers are saying.
Comparing to other tech giants like
Microsoft, like I said, Google and Meta,
Palanteer's valuation looks extremely
stretched. Analysts call this a bubble
territory. Again, it has way more growth
potential than Microsoft, Google, and
Meta. So I understand it deserves a
premium to the market. Now remember if
analysts are calling this a bubble
territory, it doesn't mean the company's
bad. The internet was a bubble, but it
wasn't because the internet itself was
bad. It's because the companies within
them were a little too euphoric. What
they're saying now is that the stock
price may be ahead of reality. The
problem with hype driven stocks is that
when anything goes wrong, even a little,
prices fall hard and they fall hard
fast. And those problems can appear at
any time. A new competitor shows up, bad
headline, government contract doesn't
renew. All of a sudden, the story
shifts. Hell, it could just be people
shifted their entire story on tech. And
the most overpriced names will fall the
hardest. That's the danger when
expectations are so high. Another thing
some analysts are pointing out is slower
growth in Palunteer's commercial
business. Why? Well, Palanteer services
aren't cheap. Somebody some of these
companies are pushing back on the price
tag. And even though they're expanding,
onboarding a new customer takes time.
This isn't like selling someone a
Netflix subscription where I just go to
Netflix.com, put in my credit card, and
it's done. It's a complex, deep
integration, and that friction can slow
things down. Let's talk about something
else most investors missed. Stockbased
compensation. What that means is
Palunteer pays a lot of its employees in
shares. That means that every single
time they hire employees and those
shares get activated, the shares hit the
market and your slice of the pie gets
smaller. That's called dilution. Let me
give you an example. A company has 10
shares outstanding. You own one. You own
10% of the business. All of a sudden,
they bring five employees on, give them
an extra share. Now, instead of 10
shares, there's 15 shares. So, we added
five more. You still own one. So, now
instead of owning one out of 10 shares,
you own one out of 15 shares. your
ownership went from 10% to 6.66.
Yes, they have a buyback plan to help
offset it, but it's still weight on the
stock. And the buyback plan is buying
shares of an expensive company selling
for 600 times earnings. That's not
exactly good use of capital. And
finally, the bigger picture. What
happens if the economy weakens? What
happens if interest rates stay high? If
the government cuts spending? That one's
kind of funny, but it's a possibility.
Palunteer's business and its stock could
take a hit. Just recently, there was a
report about security problems in a
military network Palanteer was working
on. Even if that's a one-off, it's the
kind of headline that can start to shake
confidence. Here's the bottom line.
Palanteer is a real business with real
growth. A lot of growth, but the stock
is priced for perfection. So, don't just
ask, is Palanteer a good company? I want
you to ask, is Palanteer a good value
right now? And what that means is is the
price below the value. We're going to
look at these numbers in a minute and
break that down. But let's talk about
the bullcase and the amazing potential
Palunteer has. While some analysts are
sounding the alarm on Palunteer's
valuation, others are looking at this
company saying this might be one of the
most important AI businesses on the
planet. Guys, I don't think they're
wrong on that one. This definitely has
that potential. At the heart of the
argument is Palanteer's AI platform,
AIP. AIP is already being used by major
corporations and governments around the
world. Some folks in the industry are
calling it the operational backbone of
Western AI. Imagine that. These
companies are using AIP to make realtime
decisions with massive amounts of data.
Not just fancy dashboards. I'm talking
about software that helps hospitals,
airlines, and militaries operate more
effectively. And it's not just powerful,
it's sticky. Once it's built in, it is
hard to rip out. And that kind of
integration that builds a moat, a real
competitive advantage. And here's what's
getting bulls excited. Commercial
adoption is taking off. Palanteer has
been known for its work with the
government with defense contracts,
intelligence work, long-term deals, but
now that private sector is piling in.
