PLTR vs. SAP, APP, SHOP, CRWD, NTES, INFY, CRWV, SNOW, RBLX, and NET
Should you be buying Palantir Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palantir Technologies include SAP (SAP), AppLovin (APP), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Infosys (INFY), CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (CRWV), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), and Cloudflare (NET). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Palantir Technologies vs. Its Competitors
SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
SAP has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SAP received 686 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 38.75% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
SAP currently has a consensus target price of $271.83, suggesting a potential downside of 7.88%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $86.30, suggesting a potential downside of 38.13%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 132 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 160 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 28 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat SAP's score of 0.77 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
SAP beats Palantir Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PLTR) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
