Palantir Stock: Underrated or Overrated?

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the hottest stocks on the market over the past few years, but has the stock gotten ahead of itself? In this video, we cover the company's improving financials and just how expensive the stock is, including context with some other hot tech stocks.

*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of Sept. 5, 2025. The video was published on Sept. 18, 2025.

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Travis Hoium has positions in Cloudflare and has the following options: long December 2027 $50 puts on Palantir Technologies. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Cisco Systems, Cloudflare, Microsoft, and Palantir Technologies. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.