Yes, the growth has slowed a little bit,
but they've seen tripledigit growth in
commercial bookings. That means more
major companies are signing on, and
they're signing on fast. It's becoming
essential infrastructure to these
corporations. So now they've got
government, they got commercial engines
running and that's the rare position to
be in. That's what gives Palanteer a
huge advantage over everybody else. On
top of that, you've got what investors
call operating leverage. That's just a
fancy way of saying that as Palanteer
grows, their costs don't rise nearly as
fast, guys. 80% gross margin. Every
extra dollar they sell, 80% of it goes
to the bottom line before taxes and
overhead. That's huge. That will make
their bottom line profit just go keep
going higher and higher and higher.
Microsoft is at 68% on their gross
margin and their bottom line margin I
believe is around 32%. So you can
imagine the potential for Palunteer
here. This is how you grow margin. This
is how you scale and this is how you
make a stock worth more over time. Not
only are you growing the revenue by X%,
you're growing the profit by even more.
Some analysts think that Palanteer could
grow revenue by nearly 40% per year for
the next five years. That's huge. If
they keep hitting those numbers and
their margins improve, then that high
valuation starts to make a lot more
sense. And here's one more piece that
bulls love. Execution. Guys, Palanteer
has consistently beat earnings estimates
quarter after quarter after quarter.
That means the team running this company
isn't just taking a talking a big game.
They're delivering. Let me be clear
though, no stock is a guarantee.
Impalanteer still carries risks. The
biggest one might be valuation. But if
you believe in the long-term potential
of AI, if you think that governments and
companies will need trusted software to
manage critical data and operations,
then Palunteer could be the foundation
of something much bigger. Now, let's
walk you through how I analyze a stock
and work to find the fair value and the
price I'm watching that would get me to
buy. Palunteer could very well be the
most amazing investment ever or it could
be something to be cautious about or I
could say be cautious about it and it
still ends up being the best investment
ever. We don't know the future. The goal
here is to sit there and understand it.
Now, most investors lose money because
they try to pick winners. The best
investors do the opposite. They
eliminate the losers first. That's what
we're doing here when we analyze a
stock. We're here to look at it and say,
why should we avoid this? So, one thing
I love about this company, 1.7 billion
in free cash flow last year versus 700
million, 750 million in earnings. I love
it when free cash flow is higher and
it's higher by over double net income in
the last year, 5 years at 136. Last
year, 620 million. Guys, this company
has more cash on hand. Look at this
market cap versus enterprise value. They
have more cash on hand than debt. So,
it's hard for a company like this to go
bankrupt.
revenue growth 25% a year for the last
three years, 30% for the last 5 years.
Acquisitions $3 million. That's
basically nothing. So, they're growing
all organically within themselves.
That's absolutely incredible. Now,
return on invested capital was negative
for the last 5 years, but now it's
positive at 5% and I think it's going to
go a lot higher. It's just a math thing
at that point. Let's talk about the
eight pillars here, guys. Cash flow is
up over the last 5 years. Net income's
up over the last 5 years. Revenue is up
over the last five years. Debt is very
low. Look at this. This is the dilution
I was talking about. 35% more shares
outstanding. Insanity. Yeah, this ROIC,
not worried about that. But these
valuations are nosebleleed.
That's tough. And again, that in and of
itself doesn't tell me something's
expensive. Yeah, 760 time 746 times last
5year free cash flow, but remember, it's
growing very quickly. Not only is the
revenue growing at 40% a year, that
means the profit can grow even faster.
So, let's go take a look at analyst
estimates.
Analysts have their profit going from 65
cents a share to 224 per share. Now,
guys, this is just the earnings per
share. This is the net income. We saw
the cash flow was much greater. The cash
flow is over double. That means they
could be making5 or $6 per share easily
in four or five years.
Put that at a 20 times multiple. That's
a$1 to $120 stock. Well, that's my first
red flag. Why? Well, that's for four or
five years from now. The stock is
currently at 180. Kind of a problem.
Revenue growth 48% 37 33 45 33 big-time
revenue growth from 4 billion to 15
billion in the next four or five years.
So, guys, what I'm doing here is getting
an idea of where the company is. I'm not
trying to determine if I'm buying or
not. The first thing I do when I find a
company is I look at these highle things
and then I go to my stock analyzer tool.
