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2021-12-16

thoughts on ARKK anyone?

Cathie Wood Sells Another $88M In Tesla Day After Piling Up Stake In Chinese EV Rival

2021-12-16

palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉

Palantir: A Value Trap

2021-12-10

hold for long

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2021-12-10

gonna hold it for a long term [Smile]

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2021-12-07

believe in palantir fundamental

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The Elon Musk-led company’s shares are up about 34% so far this year and down about 7.5% over the past month.</p>\n<p>Ark Invest sold the shares via the&nbsp;<b>Ark Innovation ETF</b>(BATS:ARKK), the&nbsp;<b>Ark Autonomous Technology &amp; Robotics ETF</b>(BATS:ARKQ) and the&nbsp;<b>Ark Next Generation Internet ETF</b>(BATS:ARKW)&nbsp;on Wednesday.</p>\n<p>Tesla’s weight in ARKK and ARKW had already slipped below the 10% threshold at 8.14% and 9.35%, respectively, ahead of Wednesday’s trade. In ARKQ, it constituted 10.59% of the portfolio.</p>\n<p>The three ETFs held 1.99 million shares — worth $1.91 billion — in Tesla, ahead of Wednesday’s trade.</p>\n<p>Ark Invest has been booking profit in Tesla since September — selling over $3 billion worth of shares — after years of piling up shares in the electric vehicle company at far lower levels.</p>\n<p>Tesla continues to be the firm's biggest bet across ETFs — a stock it predicts would hit the&nbsp;$3,000 mark by the end of 2025.</p>\n<p>Wood favors the automotive industry’s switch to electric vehicles and earlier thismonth started buying sharesin the U.S. listed Chinese electric automaker&nbsp;<b>Xpeng Inc</b>.</p>\n<p>Here are the other key trades on Wednesday:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Bought 104,489 shares — estimated to be worth $21.3 million — in&nbsp;<b>Roku Inc</b>&nbsp;on the dip. The stock closed 7.95% lower at $203.94 a share on Wednesday.</li>\n <li>Bought 705,660 shares — estimated to be worth $13.7 million — in&nbsp;<b>Robinhood Markets Inc</b>. The stock closed 1.93% higher at $19.50 a share.</li>\n</ul>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"ARKK":"ARK Innovation ETF","ARKQ":"ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF","XPEV":"小鹏汽车","HOOD":"Robinhood","ARKW":"ARK Next Generation Internation ETF","TSLA":"特斯拉","ROKU":"Roku Inc"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1191022113","content_text":"Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest on Wednesday sold 90,455 shares — estimated to be worth $88.3 million — in Tesla Inc, booking profit in the stock as it rose after days of losses.\nThe stock pared earlier losses to close 1.82% higher at $975.99 a share on Wednesday. The Elon Musk-led company’s shares are up about 34% so far this year and down about 7.5% over the past month.\nArk Invest sold the shares via the Ark Innovation ETF(BATS:ARKK), the Ark Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF(BATS:ARKQ) and the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF(BATS:ARKW) on Wednesday.\nTesla’s weight in ARKK and ARKW had already slipped below the 10% threshold at 8.14% and 9.35%, respectively, ahead of Wednesday’s trade. In ARKQ, it constituted 10.59% of the portfolio.\nThe three ETFs held 1.99 million shares — worth $1.91 billion — in Tesla, ahead of Wednesday’s trade.\nArk Invest has been booking profit in Tesla since September — selling over $3 billion worth of shares — after years of piling up shares in the electric vehicle company at far lower levels.\nTesla continues to be the firm's biggest bet across ETFs — a stock it predicts would hit the $3,000 mark by the end of 2025.\nWood favors the automotive industry’s switch to electric vehicles and earlier thismonth started buying sharesin the U.S. listed Chinese electric automaker Xpeng Inc.\nHere are the other key trades on Wednesday:\n\nBought 104,489 shares — estimated to be worth $21.3 million — in Roku Inc on the dip. The stock closed 7.95% lower at $203.94 a share on Wednesday.\nBought 705,660 shares — estimated to be worth $13.7 million — in Robinhood Markets Inc. The stock closed 1.93% higher at $19.50 a share.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":723,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"CN","totalScore":0},{"id":690800991,"gmtCreate":1639651001817,"gmtModify":1639651001817,"author":{"id":"3573162187152560","authorId":"3573162187152560","name":"Ignacio1004","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a03c7cc6abac70f39891f10bd13d323e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3573162187152560","idStr":"3573162187152560"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉","listText":"palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉","text":"palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/690800991","repostId":"1143795954","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1143795954","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1639613655,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1143795954?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-12-16 08:14","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Palantir: A Value Trap","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1143795954","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"Summary\n\nPalantir is an overvalued government contractor.\nThe business has no intrinsic scale value.","content":"<p><b>Summary</b></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Palantir is an overvalued government contractor.</li>\n <li>The business has no intrinsic scale value.</li>\n <li>Palantir’s revenue growth, estimated at 40% this year, is still grossly overvalued.</li>\n</ul>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Palantir (NYSE:PLTR), a software company, has seen its share price fall significantly recently as investors exited high-growth, high-multiple stocks. At 24 times sales, I believe PLTR stock is still significantly overvalued, and investors should brace themselves for new lows.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>A Government Consulting Business With Three Major Issues</b></p>\n<p>Someone needs to explain to me what all the fuss is about with the big data analytics company Palantir. Palantir is frequently lauded for its software capabilities, which provide customers with data intelligence insights that, ostensibly, improve managerial decision making, but I do not see Palantir as what everyone else does: a unique platform business cashing in on the big data market.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Palantir is best known for its various \"foundries.\" Palantir's foundries are data management and aggregation systems that assist institutions in efficiently centralizing and storing data. As businesses and government agencies collect more data, the complexities grow rapidly, necessitating the use of software solutions. Palantir is collaborating with businesses and governments to reduce complexity and make use of large data volumes for algorithmic predictions. Palantir has had some success with this type of business, if success is defined solely by sales growth. For example, Palantir's 3Q21 revenue increased by 36% YoY to $392 million. Palantir's main source of revenue, government revenues, increased by 34% YoY, while commercial revenues, which include all of Palantir's business activities outside of government, increased by 37% YoY.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Revenue growth, on the other hand, is not a concern for Palantir. Palantir's problems are much deeper, and there is clearly more than one issue here.