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Palantir Keeps 55 Cents of Every Revenue Dollar as Profit

A 55% net margin would be extreme in any industry. What's inside the number matters more than the number itself.

Palantir Keeps 55 Cents of Every Revenue Dollar as Profit

Published August 23, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) took in $1.94 billion of revenue in the second quarter and kept $1.06 billion of it as net income. Out of every dollar the artificial intelligence (AI) software specialist collected, 55 cents dropped to the bottom line.

For context, a year earlier the margin was 33%, and it ran at 36% across all of 2025. Software has always been a high-margin business. But numbers like these are rare at any scale, let alone for a growth stock still expanding revenue 93% year over year.

Details

A margin that extreme deserves a closer look, because how Palantir earns its 55 cents matters as much as the figure itself.

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Source

Originally published at www.fool.com.

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