AMBA
Ambarella, Inc.
AMBA's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR has the edge over AMBA overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
AMBA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable |
AMBA's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
PLTR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
PLTR's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
AMBA PE Valuation
AMBA 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.
AMBA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for AMBA, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
PLTR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for PLTR, with profitability improving.
AMBA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.96 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$1.29 | +$0.82 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.61 | +$0.88 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.78 | +$1.06 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.88 | +$1.99 |
| Q3 2025 | -$2.11 | +$2.22 |
| Q2 2025 | -$2.49 | +$1.78 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.84 | +$1.41 |
| Q4 2024 | -$3.87 | -$0.85 |
AMBA is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.29 per share over the past year, against $4.33 at its worst in mid-2024.
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 AMBA on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
AMBA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $108.1M | +13% |
| Q2 2026 | $100.4M | +17% |
| Q1 2026 | $100.9M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $108.5M | +31% |
| Q3 2025 | $95.5M | +50% |
| Q2 2025 | $85.9M | +58% |
| Q1 2025 | $84M | +63% |
| Q4 2024 | $82.7M | +63% |
AMBA's revenue has grown year over year for nine quarters in a row: $108M last quarter, up 13% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -7.5% | +16 points |
| Q2 2026 | -19% | +11 points |
| Q1 2026 | -18% | +12 points |
| Q4 2025 | -15% | +16 points |
| Q3 2025 | -23% | +34 points |
| Q2 2025 | -30% | +42 points |
| Q1 2025 | -30% | +51 points |
| Q4 2024 | -31% | +52 points |
AMBA's operating margin was −7.5% last quarter, up 15 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 AMBA on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| 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 AMBA on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
AMBA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$7.1M | -612% |
| Q2 2026 | -$29.6M | -389% |
| Q1 2026 | $15M | -30% |
| Q4 2025 | $31.4M | +663% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.4M | -90% |
| Q2 2025 | $10.2M | +$26.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $21.2M | +$27.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $4.1M | -25% |
AMBA usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$7M, but it generated $10M over the past year.
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 AMBA on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
AMBA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.9% | +400K shares |
| 1 year | +3.4% | +1.5M shares |
| 3 years | +11% | +4.3M shares |
| 5 years | +21% | +7.6M shares |
| Available history | +32% | +10.7M shares |
AMBA has 44M diluted shares, up 3.4% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $2.4M |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $1M |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
AMBA has spent almost nothing on buybacks 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 AMBA 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 |
AMBA Net Leverage
AMBA's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
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.
AMBA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.2 | Oversold |
AMBA's weekly RSI is 45 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
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).
AMBA PE vs Technology Sector
AMBA 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.
AMBA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $65.0 | 6% below |
| 20 week MA | $70.1 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $67.7 | 9.9% below |
| 100 week MA | $68.1 | 10% below |
| 200 week MA | $65.2 | 6.4% below |
AMBA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 6.4% 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 AMBA on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
AMBA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $59.9 | $92.6 | +55% |
| 2021 | $92.6 | $200.6 | +117% |
| 2022 | $200.6 | $81.2 | -60% |
| 2023 | $81.2 | $61.3 | -25% |
| 2024 | $61.3 | $73.5 | +20% |
| 2025 | $73.5 | $71.4 | -2.9% |
| 2026 YTD | $71.4 | $61.1 | -14% |
AMBA's yearly returns have swung widely, from +117% in 2021 to −60% in 2022. It's down 14% 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 AMBA on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.