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Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) Q1 2026 Earnings

PLTR·Reported May 4, 2026·After market close

Palantir Technologies Inc. reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.6B (+84.7% YoY), beat analyst consensus of $1.5B by $90.2M. Diluted EPS came in at $0.34 (+161.5% YoY), beat the $0.29 consensus by $0.05. Palantir Technologies Inc. reports across 2 business segments, led by Government and Commercial.

Revenue
$1.6Bbeat by $90.2M
Consensus: $1.5B
Diluted EPS
$0.34beat by $0.05
Consensus: $0.29
SEC

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Quarterly report10-Q / 10-K not filed yet

Financial Snapshot

Trailing eight quarters through Q1 2026 — latest period from 8-K press release; updates when 10-Q/10-K is filed

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Q1 2026 Earnings FAQ

Common questions about Palantir Technologies Inc.'s Q1 2026 earnings report.

Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) reported Q1 2026 earnings on May 4, 2026 after market close.

Palantir Technologies Inc. reported revenue of $1.6B and diluted EPS of $0.34 for Q1 2026.

Revenue beat the consensus estimate of $1.5B by $90.2M. EPS beat the consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.05.

Compared to the same quarter a year prior, revenue grew 84.7% from $883.9M a year earlier and diluted EPS grew 161.5% from $0.13.

You can read the 8-K earnings release (0001321655-26-000026) directly on SEC EDGAR. The filing index links above go to sec.gov.

Earnings press release

8-K filed May 4, 2026 — preliminary values shown until the audited 10-Q is filed

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Palantir Reports Q1 2026 U.S. Revenue Growth of 104% Y/Y and Revenue Growth of 85% Y/Y; Raises FY 2026 Revenue Guidance to 71% Y/Y Growth and U.S. Comm Revenue Guidance to 120% Y/Y, Crushing Consensus Expectations

5/4/2026

MIAMI — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.

“Palantir's Rule of 40 score has soared to 145%. We have shattered the metric, a feat matched only by other fellow AI infrastructure companies: NVIDIA, Micron and SK hynix. Momentum surged as we grew 85% last quarter—our highest-ever year-over-year growth rate—by more than doubling our U.S. business, and now we are raising our full-year revenue guidance to 71% growth, 10 points ahead of our guidance from last quarter, driven by our confidence in an accelerating U.S. market,” said Alex Karp, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Palantir Technologies.

Q1 2026 Highlights

•U.S. revenue grew 104% year-over-year and 19% quarter-over-quarter to $1.282 billion

◦U.S. commercial revenue grew 133% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter to $595 million

◦U.S. government revenue grew 84% year-over-year and 21% quarter-over-quarter to $687 million

•Revenue grew 85% year-over-year and 16% quarter-over-quarter to $1.633 billion

•Closed 206 deals of at least $1 million, 72 deals of at least $5 million, and 47 deals of at least $10 million

•Closed total contract value (“TCV”) of $2.41 billion, up 61% year-over-year

◦Closed $1.176 billion of U.S. commercial TCV, up 45% year-over-year

•U.S. commercial remaining deal value (“RDV”) of $4.92 billion, up 112% year-over-year and 12% quarter-over-quarter

•GAAP income from operations of $754 million, representing a 46% margin

•Adjusted income from operations of $984 million, representing a 60% margin

•Rule of 40 score of 145%

•GAAP net income of $871 million, representing a 53% margin

•Cash from operations of $899 million, representing a 55% margin

•Adjusted free cash flow of $925 million, representing a 57% margin

•GAAP earnings per share (“EPS”) of $0.34

•Adjusted EPS of $0.33

•Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term U.S. Treasury securities of $8.0 billion

Q1 2026 Financial Summary

(Unaudited) (Amounts in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)First Quarter
Amount
Revenue$1,632,583
Year-over-year growth85%
AmountMargin
Income from Operations$753,99846%
Adjusted Income from Operations$983,54560%
Cash from Operations$899,16555%
Adjusted Free Cash Flow$924,63057%
Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders$870,52753%
Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders$856,450
Adjusted EBITDA$990,31061%
GAAP EPS, Diluted$0.34
Adjusted EPS, Diluted$0.33

Outlook

For Q2 2026, we expect:

•Revenue of between $1.797 – $1.801 billion.

•Adjusted income from operations of between $1.063 – $1.067 billion.

For full year 2026:

•We are raising our revenue guidance to between $7.650 – $7.662 billion.

•We are raising our U.S. commercial revenue guidance to in excess of $3.224 billion, representing a growth rate of at least 120%.

•We are raising our adjusted income from operations guidance to between $4.440 – $4.452 billion.

•We are raising our adjusted free cash flow guidance to between $4.2 – $4.4 billion.

•And we continue to expect GAAP operating income and net income in each quarter of this year.