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The first issue with Palantir is that, while the company's sales are increasing at a healthy clip, this is not translating into profits for shareholders. Palantir's revenue increased by 44% to $1.11 billion in the first three quarters of 2021. The sales forecast for 2021 calls for up to a 40% increase in sales. That's a good start, but what about profits?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Despite a 44% increase in revenue in 2021, Palantir's profit picture appears to be dire. The company lost $364 million in 2021 alone, and the year isn't even over yet. The total loss for the year could exceed $400 million. Not bad for a company that has been in operation for nearly 20 years and \"grows revenues at a 40% annual rate,\" right? Profits after nearly two decades of operation appear to be too high a bar for Palantir to clear.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The second major issue for Palantir, despite its big data allure, is its lack of scalability. Contrary to popular belief, Palantir is little more than a well-paid government consultant whose consulting business is not scalable in any way, shape, or form. Palantir also does not operate a \"platform business\" in the same way that Metaverse (NASDAQ:FB) or Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) do. For example, Metaverse collects customer data through a single platform, the Facebook platform. Netflix scales its moving streaming platform, which can add new customers at near-zero marginal costs. Palantir requires personnel to work with each individual client, coach them, and explain platform features. This is not a sustainable business model. It is a software-based consulting business model.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The third issue with Palantir, aside from its inability to operate profitably after two decades and its business model's lack of inherent scalability, is that profits made in Palantir's business are siphoned off by insiders who are compensated royally through stock packages at the expense of shareholders. Palantir has increased the number of shares by 12% in one year, and it now has more than 2 billion shares outstanding. As a result, business profits are primarily distributed to highly compensated insiders, rather than to the company's shareholders.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>A Fantasy Valuation</b></p>\n<p>Let's be clear about what we're talking about. We are dealing with a company that is growing its sales by 30-40% per year, which means Palantir will have revenues in the $1.5 billion range by 2021. Give or take fifty million dollars. It is the same company that has a misunderstood \"platform business model,\" no profits after twenty years of operations, and prioritizes insider stock compensation over shareholder dilution in recent years. They are likely to see further dilution in the coming years.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this company continues to trade at a sales multiple of twenty-four. This means that an investor pays 24 times the expected sales amount for the opportunity to invest in Palantir's loss-making \"big data prediction\" business. Palantir remains outrageously overvalued, despite a significant correction since November.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>My Conclusion</b></p>\n<p>I'd say the valuation is a joke or a calculation error if I didn't know any better. However, this does not appear to be the case. Apparently, a sizable portion of the investor population believes that Palantir, despite its lack of profits and excessive dilution, is worth 24 times sales. In normal circumstances, 24 times earnings would be excessive. Palantir's business has no scale, which calls into question the company's positioning as a growth stock. Palantir is expected to fall further as investors begin to exit high-multiple stocks. 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At 24 times sales, I believe PLTR stock is still significantly overvalued, and investors should brace themselves for new lows.\n\nA Government Consulting Business With Three Major Issues\nSomeone needs to explain to me what all the fuss is about with the big data analytics company Palantir. Palantir is frequently lauded for its software capabilities, which provide customers with data intelligence insights that, ostensibly, improve managerial decision making, but I do not see Palantir as what everyone else does: a unique platform business cashing in on the big data market.\n\nPalantir is best known for its various \"foundries.\" Palantir's foundries are data management and aggregation systems that assist institutions in efficiently centralizing and storing data. As businesses and government agencies collect more data, the complexities grow rapidly, necessitating the use of software solutions. Palantir is collaborating with businesses and governments to reduce complexity and make use of large data volumes for algorithmic predictions. Palantir has had some success with this type of business, if success is defined solely by sales growth. For example, Palantir's 3Q21 revenue increased by 36% YoY to $392 million. Palantir's main source of revenue, government revenues, increased by 34% YoY, while commercial revenues, which include all of Palantir's business activities outside of government, increased by 37% YoY.\n\nRevenue growth, on the other hand, is not a concern for Palantir. Palantir's problems are much deeper, and there is clearly more than one issue here.\n\nThe first issue with Palantir is that, while the company's sales are increasing at a healthy clip, this is not translating into profits for shareholders. Palantir's revenue increased by 44% to $1.11 billion in the first three quarters of 2021. The sales forecast for 2021 calls for up to a 40% increase in sales. That's a good start, but what about profits?\n\nDespite a 44% increase in revenue in 2021, Palantir's profit picture appears to be dire. The company lost $364 million in 2021 alone, and the year isn't even over yet. The total loss for the year could exceed $400 million. Not bad for a company that has been in operation for nearly 20 years and \"grows revenues at a 40% annual rate,\" right? Profits after nearly two decades of operation appear to be too high a bar for Palantir to clear.\n\nThe second major issue for Palantir, despite its big data allure, is its lack of scalability. Contrary to popular belief, Palantir is little more than a well-paid government consultant whose consulting business is not scalable in any way, shape, or form. Palantir also does not operate a \"platform business\" in the same way that Metaverse (NASDAQ:FB) or Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) do. For example, Metaverse collects customer data through a single platform, the Facebook platform. Netflix scales its moving streaming platform, which can add new customers at near-zero marginal costs. Palantir requires personnel to work with each individual client, coach them, and explain platform features. This is not a sustainable business model. It is a software-based consulting business model.\n\nThe third issue with Palantir, aside from its inability to operate profitably after two decades and its business model's lack of inherent scalability, is that profits made in Palantir's business are siphoned off by insiders who are compensated royally through stock packages at the expense of shareholders. Palantir has increased the number of shares by 12% in one year, and it now has more than 2 billion shares outstanding. As a result, business profits are primarily distributed to highly compensated insiders, rather than to the company's shareholders.