We recently published a list of Top 10 AI Stocks to Watch In February. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) stands against other top AI stocks to watch in February.
Barry Bannister, Stifel’s chief equity strategist, said in a latest program on CNBC that the macroeconomic factors are finally catching up to the AI-led bull market. He expects inflation to remain sticky and no further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in the short term. The analyst also rejected the notion that the massive tech selloff after the launch of DeepSeek was a buying opportunity.
“Over 30 years ago, we used to joke about how technology was such a displacement event business where new competitors would come in and destroy the entrenched stocks, that it deserved a lower multiple because of that. It’s a short life cycle business that’s got a very short competitive advantage period. But investors forgot about that. They bid up the stocks. The growth relative to value large-cap total return, one divided by the other on a 10-year compound basis, reached the absolute outer limits of the past 90 years. And that exact limit line is exactly where it peaked—the price earnings multiple and the outperformance of growth. So, for us, it’s just a very bubbly market that’s just gotta take some air out of it.”
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Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR)
Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 43
Daniel Kern, the Chief Investment Officer for Nixon Peabody Trust Company, said in a latest program on Schwab Network that he likes Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) and the company’s business but the stock’s bullish run has him on the sidelines for now:
“Palantir is a classic example of a company that I really love but don’t love the stock today. They are really well positioned in the AI space, and they do a great job with data integration and analytics. They’ve got, I think, really strong and innovative management, and we’re in the early days. This is, I think, a long-term winner, but the market needs to digest what’s happened with the stock. We’ve got a nice growth rate, but the stock’s up more than 300% over the past 52 weeks. The growth rate doesn’t justify the level of the stock price, but I think, long term, Palantir’s stock is very much worth watching.”
Ithaka US Growth Strategy stated the following regarding Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:
“From the front-lines of warzones to Fortune 500 enterprises, Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) builds software to address high-level action items, respond to defense and security concerns, and improve organizational efficiency. The company offers a number of software products from data analysis and curation (Palantir Gotham and Foundry) to a cloud-based operations software (Apollo). The company rose to popularity, in part, due to several government contracts (~55% of revenues) arising from recent and continuous global conflicts. In addition to creating generative AI defense solutions for governments across the globe, commercial customers (~45% of revenues) have flocked to the company’s security and data analysis solutions to monitor and analyze business data and protect sensitive information. The stock’s meteoric rise in the quarter was due to a strong earnings report that beat Street expectations as well as investor excitement with regard to the company’s ability to further monetize its AI product across its growing customer base.”
Overall, PLTR ranks 10th on our list of top AI stocks to watch in February. While we acknowledge the potential of PLTR, our conviction lies in the belief that under the radar AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than PLTR but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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