Palantir Technologies Inc.

NasdaqGS:PLTR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$187.9b

Palantir Technologies Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Palantir Technologies' CEO is Alex Karp, appointed in Jan 2003, has a tenure of 22.08 years. total yearly compensation is $3.50M, comprised of 31.5% salary and 68.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 2.43% of the company’s shares, worth $4.58B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.8 years and 3.5 years respectively.

Key information

Alex Karp

Chief executive officer

US$3.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage31.5%
CEO tenure22.1yrs
CEO ownership2.4%
Management average tenure3.8yrs
Board average tenure3.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

DeepSeek And LLM 'Commoditization': Understanding The Palantir's Bull Case

Jan 28

Palantir: Buyer Beware, Momentum Cuts Both Ways (Rating Downgrade)

Jan 22

Palantir To Face DOGE: Potential Bogeyman Through The Next 4 Years

Jan 15

Palantir: 20% Correction After A 4x Run Means Little (Technical Analysis)

Jan 08

Palantir: How Is The Options Market Positioning Itself For The New Year?

Dec 31

Palantir: Too Good To Sell, Too Pricey To Buy

Dec 23

Palantir: Expectations Are Finally Getting Priced In

Dec 17

Palantir: As Long As Revenue Continues To Accelerate, I'm Staying Long

Dec 10

Palantir: It's Unlikely To End Well

Dec 02

Palantir: I Was Wrong; Here's Why I Am Still Not A Buyer (Rating Upgrade)

Nov 26

Palantir: Rally Isn't Over Yet (Rating Upgrade)

Nov 18

I'm Into Value, I Avoided The Dot-Com Bubble, But I Still Say 'Buy' For Palantir

Nov 11

Super Expensive Palantir Drops Heavily Anticipated Q3 Earnings

Nov 04

Palantir Q3 Preview: Path To $61 Is Possible

Oct 28

Palantir Stock Is Crushing Its Peers In AI Revenue

Oct 22

Palantir Q3 Preview: I Have Strong Expectations, But It's Time To Sell

Oct 16

Palantir: Top Line Expands, Dilution Shrinks Shareholder Value

Oct 06

After Leaping 29% Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) Shares Are Not Flying Under The Radar

Oct 04
After Leaping 29% Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) Shares Are Not Flying Under The Radar

Palantir: Seeing Beyond The Overvaluation Debate

Sep 29

Why I'm Downgrading Palantir Despite Strong U.S. Commercial And Government Growth

Sep 23

Palantir: 200 Times Earnings Is Too Much!

Sep 17

Palantir Stock: The Hype Train Speeds Ahead, But I'm Not Hopping On

Sep 11

Palantir's Partnership With Microsoft Might Sustain Sentiment

Sep 05

Palantir: A 65% Upside Potential By 2027 (Regression Analysis)

Aug 26

Palantir: Don't Follow It Off The Cliff, Overpriced Generative AI Story

Aug 19

Palantir: The Most Expensive SaaS In The Market For A Reason (Rating Upgrade)

Aug 11

Palantir Q4 Preview: Ontology Is The Secret Weapon

Aug 04

Palantir Technologies Inc.'s (NYSE:PLTR) P/S Still Appears To Be Reasonable

Aug 02
Palantir Technologies Inc.'s (NYSE:PLTR) P/S Still Appears To Be Reasonable

Palantir: The Price Makes No Sense

Jul 23

Palantir Leads The Data Revolution But Is Priced For Perfection

Jul 16

Palantir Stock Is Not Worth The Risk Anymore (Downgrade)

Jul 02

Palantir: What Is Priced In, And What Is Not

Jun 23

Palantir: Why I'm Buying More Shares

Jun 17

Palantir Is Positioned For Continued Growth

Jun 10

Palantir: Insider Sales And High Valuations Vs Strong Operational Performance

Jun 04

Here's Why We Think Palantir Technologies Inc.'s (NYSE:PLTR) CEO Compensation Looks Fair

May 30
Here's Why We Think Palantir Technologies Inc.'s (NYSE:PLTR) CEO Compensation Looks Fair

Palantir Technologies: The Market Is Too Optimistic

May 23

Palantir: Not As Expensive As It Looks

May 16

Palantir Technologies: It's A Mistake To Buy The Plunge Lower

May 07

Palantir: Still Tons Of Upside

May 01

Returns At Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) Are On The Way Up

Apr 15
Returns At Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) Are On The Way Up

Palantir's Path To $100

Apr 09

Palantir: Solid Fundamentals But Too Much Hype

Apr 03

Palantir: AI Tailwinds May Not Outweigh Fundamentals

Mar 18

Palantir: Why Doing Things Their Way Is Paying Off?

