ALIT
Alight, Inc.
ALIT trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR has the edge over ALIT overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
ALIT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
ALIT's revenue and cash flow are currently stable, but its profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
PLTR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
PLTR's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
ALIT PE Valuation
ALIT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
PLTR PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 75x | $172 | — |
| Current | 120x | $172 | — |
| Cheap | 165x | $236 | +37% |
| Fair | 251x | $359 | +109% |
| Expensive | 452x | $646 | +277% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PLTR's PE is in its cheap range at 120x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 75x next year's earnings.
ALIT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong decline | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ALIT's earnings and revenue to decline, with profitability weakening. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
PLTR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
ALIT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.79 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$38.51 | +$43.09 |
| Q2 2026 | -$76.98 | -$32.98 |
| Q1 2026 | -$117.20 | -$114.60 |
| Q4 2025 | -$117.40 | -$111.60 |
| Q3 2025 | -$81.60 | -$69.00 |
| Q2 2025 | -$44.00 | -$32.20 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.60 | +$12.80 |
| Q4 2024 | -$5.80 | +$8.20 |
ALIT lost $38.51 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
PLTR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.30 | +61% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.43 | +240% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.17 | +290% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.89 | +287% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.63 | +232% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.42 | +110% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.30 | +76% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.23 | +92% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.19 | +111% |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ALIT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M | -6.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $511M | -3.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $534M | -2.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $653M | -4% |
| Q3 2025 | $533M | -4% |
| Q2 2025 | $528M | -1.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $548M | -2% |
| Q4 2024 | $680M | -29% |
ALIT's revenue fell from its 2023 peak and has held roughly level since: $500M last quarter, down 6.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -12% | +236 points |
| Q2 2026 | -7.8% | +184 points |
| Q1 2026 | -4.1% | -2.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | -115% | -121 points |
| Q3 2025 | -248% | -241 points |
| Q2 2025 | -191% | -182 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.5% | +5.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 6.5% | +13 points |
ALIT's operating margin was −12% last quarter, up 236 points from the same quarter a year ago.
PLTR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.3B | +96% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.9B | +93% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.6B | +85% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.4B | +70% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.2B | +63% |
| Q2 2025 | $1B | +48% |
| Q1 2025 | $883.9M | +39% |
| Q4 2024 | $827.5M | +36% |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 47% | +14 points |
| Q2 2026 | 47% | +20 points |
| Q1 2026 | 46% | +26 points |
| Q4 2025 | 41% | +40 points |
| Q3 2025 | 33% | +18 points |
| Q2 2025 | 27% | +11 points |
| Q1 2025 | 20% | +7.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.3% | -9.5 points |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ALIT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $7M | -86% |
| Q2 2026 | $48M | -17% |
| Q1 2026 | $53M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $99M | +7.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $49M | +$101M |
| Q2 2025 | $58M | +115% |
| Q1 2025 | $44M | -31% |
| Q4 2024 | $92M | -9.8% |
ALIT generated $207M in free cash flow over the past year, down 15% from the year before.
PLTR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2B | +139% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2B | +126% |
| Q1 2026 | $891.8M | +193% |
| Q4 2025 | $764M | +67% |
| Q3 2025 | $500.9M | +20% |
| Q2 2025 | $531.6M | +276% |
| Q1 2025 | $304.1M | +140% |
| Q4 2024 | $457.2M | +54% |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ALIT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +70.7K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +92.9K shares |
| 3 years | +7.1% | +1.8M shares |
| 5 years | +20% | +4.5M shares |
| Available history | +323% | +20.2M shares |
ALIT has 26M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $25M |
| Q2 2025 | $20M |
| Q1 2025 | $20M |
| Q4 2024 | $12M |
ALIT hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
PLTR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.2% | +5.2M shares |
| 1 year | +0.1% | +2.9M shares |
| 3 years | +11% | +248M shares |
| 5 years | +31% | +610M shares |
| Available history | +184% | +1.7B shares |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | $19.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $19.2M |
| Q2 2025 | $18.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $18M |
| Q4 2024 | $18.6M |
| Q3 2024 | $18.9M |
| Q2 2024 | $17.7M |
| Q1 2024 | $9M |
ALIT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 7.5x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 8.1x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 15.6x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 16.3x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 12.5x | High |
| Q4 2023 | 10.2x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 7.0x | High |
| Q2 2023 | 8.0x | High |
ALIT's net debt is about 7.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 13 years a year ago.
PLTR Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.0x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -1.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -2.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -6.1x | Net Cash |
PLTR has more cash than debt.
ALIT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 33.2 | Neutral |
ALIT's weekly RSI is 44 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 33 (neutral).
PLTR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 47.4 | Neutral |
PLTR's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 47 (neutral).
ALIT PE vs Technology Sector
ALIT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
PLTR PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | PLTR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 120x | 28x | 331% above |
| PE % | 1 | 38 | 37 pts below |
PLTR is trading at 120x earnings, a 331% premium to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
ALIT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $10.3 | 22% above |
| 20 week MA | $13.5 | 7.1% below |
| 50 week MA | $18.7 | 33% below |
| 100 week MA | $59.3 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $111.9 | 89% below |
ALIT has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 89% below its 200-week average.
PLTR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $185.8 | 7.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $167.6 | 2.4% above |
| 50 week MA | $157.1 | 9.2% above |
| 100 week MA | $143.8 | 19% above |
| 200 week MA | $83.3 | 106% above |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ALIT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $184.4 | $215.0 | +17% |
| 2022 | $215.0 | $164.2 | -24% |
| 2023 | $164.2 | $170.6 | +3.9% |
| 2024 | $170.6 | $138.2 | -19% |
| 2025 | $138.2 | $39.4 | -71% |
| 2026 YTD | $39.4 | $12.5 | -68% |
ALIT has finished lower in three of the last five years. It's down 68% so far in 2026.
PLTR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.20 | $27.8 | +202% |
| 2021 | $27.8 | $18.9 | -32% |
| 2022 | $18.9 | $6.29 | -67% |
| 2023 | $6.29 | $17.2 | +173% |
| 2024 | $17.2 | $79.1 | +361% |
| 2025 | $79.1 | $188.7 | +139% |
| 2026 YTD | $188.7 | $171.6 | -9.1% |
PLTR has the edge over ALIT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.