\n\nA Fantasy Valuation\nLet's be clear about what we're talking about. We are dealing with a company that is growing its sales by 30-40% per year, which means Palantir will have revenues in the $1.5 billion range by 2021. Give or take fifty million dollars. It is the same company that has a misunderstood \"platform business model,\" no profits after twenty years of operations, and prioritizes insider stock compensation over shareholder dilution in recent years. They are likely to see further dilution in the coming years.\n\nNonetheless, this company continues to trade at a sales multiple of twenty-four. This means that an investor pays 24 times the expected sales amount for the opportunity to invest in Palantir's loss-making \"big data prediction\" business. Palantir remains outrageously overvalued, despite a significant correction since November.\n\n\nMy Conclusion\nI'd say the valuation is a joke or a calculation error if I didn't know any better. However, this does not appear to be the case. Apparently, a sizable portion of the investor population believes that Palantir, despite its lack of profits and excessive dilution, is worth 24 times sales. In normal circumstances, 24 times earnings would be excessive. Palantir's business has no scale, which calls into question the company's positioning as a growth stock. Palantir is expected to fall further as investors begin to exit high-multiple stocks. 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The Elon Musk-led company’s shares are up about 34% so far this year and down about 7.5% over the past month.</p>\n<p>Ark Invest sold the shares via the&nbsp;<b>Ark Innovation ETF</b>(BATS:ARKK), the&nbsp;<b>Ark Autonomous Technology &amp; Robotics ETF</b>(BATS:ARKQ) and the&nbsp;<b>Ark Next Generation Internet ETF</b>(BATS:ARKW)&nbsp;on Wednesday.</p>\n<p>Tesla’s weight in ARKK and ARKW had already slipped below the 10% threshold at 8.14% and 9.35%, respectively, ahead of Wednesday’s trade. In ARKQ, it constituted 10.59% of the portfolio.</p>\n<p>The three ETFs held 1.99 million shares — worth $1.91 billion — in Tesla, ahead of Wednesday’s trade.</p>\n<p>Ark Invest has been booking profit in Tesla since September — selling over $3 billion worth of shares — after years of piling up shares in the electric vehicle company at far lower levels.</p>\n<p>Tesla continues to be the firm's biggest bet across ETFs — a stock it predicts would hit the&nbsp;$3,000 mark by the end of 2025.</p>\n<p>Wood favors the automotive industry’s switch to electric vehicles and earlier thismonth started buying sharesin the U.S. listed Chinese electric automaker&nbsp;<b>Xpeng Inc</b>.</p>\n<p>Here are the other key trades on Wednesday:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Bought 104,489 shares — estimated to be worth $21.3 million — in&nbsp;<b>Roku Inc</b>&nbsp;on the dip. The stock closed 7.95% lower at $203.94 a share on Wednesday.</li>\n <li>Bought 705,660 shares — estimated to be worth $13.7 million — in&nbsp;<b>Robinhood Markets Inc</b>. 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The Elon Musk-led company’s shares are up about 34% so far this year and down about 7.5% over the past month.</p>\n<p>Ark Invest sold the shares via the&nbsp;<b>Ark Innovation ETF</b>(BATS:ARKK), the&nbsp;<b>Ark Autonomous Technology &amp; Robotics ETF</b>(BATS:ARKQ) and the&nbsp;<b>Ark Next Generation Internet ETF</b>(BATS:ARKW)&nbsp;on Wednesday.</p>\n<p>Tesla’s weight in ARKK and ARKW had already slipped below the 10% threshold at 8.14% and 9.35%, respectively, ahead of Wednesday’s trade. In ARKQ, it constituted 10.59% of the portfolio.</p>\n<p>The three ETFs held 1.99 million shares — worth $1.91 billion — in Tesla, ahead of Wednesday’s trade.</p>\n<p>Ark Invest has been booking profit in Tesla since September — selling over $3 billion worth of shares — after years of piling up shares in the electric vehicle company at far lower levels.</p>\n<p>Tesla continues to be the firm's biggest bet across ETFs — a stock it predicts would hit the&nbsp;$3,000 mark by the end of 2025.</p>\n<p>Wood favors the automotive industry’s switch to electric vehicles and earlier thismonth started buying sharesin the U.S. listed Chinese electric automaker&nbsp;<b>Xpeng Inc</b>.</p>\n<p>Here are the other key trades on Wednesday:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Bought 104,489 shares — estimated to be worth $21.3 million — in&nbsp;<b>Roku Inc</b>&nbsp;on the dip. The stock closed 7.95% lower at $203.94 a share on Wednesday.</li>\n <li>Bought 705,660 shares — estimated to be worth $13.7 million — in&nbsp;<b>Robinhood Markets Inc</b>. The stock closed 1.93% higher at $19.50 a share.</li>\n</ul>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"ARKK":"ARK Innovation ETF","ARKQ":"ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF","XPEV":"小鹏汽车","HOOD":"Robinhood","ARKW":"ARK Next Generation Internation ETF","TSLA":"特斯拉","ROKU":"Roku Inc"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1191022113","content_text":"Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest on Wednesday sold 90,455 shares — estimated to be worth $88.3 million — in Tesla Inc, booking profit in the stock as it rose after days of losses.\nThe stock pared earlier losses to close 1.82% higher at $975.99 a share on Wednesday. The Elon Musk-led company’s shares are up about 34% so far this year and down about 7.5% over the past month.\nArk Invest sold the shares via the Ark Innovation ETF(BATS:ARKK), the Ark Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF(BATS:ARKQ) and the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF(BATS:ARKW) on Wednesday.\nTesla’s weight in ARKK and ARKW had already slipped below the 10% threshold at 8.14% and 9.35%, respectively, ahead of Wednesday’s trade. In ARKQ, it constituted 10.59% of the portfolio.\nThe three ETFs held 1.99 million shares — worth $1.91 billion — in Tesla, ahead of Wednesday’s trade.\nArk Invest has been booking profit in Tesla since September — selling over $3 billion worth of shares — after years of piling up shares in the electric vehicle company at far lower levels.\nTesla continues to be the firm's biggest bet across ETFs — a stock it predicts would hit the $3,000 mark by the end of 2025.\nWood favors the automotive industry’s switch to electric vehicles and earlier thismonth started buying sharesin the U.S. listed Chinese electric automaker Xpeng Inc.\nHere are the other key trades on Wednesday:\n\nBought 104,489 shares — estimated to be worth $21.3 million — in Roku Inc on the dip. The stock closed 7.95% lower at $203.94 a share on Wednesday.\nBought 705,660 shares — estimated to be worth $13.7 million — in Robinhood Markets Inc. 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The joint venture will aim to pull in data from material and chemical suppliers on one side and chip factories from the other and analyze it to improve efficiency.</p>\n<p>Both the suppliers and the chip factories have extensive trade secrets and have historically been reluctant to share data beyond their own organizations, said Laura Matz, who will oversee the new joint venture, which will be called Athinia. Athinia will be housed within another Merck KGaA subsidiary called EMD Digital that is separate from its electronics business.</p>\n<p>\"That has been the hurdle of solving this problem (of supply-chain inefficiency) for years,\" Matz said of the hesitance to share data. \"Until we came up with the concept of how we're structuring the data in a way that there's no (intellectual property) contamination, we couldn't get over it.