Mar 09

The Market Is Expecting A Lot, But Palantir May Exceed Those Expectations

Mar 01

Palantir: I Believe Healthcare Is The Key For S&P 500 Inclusion

Feb 19

Palantir Q4: Fulfilling Promises But I Am Downgrading The Stock

Feb 12

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Alex Karp's remuneration changed compared to Palantir Technologies's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$477m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$405m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$299m

Dec 31 2023US$3mUS$1m

US$210m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$147m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$48m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$256m

Dec 31 2022US$5mUS$1m

-US$374m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$561m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$539m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$498m

Dec 31 2021US$4mUS$1m

-US$520m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$513m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$1b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$1b

Dec 31 2020US$1bUS$1m

-US$1b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$1b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$472m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$502m

Dec 31 2019US$12mUS$902k

-US$588m

Compensation vs Market: Alex's total compensation ($USD3.50M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.55M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Alex's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Alex Karp (57 yo)

22.1yrs

Tenure

US$3,498,197

Compensation

Dr. Alexander C. Karp, also known as Alex, Co-Founded Palantir Technologies, Inc. in 2003 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Director since 2003. He was President at Palantir Technologies Inc. D...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Peter Thiel
Co-Founder & Chairman22.1yrsno data4.4%
$ 8.3b
Alexander Karp
Co-Founder22.1yrsUS$3.50m2.43%
$ 4.6b
Stephen Cohen
Co-Founderno dataUS$357.29k0.55%
$ 1.0b
David Glazer
CFO & Treasurerno dataUS$474.76k0.013%
$ 24.2m
Shyam Sankar
CTO & Executive VP2.1yrsUS$632.18k0.18%
$ 331.0m
Ryan Taylor
Chief Revenue Officer & Chief Legal Officer2.1yrsUS$5.55m0.013%
$ 24.8m
Joseph Lonsdale
Co-Founder22.1yrsno datano data
Heather Planishek
Chief Accounting Officer2.1yrsno data0.023%
$ 44.0m
David MacNaughton
President of Palantir Canada5.5yrsno datano data
Kevin Kawasaki
Head of Business Developmentno datano datano data
Aki Jain
President of Palantir USGno datano datano data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

42yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: PLTR's management team is considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Peter Thiel
Co-Founder & Chairman22.1yrsno data4.4%
$ 8.3b
Alexander Karp
Co-Founder22.1yrsUS$3.50m2.43%
$ 4.6b
Stephen Cohen
Co-Founder20.1yrsUS$357.29k0.55%
$ 1.0b
Deborah James
Member of Palantir Federal Advisory Board2.9yrsno datano data
Christine Fox
Member of Palantir Federal Advisory Board2.9yrsno datano data
Alexander Moore
Independent Director4.6yrsUS$365.00k0.063%
$ 118.0m
Eric Woersching
Independent Director2.7yrsUS$365.00k0.00076%
$ 1.4m
William McRaven
Member of Palantir Federal Advisory Board2.9yrsno datano data
Alexandra Schiff
Independent Director4.6yrsUS$352.50k0.0090%
$ 16.9m
Lauren Stat
Independent Director4.1yrsUS$352.50k0.0071%
$ 13.4m
Carter Ham
Member of Palantir Federal Advisory Board2.9yrsno datano data
Peter Neffenger
Member of Palantir Federal Advisory Board2.9yrsno datano data

3.5yrs

Average Tenure

42yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: PLTR's board of directors are considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/02 08:18
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Palantir Technologies Inc. is covered by 36 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William PowerBaird
Mariana Perez MoraBofA Global Research
Thomas BlakeyCantor Fitzgerald & Co.