Oracle Corporation vs Palantir Technologies Inc., two Software stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ORCL and PLTR diverge most: on fcf yield, ORCL reads -5.8% and PLTR reads 0.8%; on debt / equity, ORCL reads 0.17 and PLTR reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ORCL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company 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 | ORCL | PLTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $140.68 | $126.75 |
| Market cap | $409.7B | $325.9B |
| Sector | Software | Software |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +14.1% | — |
| P/E | 24.1 | 142.4 |
| P/B | 9.51 | 38.08 |
| P/S | 6.08 | 62.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | 160.3 |
| Revenue growth | +17.2% | +66.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 86.8% |
| Operating margin | 32.0% | 46.2% |
| Net margin | 21.6% | 43.7% |
| Return on equity | 33.8% | 26.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.5% | 22.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 32.4% | 23.0% |
| FCF yield | -5.8% | 0.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 6.91 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.33 | 7.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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