\"</p>\n<p>Merck KGaA did not disclose financial details of the joint venture with Palantir.</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>German chip chemical supplier to spend $1 bln in U.S., pairs with Palantir on supply chain data</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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}\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nGerman chip chemical supplier to spend $1 bln in U.S., pairs with Palantir on supply chain data\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1036604489\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Reuters </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2021-12-07 20:34</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>Dec 7 (Reuters) - A German supplier of chemicals and materials used in making semiconductors said on Tuesday that it is investing $1 billion in its U.S. operations and forming a joint venture with data analytics firm Palantir Technologies&nbsp;to solve chip industry supply chain problems.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MKGAF\">Merck KGaA</a>&nbsp;of Darmstadt, Germany - which uses the name EMD Electronics for its North American electronics business to avoid confusion with the unaffiliated pharmaceutical company of the same name - supplies a range of chemicals used by chip factories, which are expected to expand if U.S. lawmakers pass a $52 billion aide package to bolster domestic manufacturing.</p>\n<p>The company plans to spend $1 billion through 2025 for sites in Arizona, California, Texas and Pennsylvania.</p>\n<p>\"The chip shortage needs industry-wide cooperation to resolve the supply chain issues consumers are currently facing,\" Kai Beckmann, chief executive of the German firm's electronics unit, said in a statement.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MKKGY\">Merck KGaA</a> also said Tuesday it is forming a joint venture with analytics firm Palantir. The joint venture will aim to pull in data from material and chemical suppliers on one side and chip factories from the other and analyze it to improve efficiency.</p>\n<p>Both the suppliers and the chip factories have extensive trade secrets and have historically been reluctant to share data beyond their own organizations, said Laura Matz, who will oversee the new joint venture, which will be called Athinia. Athinia will be housed within another Merck KGaA subsidiary called EMD Digital that is separate from its electronics business.</p>\n<p>\"That has been the hurdle of solving this problem (of supply-chain inefficiency) for years,\" Matz said of the hesitance to share data. \"Until we came up with the concept of how we're structuring the data in a way that there's no (intellectual property) contamination, we couldn't get over it.\"</p>\n<p>Merck KGaA did not disclose financial details of the joint venture with Palantir.</p>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BK4547":"WSB热门概念","BK4543":"AI","MKGAF":"Merck KGaA","PLTR":"Palantir Technologies Inc.","BK4023":"应用软件"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2189420631","content_text":"Dec 7 (Reuters) - A German supplier of chemicals and materials used in making semiconductors said on Tuesday that it is investing $1 billion in its U.S. operations and forming a joint venture with data analytics firm Palantir Technologies to solve chip industry supply chain problems.\nMerck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany - which uses the name EMD Electronics for its North American electronics business to avoid confusion with the unaffiliated pharmaceutical company of the same name - supplies a range of chemicals used by chip factories, which are expected to expand if U.S. lawmakers pass a $52 billion aide package to bolster domestic manufacturing.\nThe company plans to spend $1 billion through 2025 for sites in Arizona, California, Texas and Pennsylvania.\n\"The chip shortage needs industry-wide cooperation to resolve the supply chain issues consumers are currently facing,\" Kai Beckmann, chief executive of the German firm's electronics unit, said in a statement.\nMerck KGaA also said Tuesday it is forming a joint venture with analytics firm Palantir. The joint venture will aim to pull in data from material and chemical suppliers on one side and chip factories from the other and analyze it to improve efficiency.\nBoth the suppliers and the chip factories have extensive trade secrets and have historically been reluctant to share data beyond their own organizations, said Laura Matz, who will oversee the new joint venture, which will be called Athinia. Athinia will be housed within another Merck KGaA subsidiary called EMD Digital that is separate from its electronics business.\n\"That has been the hurdle of solving this problem (of supply-chain inefficiency) for years,\" Matz said of the hesitance to share data. \"Until we came up with the concept of how we're structuring the data in a way that there's no (intellectual property) contamination, we couldn't get over it.\"\nMerck KGaA did not disclose financial details of the joint venture with Palantir.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1199,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"CN","totalScore":0},{"id":605838330,"gmtCreate":1639142452839,"gmtModify":1639142452839,"author":{"id":"3573162187152560","authorId":"3573162187152560","name":"Ignacio1004","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a03c7cc6abac70f39891f10bd13d323e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3573162187152560","authorIdStr":"3573162187152560"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"hold for long","listText":"hold for long","text":"hold for long","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/605838330","repostId":"1169522079","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1169522079","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1639136423,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1169522079?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-12-10 19:40","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Nears $3 Trillion. Why It Could Still Be a Top Stock Pick for 2022.","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1169522079","media":"Barrons","summary":"Apple is a top stock pick for Morgan Stanley in 2022 as the tech giant nears a $3 trillion market ca","content":"<p>Apple&nbsp;is a top stock pick for Morgan Stanley in 2022 as the tech giant nears a $3 trillion market capitalization and prepares to launch an augmented reality product.</p>\n<p>“The combination of a strong, loyal customer base and the upcoming launch of AR/VR products positions AAPL for a re-rating in 2022,” analyst Katy Huberty wrote in a note Thursday. Huberty wrote that Apple was Morgan Stanley’s “favorite large cap (and overall Top Pick)” heading into 2022.</p>\n<p>Huberty’s call comes two days after she reiterated an Overweight rating on shares of Apple (ticker: AAPL) and raised her price target 21% to $200 from $164.</p>\n<p>Apple shares were rising 0.2% to $175.47 on Thursday. The stock has risen about 32% this year, reaching a market capitalization of $2.87 trillion. Over the last month, it has jumped 19%, outperforming the&nbsp;Dow Jones Industrial Average’s&nbsp;0.5% rise, the&nbsp;S&amp;P 500’s&nbsp;0.9% gain, and the&nbsp;Nasdaq Composite’s&nbsp;0.04% advance.