Head to Head Survey: Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) & CXApp (NASDAQ:CXAI)

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and CXApp (NASDAQ:CXAI) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Palantir Technologies has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CXApp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Palantir Technologies and CXApp”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Palantir Technologies	$4.48 billion	112.04	$1.63 billion	$1.17	178.35
CXApp	$4.58 million	1.02	-$13.47 million	($26.00)	-0.08

Palantir Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than CXApp. CXApp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

45.6% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.4% of CXApp shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CXApp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Palantir Technologies and CXApp, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palantir Technologies	3	10	23	1	2.59
CXApp	1	0	0	0	1.00

Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $200.54, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Given Palantir Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Palantir Technologies is more favorable than CXApp.

Profitability

This table compares Palantir Technologies and CXApp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palantir Technologies	49.01%	30.57%	25.64%
CXApp	-446.46%	-135.04%	-65.41%

Summary

Palantir Technologies beats CXApp on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies, Inc. engages in the business of building and deploying software platforms that serve as the central operating systems for its customers. It operates under the Commercial and Government segments. The Commercial segment focuses on customers working in non-government industries. The Government segment is involved in providing services to customers that are the United States government and non-United States government agencies. The company was founded by Alexander Ceadmon Karp, Peter Andreas Thiel, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2003 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

About CXApp

CXApp Inc. provides a workplace experience platform for enterprise customers. It offers CXApp, a software-as-a-service platform with native mapping, analytics, on-device positioning, and applications technologies for use in various applications, such as workplace experience, employee engagement, desk and meeting room reservations, workplace analytics, occupancy management, content delivery, corporate communications and notifications, event management, live indoor mapping, wayfinding, and navigation. The company was formerly known as KINS Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to CXApp Inc. in March 2023. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.