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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricPLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.CRMSalesforce, Inc.ADBEADOBE INC.DDOGDatadog, Inc.Median of the restexcluding PLTR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$196.19▼ 5.53 (2.74%)
$250.29▲ 8.51 (3.52%)
$270.55▲ 15.49 (6.07%)
$257.75▼ 15.34 (5.62%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/109.0/109.0/106.0/109.0/10
Market value$469.13B$232.52B$111.74B$89.52B
Revenue$4.48B$41.52B$23.77B$3.43B
Profit$1.63B$7.46B$7.13B$107.7M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.56.2%9.6%10.5%27.7%10.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.82.4%77.7%89.3%80.0%80.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.31.6%20.1%36.6%-1.3%20.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.36.3%18.0%30.0%3.1%18.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.46.9%34.7%41.4%29.2%34.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.22.0%12.6%61.3%2.9%12.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.23.2%9.8%57.3%-1.1%9.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.288.69x31.18x15.67x830.87x31.18x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—25.14x11.81x—18.48x
Price to book63.50x3.93x9.61x23.99x9.61x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.19x0.90x1.54x0.78x0.90x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/87/97/95/87.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafesafe

How PLTR compares with the others

  • PLTR's operating margin of 31.6% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (20.1%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 56.2% against 10.5%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 288.7x against 31.2x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.2x against 0.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.