⚡ Asset Showdown Engine

PLTR vs AI

Head-to-head financial comparison for Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR) and C3.ai Inc (AI).

🏆 Showdown Verdict

PLTR leads AI in 14 of 16 key financial metrics.

PLTR: 14 wins · AI: 2 wins
NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Technology

PLTR

Palantir Technologies Inc
$201.71
+4.74%
After hours
52-Week Range 89.5% of High
Low: $106.37 High: $212.94
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Valuation Winner Lower P/E & Multiples
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Technology

AI

C3.ai Inc
$201.71
+4.74%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $200.15 (-0.78%)
52-Week Range 89.5% of High
Low: $106.37 High: $212.94
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Valuation Winner Lower P/E & Multiples
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Profitability Winner Higher Operating & Net Margins
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Performance Winner Higher Historical Returns
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Scale Leader Larger Market Cap
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Technology

AI

C3.ai Inc
$11.78
+0.68%
🌆 After hours
🌆 After-Hours: $11.70 (-0.76%)
52-Week Range 37.4% of High
Low: $7.67 High: $18.64
Competitive in valuation & growth

Normalized % Return Comparison

Both assets indexed to 0.0% at the period start: ((Price_t - Price_0) / Price_0 * 100)

Benchmark:
PLTR (Palantir Technologies Inc) +13.23%
AI (C3.ai Inc) -34.74%
PLTR leads by +47.97%
-68.2%-44.0%-19.8%+4.3%+28.5% Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Oct '26

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Direct quantitative comparison across valuation, margins, growth, and returns.

Financial Metric PLTR AI Showdown Advantage
Valuation & Multiples
Price Current market price per share / unit $201.71 $11.78 —
Market Capitalization Total aggregate market value of equity $470.30B $1.85B 👑 PLTR Larger
P/E Ratio (Trailing TTM) Price-to-earnings multiple (lower positive is cheaper) 153.87x — 👑 PLTR Cheaper
Forward P/E Price-to-projected next year earnings multiple 86.71x — 👑 PLTR Lower
PEG Ratio P/E divided by earnings growth rate (<1.0 considered undervalued) 2.71 — 👑 PLTR Lower
Price to Sales (P/S) Price relative to trailing revenue 75.40x 7.91x 👑 AI Lower
Price to Book (P/B) Stock price relative to book equity per share 28.62x 2.05x 👑 AI Lower
Profitability & Margins
Gross Profit Margin Gross revenue retained after cost of goods sold 84.80% 29.09% 👑 PLTR Higher
Operating Margin Operating income generated per dollar of revenue 42.80% -203.09% 👑 PLTR Higher
Net Profit Margin Net bottom-line profit generated per dollar of revenue 49.00% -192.10% 👑 PLTR Higher
Return on Equity (ROE) Net income earned per dollar of shareholders' equity 37.47% -62.87% 👑 PLTR Higher
Historical Performance & Growth
Revenue Growth (YoY) Year-over-year top-line revenue expansion rate +92.83% -25.46% 👑 PLTR Higher
1-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 30 days +15.69% +11.55% 👑 PLTR Higher
6-Month % Return Historical total price return over the past 180 days +54.59% +37.30% 👑 PLTR Higher
1-Year % Return Historical total price return over the past 52 weeks +13.23% -34.74% 👑 PLTR Higher
5-Year % Return Historical total price return over 5 years +725.64% -74.16% 👑 PLTR Higher
Dividends & Risk
Dividend Yield Annual dividend distributions relative to current price — — —
Beta (Volatility vs S&P 500) Market sensitivity (1.0 = equal to market, <1.0 = lower volatility) 1.62 2.20 —
52-Week High & Low Extreme trading boundaries over trailing year $106.37 – $212.94 $7.67 – $18.64 —