CEO Letter

Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s quarterly letter is available through Palantir’s website at https://www.palantir.com/newsroom/letters.

Earnings Webcast

A live public webcast will be held at 5:00 PM ET today to discuss the results for our first quarter ended March 31, 2026 and financial outlook. The webcast can be accessed by registering online at https://palantir.events/palantirearnings-q12026. A replay of the webcast will be available at https://investors.palantir.com following the event.

An investor presentation, including supplemental financial information and reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures, will be available through Palantir’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.palantir.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and statements on our earnings webcast contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook, product development and related timing, distribution, and pricing, expected benefits of and applications for our software platforms, business strategy, and plans (including strategy and plans relating to our Artificial Intelligence Platform (“AIP”), sales and marketing efforts, sales force, partnerships, and customers), investments in our business, market trends and market size, opportunities (including growth opportunities), our expectations regarding our existing and potential investments in, and commercial contracts with, various entities, and our expectations regarding macroeconomic events. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date they were first issued and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as “guidance,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “believe,” “hope,” “target,”

“project,” “plan,” “goals,” “estimate,” “potential,” “predict,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “could,” “intend,” “shall,” and variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and other filings and reports that we may file from time to time with the SEC, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. In particular, the following factors, among others, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements: our ability to successfully execute our business and growth strategy; the sufficiency of our available funds to meet our liquidity needs; the demand for our platforms, product offerings, and services in general; our ability to increase our number of new customers and revenue generated from customers; our ability to realize some or all of the total contract value of customer contracts as revenue, including any contractual options available to customers or contractual periods that are subject to termination for convenience provisions; our long and unpredictable sales cycle; our ability to successfully execute our channel sales and other strategic initiatives with third parties; our ability to retain and expand our customer base; the fluctuation of our results of operations and our key business measures on a quarterly basis in future periods; the seasonality of our business; the implementation process for our platforms, which may be complex and lengthy; our ability to successfully develop and deploy new technologies to address the needs of our existing or prospective customers; our ability to make our platforms and product offerings easier to install, consume, and use; our ability to maintain and enhance our brand and reputation; our ability to maintain and enhance our culture as our business grows and as we pursue our business and financial goals; news or social media coverage about us or our leadership, including but not limited to coverage that presents, or relies on, inaccurate, misleading, incomplete, or otherwise damaging information; the impact of recent, ongoing, or future global macroeconomic and geopolitical events, fluctuating interest rates, monetary policy changes, foreign currency fluctuations, or the potential or actual imposition of tariffs or other impacts on trade relations on the business and operations of our company or of our existing or prospective customers and partners; issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence in our platforms; and any breach or access to our or customer or third-party data.

The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of the date of this press release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. We undertake no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Additional Definitions

For the purpose of this press release, our earnings webcast, and our CEO’s letter:

•Total contract value (“TCV”) is the total potential lifetime value of contracts entered into with, or awarded by, our customers at the time of contract execution, annual contract value (“ACV”) is defined as the total value of contracts closed in the period divided by the dollar-weighted average contract duration of those same contracts, and remaining deal value (“RDV”) is the total remaining value of contracts as of the end of the reporting period. Except as noted below, TCV, ACV, and RDV each presume the exercise of all contract options available to our customers and no termination of contracts. However, the majority of our contracts are subject to termination provisions, including for convenience, and there can be no guarantee that contracts are not terminated or that contract options will be exercised. Further, RDV may exclude all or some portion of the value of certain commercial contracts as a result of our ongoing assessments of customers’ financial condition, including the consideration of such customers’ ability and intention to pay, and whether such contracts continue to meet the criteria for revenue recognition, among other factors.

•Remaining performance obligations (“RPO”) reflect the total values of contracts that have been entered into with, or awarded by, our customers, and represent non-cancelable contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue and, in certain instances, amounts that will be invoiced. We have elected the practical expedient, as permitted under Accounting Standards Codification 606—Revenue from Contracts with Customers, to not disclose remaining performance obligations for contracts with original terms of twelve months or less.

•The term “strategic commercial contracts” is as defined in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

•“Dollar-weighted duration basis” is the total value of contracts closed in the applicable period, divided by the dollar-weighted average contract duration of those same contracts.

•The term “Rule of 40” refers to the sum of our revenue growth rate year-over-year and our adjusted operating margin for each of the periods presented.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release and the accompanying tables, as well as our earnings webcast, and our CEO’s letter, contain the non-GAAP financial measures adjusted income from operations, which excludes stock-based compensation and related employer payroll taxes;

adjusted operating margin; adjusted free cash flow; adjusted free cash flow margin; adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”); adjusted EBITDA margin; adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders; and adjusted EPS, diluted.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures and other metrics described in this press release help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting Palantir’s business, formulate business plans and financial projections, and make strategic decisions. We exclude stock-based compensation, which is a non-cash expense, from these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that excluding this item provides meaningful supplemental information regarding operational performance and provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management team. We exclude employer payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation as it is difficult to predict and outside of Palantir’s control.

Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Further, these metrics have certain limitations as they do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statements of operations. For example, adjusted free cash flow does not reflect our future contractual commitments or the total increase or decrease in our cash balances for a given period. Thus, our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We compensate for these limitations by providing a reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure. We encourage investors and others to review our business, results of operations, and financial information in their entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure, and to view these non-GAAP measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

A reconciliation table of the most comparable GAAP financial measure to each non-GAAP financial measure used in this press release is included at the end of this release. A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, reconciling items that may be incurred in the future, such as stock-based compensation and related employer payroll taxes, the effect of which may be significant.

Available Information

Palantir uses its Investor Relations website at https://investors.palantir.com as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor Palantir’s Investor Relations website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, and webcasts.

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Palantir Technologies Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

Table 2
Preliminary
MetricQ2 '24Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Total Revenue$678.13M$725.52M$827.52M$883.86M$1.00B$1.18B$1.41B$1.63B
Total Cost of Revenue$128.56M$146.64M$174.53M$172.97M$192.93M$207.31M$215.97M$215.80M
Gross Profit$549.57M$578.88M$652.99M$710.89M$810.76M$973.79M$1.19B$1.42B
Selling and Marketing$196.81M$209.47M$288.30M$236.31M$243.79M$274.64M$302.13M$319.22M
Research and Development$108.78M$117.56M$171.50M$134.89M$135.04M$144.19M$143.55M$160.98M
General and Administrative$138.64M$138.71M$182.15M$163.64M$162.62M$161.70M$169.76M$182.59M
Total Operating Expenses$444.23M$465.74M$641.94M$534.84M$541.45M$580.53M$615.44M$662.79M
Operating Income$105.34M$113.14M$11.04M$176.05M$269.32M$393.26M$575.39M$754.00M
Interest Income$46.59M$52.12M$54.73M$50.44M$56.26M$59.76M$62.72M$66.39M
Income Before Tax$140.76M$157.15M$80.54M$223.32M$332.17M$480.50M$621.38M$888.60M
Income Tax Expense$5.19M$7.81M$3.60M$5.60M$3.60M$3.75M$9.78M$12.20M
Net Income$134.13M$143.53M$79.01M$214.03M$326.73M$475.60M$608.68M$876.40M
Eps Basic$0.06$0.06$0.04$0.09$0.14$0.20$0.26$0.36
Eps Diluted$0.06$0.06$0.03$0.08$0.13$0.18$0.24$0.34

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(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands): (1) Income tax effect is based on an estimated long-term annual effective tax rate of 23.0% for the period presented.

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Cost of revenue$17,906$15,016
Sales and marketing76,89652,513
Research and development36,54531,834
General and administrative70,24555,976
Total stock-based compensation$201,592$155,339

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 4
Preliminary
MetricQ2 '24Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Cash and Equivalents$532.08M$788.46M$2.10B$1.02B$951.23M$1.64B$1.42B$2.29B
Short Term Investments$3.49B$3.80B$3.13B$4.44B$5.07B$4.82B$5.75B$5.73B
Accounts Receivable Net$659.34M$668.11M$575.05M$725.21M$747.48M$1.01B$1.04B$1.41B
Prepaid and Other Current Assets$115.71M$119.19M$129.25M$126.71M$142.49M$142.43M$139.07M$119.70M
Total Current Assets$4.77B$5.35B$5.93B$6.28B$6.89B$7.59B$8.36B$9.55B
Property Plant Equipment Net$155.37M$160.43M$39.64M$169.34M$181.70M$188.50M$51.96M$55.73M
Operating Lease Rou Assets$213.45M$211.57M$200.74M$209.35M$203.47M$204.32M$200.11M$228.98M
Other Non Current Assets$161.43M$164.22M$166.22M$205.30M$228.30M$277.78M$290.15M$362.77M
Total Assets$3.75B$4.34B$6.34B$5.12B$5.55B$5.80B$8.90B$10.20B
Total Current Liabilities$806.92M$943.46M$996.02M$967.44M$1.09B$1.18B$1.18B$1.38B
Deferred Revenue Current$1.40B$1.60B$39.89M$1.90B$2.40B$2.60B$46.22M$41.13M
Customer Deposits Noncurrent$1.53M$3.68M$1.66M$1.46M$1.49M$1.57M$18.00K$1.18M
Operating Lease Liabilities Non Current$214.33M$207.28M$195.23M$200.18M$192.35M$189.17M$183.47M$211.98M
Other Non Current Liabilities$15.65M$14.50M$13.69M$12.49M$12.01M$10.65M$7.09M$5.67M
Total Liabilities$1.05B$1.18B$1.25B$1.22B$1.34B$1.43B$1.41B$1.64B
Common Stock$22.70B$22.70B$2.34M$22.70B$22.70B$22.70B$2.39M$2.40M
Additional Paid In Capital$9.46B$9.76B$10.19B$10.40B$10.57B$10.75B$10.93B$11.14B
Aoci-$4.94M$4.93M-$5.61M-$2.99M$4.72M$11.54M$13.94M$601.00K
Retained Earnings-$5.41B-$5.27B-$5.19B-$4.97B-$4.65B-$4.17B-$3.56B-$2.69B
Noncontrolling Interests$87.28M$93.22M$91.13M$94.82M$96.66M$97.81M$100.74M$106.62M
Total Stockholders Equity$4.14B$2.27B$5.00B$5.52B$6.03B$2.38B$7.39B$8.45B
Total Liabilities and Equity$5.19B$5.77B$6.34B$6.74B$7.37B$8.11B$8.90B$10.20B

