INVE
Identiv, Inc.
INVE's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR has the edge over INVE overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
INVE Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Under pressure | |
| Strong |
INVE's revenue and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure.
PLTR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
PLTR's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
INVE PE Valuation
INVE 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.
INVE Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect INVE's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
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.
INVE Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.67 | -121% |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.73 | -123% |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.79 | -125% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.62 | -120% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.15 | +$3.73 |
| Q1 2025 | $3.14 | +$3.51 |
| Q4 2024 | $3.14 | +$3.43 |
| Q3 2024 | $3.05 | +$3.25 |
INVE has swung to a loss: it lost $0.67 per share over the past year, after a profit 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 INVE on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
INVE Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $5.7M | +13% |
| Q1 2026 | $7.4M | +41% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.2M | -7.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $5M | -23% |
| Q2 2025 | $5M | -25% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.3M | -77% |
| Q4 2024 | $6.7M | -77% |
| Q3 2024 | $6.5M | -79% |
INVE's revenue is recovering but still below its 2023 peak: $6M last quarter, up 13% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -97% | +30 points |
| Q1 2026 | -57% | +47 points |
| Q4 2025 | -76% | +23 points |
| Q3 2025 | -111% | +35 points |
| Q2 2025 | -127% | -27 points |
| Q1 2025 | -104% | -85 points |
| Q4 2024 | -99% | -93 points |
| Q3 2024 | -146% | -147 points |
INVE's operating margin was −97% last quarter, up 30 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 INVE 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 INVE on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
INVE Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$5.1M | -$1.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$3.7M | -$136K |
| Q4 2025 | $2.8M | +$9.4M |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.2M | +$4.5M |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.8M | -$2.7M |
| Q1 2025 | -$3.6M | -$2M |
| Q4 2024 | -$6.5M | -280% |
| Q3 2024 | -$7.7M | -$6.7M |
INVE has burned cash in most quarters: −$9M over the past year, against −$22M 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 INVE on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
INVE Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.8% | +182K shares |
| 1 year | +1.9% | +459K shares |
| 3 years | +5.1% | +1.2M shares |
| 5 years | +31% | +5.8M shares |
| Available history | +36% | +6.5M shares |
INVE has 24M diluted shares, up 1.9% from a year ago.
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 INVE 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 |
INVE Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | -31.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2022 | -8.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2022 | -25.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2022 | -31.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2021 | -15.2x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2021 | 97.4x | High |
| Q1 2020 | 13.1x | High |
| Q4 2019 | 1.4x | Healthy |
INVE has more cash than debt.
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.
INVE Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 45.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 58.4 | Neutral |
INVE's weekly RSI is 46 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 58 (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).
INVE PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | INVE | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
INVE 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.
INVE Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $2.53 | 5.5% above |
| 20 week MA | $2.63 | 1.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $3.24 | 18% below |
| 100 week MA | $3.36 | 21% below |
| 200 week MA | $4.79 | 44% below |
INVE has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8- and 20-week averages, but 44% 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 INVE on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
INVE Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $5.60 | $7.24 | +29% |
| 2021 | $7.24 | $24.4 | +237% |
| 2022 | $24.4 | $6.87 | -72% |
| 2023 | $6.87 | $8.24 | +20% |
| 2024 | $8.24 | $3.69 | -55% |
| 2025 | $3.69 | $3.43 | -7% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.43 | $2.67 | -22% |
INVE's yearly returns have swung widely, from +237% in 2021 to −72% in 2022. It's down 22% 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 INVE on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.