NVDA vs PLTR: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of NVIDIA Corporation and Palantir Technologies Inc. โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-26.
NVIDIA Corporation ยท Technology
$225.07
+45.0% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B 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
NVDA has more upside to fair value (+45.0%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric NVDA PLTR
Current Price $225.07 $189.67
Fair Value Estimate $326.35 $194.30
Upside to Fair Value +45.0% +2.4%
Market Cap $5,451.4B $435.5B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 23.4x 139.9x
Price / Sales 18.0x 70.7x
Price / FCF 42.9x 135.3x
Revenue Growth YoY +105.9% +92.8%
Gross Margin 74.7% 84.8%
Operating Margin 65.2% 42.8%
Return on Equity 110.1% 37.5%
Dividend Yield 0.23% 0%
FCF Yield 2.33% 0.74%
Analyst Consensus Strong Buy Hold
Investment Thesis
NVDA โ€” NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA designs the accelerated computing platforms at the center of the AI buildout, spanning data center GPUs, Mellanox networking, AI enterprise software, gaming GeForce GPUs, professional visualization, and automotive platforms, with 42,000 employees and a $5.45 trillion market capitalization. Business quality is exceptional on the fundamentals: TTM gross margin of 74.7%, TTM operating margin 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 NVDA PLTR
Zone Low $244.76 $145.73
Zone High $277.40 $165.16
In Buy Zone? Yes No
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