PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR has the edge over SWKS overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
SWKS
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
SWKS trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
PLTR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
PLTR's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
SWKS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Strong |
SWKS's balance sheet is currently strong, and its revenue, profitability and cash flow are stable.
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 has the edge over SWKS in the historical PE scenario, which offers more potential upside but is not a forecast.
SWKS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 15x | $17.25 | -81% |
| Forward | 16x | $90.03 | — |
| Fair | 21x | $23.51 | -74% |
| Expensive | 30x | $33.78 | -62% |
| Current | 79x | $90.03 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SWKS's PE is in its expensive range at 79x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 16x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
PLTR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
PLTR has the edge over SWKS on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
SWKS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for SWKS, but weaker profitability. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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 SWKS on earnings, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
SWKS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $5.73 | +402% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.14 | -63% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.94 | -22% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.42 | -4.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.61 | -20% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.08 | -17% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.49 | -49% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.54 | -52% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.25 | -42% |
SWKS's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.14 over the past year, against $8.97 in late 2021.
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 SWKS 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 SWKS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
SWKS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1B | -5% |
| Q2 2026 | $934.8M | -3.1% |
| Q1 2026 | $943.7M | -1% |
| Q4 2025 | $1B | -3.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.1B | +7.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $965M | +6.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $953.2M | -8.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1B | -11% |
SWKS's revenue fell from its 2021 peak and has held roughly level since: $1B last quarter, down 5% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.1% | -8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 5.2% | -6.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 4.5% | -5.8 points |
| Q4 2025 | 10% | -6.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 10% | +4.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 11% | -2.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | 10% | -7.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 17% | -4.6 points |
SWKS's operating margin was 2.1% last quarter, down 8 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom 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 SWKS on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
SWKS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$60.9M | -142% |
| Q2 2026 | -$16.7M | -107% |
| Q1 2026 | -$32.1M | -109% |
| Q4 2025 | $339M | +0.2% |
| Q3 2025 | $144M | -63% |
| Q2 2025 | $252.7M | +1.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $370.9M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $338.2M | -55% |
SWKS usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$61M, but it generated $229M over 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 SWKS 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 |
SWKS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.5% | +800K shares |
| 1 year | +0.7% | +1.1M shares |
| 3 years | -5.4% | -8.6M shares |
| 5 years | -9.3% | -15.6M shares |
| Available history | -12% | -20.2M shares |
SWKS has 151M diluted shares, up 0.7% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $107M |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $330.2M |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | $77.3M |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
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 the edge over SWKS on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
SWKS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.2x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -0.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
SWKS has more cash than debt.
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).
SWKS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 62.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 80.8 | Overbought |
SWKS's weekly RSI is 62 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 81 (overbought).
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.
SWKS PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SWKS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 79x | 28x | 183% above |
| PE % | 100 | 35 | 65 pts above |
SWKS has the edge over PLTR on valuation relative to its sector.
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's trend is up, with a small recent dip: it's below only its 8-week average, and 106% above its 200-week average.
SWKS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $84.2 | 6.9% above |
| 20 week MA | $75.1 | 20% above |
| 50 week MA | $68.3 | 32% above |
| 100 week MA | $70.6 | 28% above |
| 200 week MA | $86.8 | 3.7% above |
SWKS has the edge over PLTR on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
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's yearly returns have swung widely, from +361% in 2024 to −67% in 2022. It's down 9.1% so far in 2026.
SWKS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $122.3 | $151.2 | +24% |
| 2021 | $151.2 | $153.4 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | $153.4 | $88.9 | -42% |
| 2023 | $88.9 | $112.4 | +27% |
| 2024 | $112.4 | $90.2 | -20% |
| 2025 | $90.2 | $64.2 | -29% |
| 2026 YTD | $64.2 | $90.0 | +40% |
SWKS has the edge over PLTR on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.