</p>\n<p>Morgan Stanley believes investors should value Apple as a consumer and technology platform rather than a cyclical hardware company, given that around a third of gross profits come from the company’s services segment. iPhone 13 demand will continue to drive growth in the short term, with new product launches in early 2022 continuing the trend, Huberty wrote.</p>\n<p>Wedbush’s Dan Ives echoed Huberty’s bullish call, citing strong iPhone 13 demand and the upcoming launch of augmented reality headsets.</p>\n<p>“This week our Apple store checks, supply chain data, and iPhone order delays all confirm our bullish view that currently demand is outstripping supply for iPhones 13 by roughly 10 million units globally,” Ives wrote in a research note Thursday.</p>\n<p>Ives estimated that Apple was on pace to sell more than 40 million iPhones during the holiday season, despite chip shortage and supply-chain headwinds. These headwinds are likely to be “nothing more than a speed bump” on the iPhone 12 and 13 cycle as consumers continue to upgrade their phones.</p>\n<p>Ives also foresees Apple launching AR headset “Apple Glasses” around the summer of 2022, which could add $20 per share to the company’s valuation.</p>\n<p>Other tailwinds include gaining a share of the PC market, strong cash returns, and future advances in augmented reality, payments, and talk of an upcoming expansion into vehicle manufacturing, Huberty added.</p>\n<p>“We also believe investors need to properly embed value from the optionality of upcoming new product launches,” she wrote.</p>\n<p>There are still some risks to the bullish case for Apple stock. Chief among them is that iPhone sales fail to materialize in 2022, as work-from-home demand peters off, Huberty outlined.</p>\n<p>Another risk could come with low growth in the services sector, potentially driven by court-imposed changes to the App Store payment model. 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Huberty wrote that Apple was Morgan Stanley’s “favorite large cap (and overall Top Pick)” heading into 2022.\nHuberty’s call comes two days after she reiterated an Overweight rating on shares of Apple (ticker: AAPL) and raised her price target 21% to $200 from $164.\nApple shares were rising 0.2% to $175.47 on Thursday. The stock has risen about 32% this year, reaching a market capitalization of $2.87 trillion. Over the last month, it has jumped 19%, outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 0.5% rise, the S&P 500’s 0.9% gain, and the Nasdaq Composite’s 0.04% advance.\nMorgan Stanley believes investors should value Apple as a consumer and technology platform rather than a cyclical hardware company, given that around a third of gross profits come from the company’s services segment. iPhone 13 demand will continue to drive growth in the short term, with new product launches in early 2022 continuing the trend, Huberty wrote.\nWedbush’s Dan Ives echoed Huberty’s bullish call, citing strong iPhone 13 demand and the upcoming launch of augmented reality headsets.\n“This week our Apple store checks, supply chain data, and iPhone order delays all confirm our bullish view that currently demand is outstripping supply for iPhones 13 by roughly 10 million units globally,” Ives wrote in a research note Thursday.\nIves estimated that Apple was on pace to sell more than 40 million iPhones during the holiday season, despite chip shortage and supply-chain headwinds. These headwinds are likely to be “nothing more than a speed bump” on the iPhone 12 and 13 cycle as consumers continue to upgrade their phones.\nIves also foresees Apple launching AR headset “Apple Glasses” around the summer of 2022, which could add $20 per share to the company’s valuation.\nOther tailwinds include gaining a share of the PC market, strong cash returns, and future advances in augmented reality, payments, and talk of an upcoming expansion into vehicle manufacturing, Huberty added.\n“We also believe investors need to properly embed value from the optionality of upcoming new product launches,” she wrote.\nThere are still some risks to the bullish case for Apple stock. Chief among them is that iPhone sales fail to materialize in 2022, as work-from-home demand peters off, Huberty outlined.\nAnother risk could come with low growth in the services sector, potentially driven by court-imposed changes to the App Store payment model. Even that risk looked less likely as Apple notched another victory in its legal battle with Fortnite publisher Epic Games on Wednesday.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":787,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"CN","totalScore":0},{"id":602760766,"gmtCreate":1639069475254,"gmtModify":1639069475254,"author":{"id":"3573162187152560","authorId":"3573162187152560","name":"Ignacio1004","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a03c7cc6abac70f39891f10bd13d323e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3573162187152560","authorIdStr":"3573162187152560"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"gonna hold it for a long term [Smile]&nbsp;","listText":"gonna hold it for a long term [Smile]&nbsp;","text":"gonna hold it for a long term [Smile]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/602760766","repostId":"2189695656","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2189695656","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1639019727,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2189695656?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-12-09 11:15","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Palantir's Q3 Earnings Highlight an Exciting Road Ahead","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2189695656","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"After nearly two decades as a private company, Palantir's latest earnings highlight what it's been up to and where it's going.","content":"<p>Enterprises rely on data to deliver value. According to research from IDC, the problem is that upwards of 80% of an organization's data is unstructured. Customer records, important documents, audio files, emails, and more are housed in disparate systems, rendering traditional automation, business intelligence, and analytics solutions less useful. As a result, most of these organizations spend years with high-cost consultants attempting to build an in-house solution. More often than not, these efforts do not lead to much progress.</p>\n<p>After spending nearly two decades as a private company and raising billions of dollars in venture capital, <b>Palantir Technologies</b> (NYSE:PLTR) is showcasing that the capabilities of its premier software platform, Foundry, were well worth the wait. Moreover, Palantir has invested in a number of smaller, yet potentially disruptive technology companies to assist in its many use cases and addressable markets.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/86871dec05066e8791f4a3ac81264278\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2><b>Financial performance</b></h2>\n<p>Palantir describes Foundry as the connective tissue that connects analytics and operational systems, allowing customers to model and execute complex cross-functional transactions. This method is beginning to pay dividends for Palantir, as the company generated $392 million in revenue during Q3, representing 36% year-over-year growth. Moreover, the company is increasing average revenue per customer and expanding its margins, leading to increased cash flow. In Q3 2021 Palantir reported 57% contribution margin compared to 56% in Q3 2020. Additionally, Palantir's year-to-date operating cash flow is $240.4 million, compared to <i>negative </i>$278.3 million for the first nine months of 2020.