My goal is this. The stock analyzer tool
tells me, Paul, look further or stop.
You know, there's people out there who
believe you have to fall in love with
the story first. That's the bad idea.
Understand the story quickly. Make in
some put some assumptions in. The
stock's currently selling at 180. If all
of a sudden the price is 10 bucks, why
spend any more time? move on. If the
price is a,000, yeah, spend some time
because it's selling for 180 and you
have it valued at a,000. Go spend time
as to why that is. And this all works
together. So, I'm doing a 10-year
analysis. I'm going to do the first
line, revenue growth, low, middle, and
high assumptions. Guys, I'm going to
call it 15, 25, and 35%. Remember,
analysts think 40% a year for the next
five years. Let's assume they do 30.
That's why I'm sitting there doing a
little bit less because we're doing a
10-year analysis.
Now, profit margin. This is where it's
difficult because they haven't had the
profit margin. I'm going to focus on
free cash flow margin. They did 50% in
the last year. Over a long period of
time, free cash flow and net income will
equate out. So, I'm just going to treat
them the same. Okay? Even though they're
not the Even though they're not the same
right now. I'm going to do 30 like
Microsoft, 40, and 50%. Okay? Remember,
they're having a hard time. commercial
growth has slowed and I assume over time
to get more and more revenue they might
have to decrease their margin a little
bit so I'm doing 30 40 and 50% the high
level being where they did last year
fair enough in my opinion and you might
disagree with me and if you're part of
our community go in here put your own
assumptions in now what's the PE for
this company 10 years from now well guys
this is what I always tell people the
market average is 15 or 16 historically
you go higher from there for good
companies lower for bad companies what
makes a good
growing, high margins, high returns on
capital, etc. Yes, this company's return
on capital isn't good right now, but
it'll get better. Yes, it's fast
growing, and yes, it's got a great
balance sheet. So, I look at this saying
it deserves higher than 15 or 16. Now,
10 years from now, it's a much more
mature business. It's not going to have
as much growth, but it'll still be a
great business. So, I'm going to do 18,
22, and 26. Still a premium to the
market, but not insane. Okay. Finally,
what's my desired return? Well, to find
the intrinsic value, I always put in 9%.
9 to 10% that matches the market. It's
kind of like, hey, for this company to
match the market, what does it have to
sell for? Now, keep in mind for you
personally at home, when you put your
numbers in, don't put in 9%. You need
margin of safety. You need to make a
higher desired return. The more your
return, the lower the price will be, but
you need that margin of safety. Now
guys, 20, 25 years ago, I would have
bought a hype stock like Palanteer
without even thinking about it. I
wouldn't have run any numbers. I would
have just saw a stock price go up.
Somebody would told me to go buy it and
I would have absolutely bought it based
on the story. Paul, they're changing
everything. That's what I did back then.
That wasn't investing. That was
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analyze button. The stock's currently at
180. This is why I'm apprehensive about
Palunteer. Low price of 17, high price
of 170, middle price of 57. And before
you go, I want to show you this. Let's
change the growth rate. Let's change it
from let's go 25, 35, and 45% for the
next 10 years. Let's go 40, 50, 60%
profit margin.
Let's go 20, 25, and 30 times. And guys,
look at this. It's still expensive.
unreasonable assumptions up here that
will be very very very nearly impossible
to hit and it's still expensive. So if
you come to me and say, "Paul, you don't
get it." If you come to me and say, "The
same person who said it was a great buy
at six, it's a great buy at 180, I'm
sorry, you just don't get it." I'm going
to add it to my watch list at $60 per
share. That weight notifies me when it
gets there. And you might be surprised
how fast that might happen. And guess
what? It might never happen. And I'm
okay with that. What I'm okay with is
avoiding stocks that are at the wrong
price because something that I never
even could have fathomemed happening
happened because if that's what you're
relying on every single time, you're
going to end up disappointed. Now guys,
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Thank you for your time.
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