KO vs PLTR: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of The Coca-Cola Company and Palantir Technologies Inc. โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-26.
The Coca-Cola Company ยท Consumer Defensive
$88.71
+15.5% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Palantir Technologies Inc. ยท Technology
$189.67
+2.4% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
KO has more upside to fair value (+15.5%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric KO PLTR
Current Price $88.71 $189.67
Fair Value Estimate $102.44 $194.30
Upside to Fair Value +15.5% +2.4%
Market Cap $381.7B $435.5B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 20.8x 139.9x
Price / Sales 7.6x 70.7x
Price / FCF 26.7x 135.3x
Revenue Growth YoY +6.7% +92.8%
Gross Margin 61.9% 84.8%
Operating Margin 29.6% 42.8%
Return on Equity 43.0% 37.5%
Dividend Yield 2.37% 0%
FCF Yield 3.75% 0.74%
Analyst Consensus Strong Buy Hold
Investment Thesis
KO โ€” The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is a global non-alcoholic beverage concentrate, brand-management and bottling-system business with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories, supported by powerful trademarks, 2.2 billion daily servings and an entrenched distribution network. Business quality is high: TTM gross, operating and net margins are 61.9%, 29.6% and 28.6%, respectively, ROE is 43.0%, โ€ฆ
PLTR โ€” Palantir Technologies Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc. is a software infrastructure company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Denver that builds and deploys Gotham for intelligence and defense workflows, Foundry as a central data operating system for enterprises, Apollo for software delivery across environments, and its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) for unified access to open-source, self-hosted, and commercial โ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric KO PLTR
Zone Low $76.83 $145.73
Zone High $87.07 $165.16
In Buy Zone? No No
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