</p>\n<p>Palantir concluded its Q3 earnings call with guidance for Q4 2021 revenue of $418 million and full-year 2021 revenue growth of 40%. However, not all investors were pleased with these results, as stock-based compensation remains a significant component of the management team's pay. The company has outlined a clear vision to grow revenue at 30% or more for the next four years. So despite its stock-based compensation awards, I am enthusiastic about Palantir's growth prospects, especially in the commercial sector, and about its growing number of use cases.</p>\n<h2><b>All roads lead to cryptocurrency</b></h2>\n<p>Palantir has found interesting ways to deploy its capital since its public offering. The company has invested in several high-growth companies in the transportation space, including connected vehicle data analytics company <b>Wejo</b> (NASDAQ:WEJO) and micromobility company <b><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRDS\">Bird Global</a> </b>(NYSE:BRDS). The company also formed an alliance with cellular medicine company <b>Celularity </b>(NASDAQ:CELU), which is leveraging Palantir's software in its cellular data set to accelerate research and development initiatives.</p>\n<p>These partnerships and strategic investments are assisting Palantir as the company discovers more use cases and serviceable markets, especially for non-governmental entities.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/88e2be3b791f3b33388ec5d17f5194b6\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"407\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<p>During the earnings call, management announced that they had discovered a unique fit with crypto companies that need industrialized compliance solutions. Palantir is leveraging its experience with anti-money laundering and helping governments identify compliance issues with some of the largest banks in the world.</p>\n<p>The rising number of use cases and applications for the Foundry product could bode well for Palantir as the company begins to scale its commercial sector practice. Financial institutions such as investment banks (as well as brokers and trading platforms such as <b>Coinbase</b> and <b>Robinhood</b>) will all need to continue building out proper compliance procedures as crypto becomes more regulated.</p>\n<p>Palantir reported meaningful growth on the commercial side of its business in the form of 46% quarter-over-quarter growth in commercial customer count and 135% since December 2020. As an investor, I am impressed by the malleability of Palantir's product and its market-ready applications. Given the rise in enthusiasm around the crypto-economy at large, the implications of Foundry for crypto should not be underestimated.</p>\n<h2><b>Now what?</b></h2>\n<p>Palantir has faced scrutiny for its lucrative stock-based compensation packages as well as its reliance on large government contracts. However, the company showcased new uses in financial services, specifically crypto, and highlighted how its software is assisting the automotive industry Although management reiterated its commitment to 30% year-over-year growth for the next four years, these case studies make me feel that it is possible that this is a bit conservative given the company's current trajectory of 40% revenue growth this year, and the fact that many of these strategic investments and partnerships are still in early stages.</p>\n<p>When it comes to big data analytics, Palantir is the company that excites me the most. I think that the company has invested wisely over the course of two decades, and the growth that we are seeing is only the beginning.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Palantir's Q3 Earnings Highlight an Exciting Road Ahead</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nPalantir's Q3 Earnings Highlight an Exciting Road Ahead\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-12-09 11:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/12/08/palantirs-q3-earnings-highlight-exciting-roadmap-a/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Enterprises rely on data to deliver value. According to research from IDC, the problem is that upwards of 80% of an organization's data is unstructured. Customer records, important documents, audio ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/12/08/palantirs-q3-earnings-highlight-exciting-roadmap-a/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"WEJO":"Wejo Group Limited","BRDS":"Bird Global","PLTR":"Palantir Technologies Inc.","BK4543":"AI","CELU":"Celularity Inc.","BK4547":"WSB热门概念","BK4139":"生物科技","BK4023":"应用软件"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/12/08/palantirs-q3-earnings-highlight-exciting-roadmap-a/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2189695656","content_text":"Enterprises rely on data to deliver value. According to research from IDC, the problem is that upwards of 80% of an organization's data is unstructured. Customer records, important documents, audio files, emails, and more are housed in disparate systems, rendering traditional automation, business intelligence, and analytics solutions less useful. As a result, most of these organizations spend years with high-cost consultants attempting to build an in-house solution. More often than not, these efforts do not lead to much progress.\nAfter spending nearly two decades as a private company and raising billions of dollars in venture capital, Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) is showcasing that the capabilities of its premier software platform, Foundry, were well worth the wait. Moreover, Palantir has invested in a number of smaller, yet potentially disruptive technology companies to assist in its many use cases and addressable markets.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nFinancial performance\nPalantir describes Foundry as the connective tissue that connects analytics and operational systems, allowing customers to model and execute complex cross-functional transactions. This method is beginning to pay dividends for Palantir, as the company generated $392 million in revenue during Q3, representing 36% year-over-year growth. Moreover, the company is increasing average revenue per customer and expanding its margins, leading to increased cash flow. In Q3 2021 Palantir reported 57% contribution margin compared to 56% in Q3 2020. Additionally, Palantir's year-to-date operating cash flow is $240.4 million, compared to negative $278.3 million for the first nine months of 2020.\nPalantir concluded its Q3 earnings call with guidance for Q4 2021 revenue of $418 million and full-year 2021 revenue growth of 40%. However, not all investors were pleased with these results, as stock-based compensation remains a significant component of the management team's pay. The company has outlined a clear vision to grow revenue at 30% or more for the next four years. So despite its stock-based compensation awards, I am enthusiastic about Palantir's growth prospects, especially in the commercial sector, and about its growing number of use cases.\nAll roads lead to cryptocurrency\nPalantir has found interesting ways to deploy its capital since its public offering. The company has invested in several high-growth companies in the transportation space, including connected vehicle data analytics company Wejo (NASDAQ:WEJO) and micromobility company Bird Global (NYSE:BRDS). The company also formed an alliance with cellular medicine company Celularity (NASDAQ:CELU), which is leveraging Palantir's software in its cellular data set to accelerate research and development initiatives.