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 5
Preliminary
MetricQ1 '24Q2 '24Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Net Income$135.57M$149.34M$76.94M$217.72M$328.57M$476.75M$611.61M$876.40M
Depreciation and Amortization$8.06M$8.09M$7.01M$6.62M$6.53M$5.98M$7.02M$6.77M
Stock Based Compensation$141.76M$142.43M$281.80M$155.34M$159.97M$172.32M$196.41M$201.59M
Change In Accounts Receivable$121.88M$176.43M$13.39M$134.96M$28.54M$259.48M$27.45M$360.97M
Change In Other Assets-$2.05M$1.52M-$625.00K-$40.73M$48.04M-$57.65M-$1.64M-$49.06M
Change In Deferred Revenue$7.95M$3.85M$147.65M$18.76M$101.91M$39.49M$78.53M$112.39M
Change In Other Liabilities-$33.00K$6.54M-$563.00K-$13.25M-$11.69M-$14.56M-$15.36M-$12.90M
Change In Other Working Capital-$4.31M$30.20M$5.68M$3.53M$23.00M-$10.70M$0.00-$53.96M
Net Cash From Operating$144.19M$419.77M$460.33M$310.26M$539.25M$507.66M$777.30M$899.17M
Capital Expenditures$2.88M$3.99M$3.11M$6.18M$7.63M$6.79M$13.27M$7.40M
Purchases of Investments$1.40M$1.40M$1.40M$18.23M$18.23M$18.23M$18.23M-$810.86M
Net Cash From Investing-$511.25M-$148.88M-$320.73M-$1.39B-$617.01M$181.57M-$957.83M-$26.72M
Proceeds From Stock Issuance$16.03M$170.34M$475.19M$66.58M$28.62M$25.64M$8.27M$4.90M
Other Financing-$306.00K-$11.00K$353.00K$90.00K-$27.00K-$8.00K$30.00K-$1.50M
Net Cash From Financing-$1.98M$151.43M$238.66M-$28.90M$6.45M$6.44M-$10.90M$3.40M
Net Change In Cash-$7.59M$256.38M$1.33B-$1.10B-$63.77M$693.59M-$193.40M$873.43M

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(unaudited)

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Adjusted Income from Operations and Adjusted Operating Margin (in thousands, except percentages)

Three Months Ended March 31,
20262025
Income from operations$753,998$176,048
Add: stock-based compensation201,592155,339
Add: employer payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation27,95559,323
Adjusted income from operations$983,545$390,710
Adjusted operating margin60%44%

Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Margin (in thousands, except percentages)

Table 7
Preliminary
MetricQ2 '24Q3 '24Q4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Free Cash Flow$141.31M$415.79M$457.22M$304.08M$531.62M$500.87M$764.02M$924.63M

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin (in thousands, except percentages)

Three Months Ended March 31,
2026
Net income attributable to common stockholders$870,527
Add: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests5,875
Less: interest income(66,394)
Add: other (income) expense, net(68,209)
Add: provision for income taxes12,199
Add: depreciation and amortization6,765
Add: stock-based compensation201,592
Add: employer payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation27,955
Adjusted EBITDA$990,310
Adjusted EBITDA margin61%

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(unaudited)

Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders and Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Diluted (in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)

Three Months Ended March 31,
2026
Net income attributable to common stockholders$870,527
Add: stock-based compensation201,592
Add: employer payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation27,955
Less: income tax effects and adjustments (1)(243,624)
Adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders$856,450
Weighted-average shares used in computing adjusted earnings per share, diluted2,570,924
Adjusted earnings per share, diluted$0.33

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