Meta Platforms, Inc. vs Palantir Technologies Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where META and PLTR diverge most: on debt / equity, META reads 0.24 and PLTR reads 0.00; on ev/ebitda, META reads 16.0 and PLTR reads 160.3. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What META's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (segment-resolved basis). What PLTR's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | META | PLTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $669.25 | $126.75 |
| Market cap | $1.72T | $325.9B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 24.3 | 142.4 |
| P/B | 7.04 | 38.08 |
| P/S | 7.98 | 62.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.0 | 160.3 |
| Revenue growth | +26.2% | +66.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 86.8% |
| Operating margin | 40.6% | 46.2% |
| Net margin | 36.9% | 43.7% |
| Return on equity | 32.6% | 26.7% |
| Return on assets | 20.1% | 22.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.1% | 23.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 0.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.24 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.35 | 6.91 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.44 | 7.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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