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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Palantir Technologies Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Palantir Technologies Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 4, 2026 Audio replay
May 4, 2026 42:34 21 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
42:34
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Palantir reported Q1 2026 revenue growth of 85% year-over-year to $1.633 billion, with U.S. revenue up 104% year-over-year, and raised its full-year 2026 revenue growth guidance to 71%.

Revenue Growth & Financial Performance 40 AIP Platform Dominance 33 Competitive Positioning vs. AI Labs 24 Ontology & AI Architecture 17 U.S. Government / Defense 9 Civilian Government Contracts 6

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +92 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We achieved 85% year-over-year revenue growth, our highest overall revenue growth rate as a public company, and 16% sequential growth.”
  • “Our U.S. business, now 79% of total revenue, surpassed 100% year-over-year growth for the first time since our DPO, growing 104% year-over-year and 19% sequentially.”
  • “Our Rule of 40 score climbed to 145, up from 127 last quarter, on absolute AIP dominance.”
  • “Believe your non-lying eyes.”

Forward guidance

4 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $1.63B +84.7% YoY
Diluted EPS $0.34 +325% YoY
Gross margin 86.8% +6.4 pp YoY
Net income $870.53M +306.7% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • U.S. revenue grew 104% year-over-year to $1.282 billion, with U.S. commercial revenue up 133% year-over-year to $595 million
  • FY 2026 revenue growth guidance raised to 71%, 10 points above prior guidance, with U.S. commercial guidance raised to 120%
  • Rule of 40 score climbed to 145, up from 127 last quarter
  • GAAP income from operations of $754 million, a 46% margin; adjusted income from operations of $984 million, a 60% margin
  • Closed total contract value of $2.41 billion, up 61% year-over-year
  • GAAP net income of $871 million, a 53% margin; cash from operations of $899 million

Risks & pressure points

  • No specific cautionary guidance or risk metrics beyond standard forward-looking statement language were highlighted by management in the transcript

Key moments

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“More AI means more code. More code means more slop. More slop means more attack surface. More attack surface means more vulnerabilities, and more vulnerabilities means more Apollo.” Shyam Sankar, CTO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed May 4, 2026.

Metric Guided
Revenue
Q2 2026
$1.8B – $1.8B
Adjusted income from operations
Q2 2026
$1.06B – $1.07B
Adjusted income from operations
full year 2026
$4.44B – $4.45B
Adjusted free cash flow
full year 2026
$4.2B – $4.4B

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · segments

Government Operating Segment$858.41M +76.3% YoY
Commercial Operating Segment$774.17M +95.1% YoY
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