Palantir (PLTR) Q4 2025 earnings
Palantir (PLTR) Q4 2025 earnings
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/02/palantir-pltr-q4-2025-earnings.html
Publish Date: 2026-02-02 16:06:00
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Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.
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Palantir topped Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools.
Shares rose about 7%.
Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates:
- Earnings per share: 25 cents adjusted vs. 23 cents expected
- Revenue: $1.41 billion vs. $1.33 billion expected
Revenue grew 70% from $827.5 million in the year-ago period. For the fiscal year, sales at the Denver-based firm totaled $4.48 billion
U.S. revenue for the government and commercial sectors rose to $570 million and $507 million, respectively. Those results steadily beat estimates from analysts polled by FactSet.
CEO Alex Karp called the earnings “indisputably the best results that I’m aware of in tech in the last decade” during an interview with CNBC’s Morgan Brennan.
“If you’re not spending it on this, you’re not spending on something that is part of keeping up with momentum,” he added.
Looking forward, the AI-powered software provider said it expects $1.532 billion to $1.536 billion in revenue for the first quarter, well above the $1.32 billion projected by FactSet. For fiscal 2026, the company guided to a range of $7.182 billion to $7.198 billion in revenue, beating the FactSet expectation of $6.22 billion.
Palantir, which creates software and data tools sold to businesses and government agencies such as the Department of Defense, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Homeland Security, has seen a boost from skyrocketing demand for AI systems and broad retail investor enthusiasm.
Karp noted the ongoing adoption of its tools by the U.S. government, a segment that saw 66% growth.
“America has become more lethal, more confident, more divergent from our adversaries, and, quite frankly, from our allies,” he said.
Karp said demand is so strong for its products, and Palantir has…