\nThese partnerships and strategic investments are assisting Palantir as the company discovers more use cases and serviceable markets, especially for non-governmental entities.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nDuring the earnings call, management announced that they had discovered a unique fit with crypto companies that need industrialized compliance solutions. Palantir is leveraging its experience with anti-money laundering and helping governments identify compliance issues with some of the largest banks in the world.\nThe rising number of use cases and applications for the Foundry product could bode well for Palantir as the company begins to scale its commercial sector practice. Financial institutions such as investment banks (as well as brokers and trading platforms such as Coinbase and Robinhood) will all need to continue building out proper compliance procedures as crypto becomes more regulated.\nPalantir reported meaningful growth on the commercial side of its business in the form of 46% quarter-over-quarter growth in commercial customer count and 135% since December 2020. As an investor, I am impressed by the malleability of Palantir's product and its market-ready applications. Given the rise in enthusiasm around the crypto-economy at large, the implications of Foundry for crypto should not be underestimated.\nNow what?\nPalantir has faced scrutiny for its lucrative stock-based compensation packages as well as its reliance on large government contracts. However, the company showcased new uses in financial services, specifically crypto, and highlighted how its software is assisting the automotive industry Although management reiterated its commitment to 30% year-over-year growth for the next four years, these case studies make me feel that it is possible that this is a bit conservative given the company's current trajectory of 40% revenue growth this year, and the fact that many of these strategic investments and partnerships are still in early stages.\nWhen it comes to big data analytics, Palantir is the company that excites me the most. I think that the company has invested wisely over the course of two decades, and the growth that we are seeing is only the beginning.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1086,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"CN","totalScore":0},{"id":690800991,"gmtCreate":1639651001817,"gmtModify":1639651001817,"author":{"id":"3573162187152560","authorId":"3573162187152560","name":"Ignacio1004","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a03c7cc6abac70f39891f10bd13d323e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3573162187152560","authorIdStr":"3573162187152560"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉","listText":"palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉","text":"palantir is an underestimated stock, time will tell 😉","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/690800991","repostId":"1143795954","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1143795954","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1639613655,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1143795954?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-12-16 08:14","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Palantir: A Value Trap","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1143795954","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"Summary\n\nPalantir is an overvalued government contractor.\nThe business has no intrinsic scale value.","content":"<p><b>Summary</b></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Palantir is an overvalued government contractor.</li>\n <li>The business has no intrinsic scale value.</li>\n <li>Palantir’s revenue growth, estimated at 40% this year, is still grossly overvalued.</li>\n</ul>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Palantir (NYSE:PLTR), a software company, has seen its share price fall significantly recently as investors exited high-growth, high-multiple stocks. At 24 times sales, I believe PLTR stock is still significantly overvalued, and investors should brace themselves for new lows.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>A Government Consulting Business With Three Major Issues</b></p>\n<p>Someone needs to explain to me what all the fuss is about with the big data analytics company Palantir. Palantir is frequently lauded for its software capabilities, which provide customers with data intelligence insights that, ostensibly, improve managerial decision making, but I do not see Palantir as what everyone else does: a unique platform business cashing in on the big data market.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Palantir is best known for its various \"foundries.\" Palantir's foundries are data management and aggregation systems that assist institutions in efficiently centralizing and storing data. As businesses and government agencies collect more data, the complexities grow rapidly, necessitating the use of software solutions. Palantir is collaborating with businesses and governments to reduce complexity and make use of large data volumes for algorithmic predictions. Palantir has had some success with this type of business, if success is defined solely by sales growth. For example, Palantir's 3Q21 revenue increased by 36% YoY to $392 million. Palantir's main source of revenue, government revenues, increased by 34% YoY, while commercial revenues, which include all of Palantir's business activities outside of government, increased by 37% YoY.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Revenue growth, on the other hand, is not a concern for Palantir. Palantir's problems are much deeper, and there is clearly more than one issue here.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The first issue with Palantir is that, while the company's sales are increasing at a healthy clip, this is not translating into profits for shareholders. Palantir's revenue increased by 44% to $1.11 billion in the first three quarters of 2021. The sales forecast for 2021 calls for up to a 40% increase in sales. That's a good start, but what about profits?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Despite a 44% increase in revenue in 2021, Palantir's profit picture appears to be dire. The company lost $364 million in 2021 alone, and the year isn't even over yet. The total loss for the year could exceed $400 million. Not bad for a company that has been in operation for nearly 20 years and \"grows revenues at a 40% annual rate,\" right? Profits after nearly two decades of operation appear to be too high a bar for Palantir to clear.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The second major issue for Palantir, despite its big data allure, is its lack of scalability. Contrary to popular belief, Palantir is little more than a well-paid government consultant whose consulting business is not scalable in any way, shape, or form. Palantir also does not operate a \"platform business\" in the same way that Metaverse (NASDAQ:FB) or Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) do. For example, Metaverse collects customer data through a single platform, the Facebook platform. Netflix scales its moving streaming platform, which can add new customers at near-zero marginal costs. Palantir requires personnel to work with each individual client, coach them, and explain platform features. This is not a sustainable business model. It is a software-based consulting business model.