Palantir and Sandisk Diverging Price Targets: 17% Upside for PLTR
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
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- Palantir Price Outlook: Analysts set a median target price of $200 for Palantir, indicating a 17% upside from its current price of $171, reflecting market confidence in its data analytics and AI platforms, despite its 117 times sales ratio making it the most expensive stock in the S&P 500.
- Sandisk Market Outlook: Sandisk's median target price is $317, suggesting a 23% downside from its current price of $414; despite a 23% year-over-year revenue increase to $2.3 billion in Q1, its non-GAAP earnings dropped 33%, indicating pressure on profitability.
- Competitive Landscape: Forrester Research ranked Palantir as the best AI/ML platform, surpassing Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, highlighting its leadership position in the market, yet its high valuation poses risks for investors.
- Market Dynamics and Risks: Sandisk gained 1 percentage point in market share in the first half of 2025, with adjusted earnings expected to grow 79% annually over the next few years, but analysts caution that current stock prices may be overvalued due to the cyclical nature of memory chip demand, advising investors to proceed with caution.
Analyst Views on PLTR
Wall Street analysts forecast PLTR stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for PLTR is 187.87 USD with a low forecast of 50.00 USD and a high forecast of 255.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
16 Analyst Rating
3 Buy
11 Hold
2 Sell
Hold
Current: 177.070
Low
50.00
Averages
187.87
High
255.00
Current: 177.070
Low
50.00
Averages
187.87
High
255.00
About PLTR
Palantir Technologies Inc. is engaged in building software to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations. The Company has built four principal software platforms, including Palantir Gotham (Gotham), Palantir Foundry (Foundry), Palantir Apollo (Apollo), and Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). Apollo is a cloud-agnostic, single control layer that coordinates ongoing delivery of new features, security updates, and platform configurations, helping to ensure the continuous operation of critical systems. Gotham enables users to identify patterns hidden deep within datasets, ranging from signals intelligence sources to reports from confidential informants. Foundry transforms the ways organizations operate by creating a central operating system for their data. AIP enables responsible artificial intelligence (AI)-advantage across the enterprise by using primary, core components built to effectively activate large language models and other AI within any organization.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
