PLTR vs. SAP, SHOP, APP, CRWD, INFY, NTES, SNOW, TEAM, NET, and RBLX
Should you be buying Palantir Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palantir Technologies include SAP (SAP), Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Infosys (INFY), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Atlassian (TEAM), Cloudflare (NET), and Roblox (RBLX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Palantir Technologies vs.
SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
SAP has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 79 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 31 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat SAP's score of 0.71 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SAP currently has a consensus target price of $264.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.59%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $83.95, indicating a potential downside of 30.38%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
SAP received 684 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.38% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 38.66% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
SAP has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. SAP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 16.13% compared to SAP's net margin of 9.17%. SAP's return on equity of 12.18% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
SAP beats Palantir Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLTR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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