PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR has the edge over REKR overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
REKR
Rekor Systems, Inc.
REKR's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
PLTR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
PLTR's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
REKR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable |
REKR's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
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.
REKR PE Valuation
REKR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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.
REKR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect REKR's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
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 REKR on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
REKR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.16 | +$0.25 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.17 | +$0.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.24 | +$0.33 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.27 | +$0.43 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.41 | +$0.23 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.52 | +$0.14 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.57 | +$0.15 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.70 | +$0.02 |
REKR is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.16 per share over the past year, against $1.67 at its worst in late 2022.
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 REKR 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 REKR on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
REKR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $10.9M | -23% |
| Q2 2026 | $12.7M | +2.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $10.3M | +12% |
| Q4 2025 | $12.7M | -4.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $14.2M | +35% |
| Q2 2025 | $12.4M | -0.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $9.2M | -5.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $13.3M | +20% |
REKR's revenue has slid since its 2025 peak: $11M last quarter, down 23% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -21% | +6.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 1.8% | +64 points |
| Q1 2026 | -86% | +24 points |
| Q4 2025 | -55% | +84 points |
| Q3 2025 | -28% | +94 points |
| Q2 2025 | -63% | +19 points |
| Q1 2025 | -110% | +22 points |
| Q4 2024 | -139% | -55 points |
REKR's operating margin was −21% last quarter, up 6.6 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
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 REKR on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
REKR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$4.5M | +$1.7M |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.4M | +$5.6M |
| Q1 2026 | -$4.1M | +$4.3M |
| Q4 2025 | -$254K | +$5.5M |
| Q3 2025 | -$6.3M | +$3.7M |
| Q2 2025 | -$8M | +$2.4M |
| Q1 2025 | -$8.4M | -$381K |
| Q4 2024 | -$5.7M | +$219K |
REKR has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$11M over the past year, against −$28M the year before.
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 REKR 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 |
REKR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | +44.1K shares |
| 1 year | +9.6% | +12M shares |
| 3 years | +152% | +83M shares |
| 5 years | +283% | +102M shares |
| Available history | +587% | +118M shares |
REKR has 138M diluted shares, up 9.6% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $2,000 |
| Q4 2025 | $27,000 |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | $9,000 |
| Q2 2024 | — |
REKR has spent almost nothing on buybacks in the past year.
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.
REKR Net Leverage
REKR's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
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).
REKR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 24.7 | Neutral |
REKR's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 25 (neutral).
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.
REKR PE vs Technology Sector
REKR has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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 REKR on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
REKR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $0.35 | 8.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $0.50 | 36% below |
| 50 week MA | $0.82 | 61% below |
| 100 week MA | $1.14 | 72% below |
| 200 week MA | $1.57 | 80% below |
REKR is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 80% below its 200-week average.
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 REKR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
REKR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3.08 | $8.71 | +183% |
| 2021 | $8.71 | $6.85 | -21% |
| 2022 | $6.85 | $1.36 | -80% |
| 2023 | $1.36 | $3.33 | +145% |
| 2024 | $3.33 | $1.30 | -61% |
| 2025 | $1.30 | $1.56 | +20% |
| 2026 YTD | $1.56 | $0.32 | -79% |
REKR's yearly returns have swung widely, from +183% in 2020 to −80% in 2022. It's down 79% so far in 2026.