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The third issue with Palantir, aside from its inability to operate profitably after two decades and its business model's lack of inherent scalability, is that profits made in Palantir's business are siphoned off by insiders who are compensated royally through stock packages at the expense of shareholders. Palantir has increased the number of shares by 12% in one year, and it now has more than 2 billion shares outstanding. As a result, business profits are primarily distributed to highly compensated insiders, rather than to the company's shareholders.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>A Fantasy Valuation</b></p>\n<p>Let's be clear about what we're talking about. We are dealing with a company that is growing its sales by 30-40% per year, which means Palantir will have revenues in the $1.5 billion range by 2021. Give or take fifty million dollars. It is the same company that has a misunderstood \"platform business model,\" no profits after twenty years of operations, and prioritizes insider stock compensation over shareholder dilution in recent years. They are likely to see further dilution in the coming years.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this company continues to trade at a sales multiple of twenty-four. This means that an investor pays 24 times the expected sales amount for the opportunity to invest in Palantir's loss-making \"big data prediction\" business. Palantir remains outrageously overvalued, despite a significant correction since November.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>My Conclusion</b></p>\n<p>I'd say the valuation is a joke or a calculation error if I didn't know any better. However, this does not appear to be the case. Apparently, a sizable portion of the investor population believes that Palantir, despite its lack of profits and excessive dilution, is worth 24 times sales. In normal circumstances, 24 times earnings would be excessive. Palantir's business has no scale, which calls into question the company's positioning as a growth stock. Palantir is expected to fall further as investors begin to exit high-multiple stocks. PLTR is nothing more than a value trap, nothing less.</p>","source":"lsy1638401102509","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Palantir: A Value Trap</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nPalantir: A Value Trap\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-12-16 08:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4475365-palantir-a-value-trap><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Summary\n\nPalantir is an overvalued government contractor.\nThe business has no intrinsic scale value.\nPalantir’s revenue growth, estimated at 40% this year, is still grossly overvalued.\n\n\n\nPalantir (...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4475365-palantir-a-value-trap\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"PLTR":"Palantir Technologies Inc."},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4475365-palantir-a-value-trap","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1143795954","content_text":"Summary\n\nPalantir is an overvalued government contractor.\nThe business has no intrinsic scale value.\nPalantir’s revenue growth, estimated at 40% this year, is still grossly overvalued.\n\n\n\nPalantir (NYSE:PLTR), a software company, has seen its share price fall significantly recently as investors exited high-growth, high-multiple stocks. At 24 times sales, I believe PLTR stock is still significantly overvalued, and investors should brace themselves for new lows.\n\nA Government Consulting Business With Three Major Issues\nSomeone needs to explain to me what all the fuss is about with the big data analytics company Palantir. Palantir is frequently lauded for its software capabilities, which provide customers with data intelligence insights that, ostensibly, improve managerial decision making, but I do not see Palantir as what everyone else does: a unique platform business cashing in on the big data market.\n\nPalantir is best known for its various \"foundries.\" Palantir's foundries are data management and aggregation systems that assist institutions in efficiently centralizing and storing data. As businesses and government agencies collect more data, the complexities grow rapidly, necessitating the use of software solutions. Palantir is collaborating with businesses and governments to reduce complexity and make use of large data volumes for algorithmic predictions. Palantir has had some success with this type of business, if success is defined solely by sales growth. For example, Palantir's 3Q21 revenue increased by 36% YoY to $392 million. Palantir's main source of revenue, government revenues, increased by 34% YoY, while commercial revenues, which include all of Palantir's business activities outside of government, increased by 37% YoY.\n\nRevenue growth, on the other hand, is not a concern for Palantir. Palantir's problems are much deeper, and there is clearly more than one issue here.\n\nThe first issue with Palantir is that, while the company's sales are increasing at a healthy clip, this is not translating into profits for shareholders. Palantir's revenue increased by 44% to $1.11 billion in the first three quarters of 2021. The sales forecast for 2021 calls for up to a 40% increase in sales. That's a good start, but what about profits?\n\nDespite a 44% increase in revenue in 2021, Palantir's profit picture appears to be dire. The company lost $364 million in 2021 alone, and the year isn't even over yet. The total loss for the year could exceed $400 million. Not bad for a company that has been in operation for nearly 20 years and \"grows revenues at a 40% annual rate,\" right? Profits after nearly two decades of operation appear to be too high a bar for Palantir to clear.\n\nThe second major issue for Palantir, despite its big data allure, is its lack of scalability. Contrary to popular belief, Palantir is little more than a well-paid government consultant whose consulting business is not scalable in any way, shape, or form. Palantir also does not operate a \"platform business\" in the same way that Metaverse (NASDAQ:FB) or Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) do. For example, Metaverse collects customer data through a single platform, the Facebook platform. Netflix scales its moving streaming platform, which can add new customers at near-zero marginal costs. Palantir requires personnel to work with each individual client, coach them, and explain platform features. This is not a sustainable business model. It is a software-based consulting business model.\n\nThe third issue with Palantir, aside from its inability to operate profitably after two decades and its business model's lack of inherent scalability, is that profits made in Palantir's business are siphoned off by insiders who are compensated royally through stock packages at the expense of shareholders. Palantir has increased the number of shares by 12% in one year, and it now has more than 2 billion shares outstanding. As a result, business profits are primarily distributed to highly compensated insiders, rather than to the company's shareholders.\n\nA Fantasy Valuation\nLet's be clear about what we're talking about. We are dealing with a company that is growing its sales by 30-40% per year, which means Palantir will have revenues in the $1.5 billion range by 2021. Give or take fifty million dollars. It is the same company that has a misunderstood \"platform business model,\" no profits after twenty years of operations, and prioritizes insider stock compensation over shareholder dilution in recent years. They are likely to see further dilution in the coming years.\n\nNonetheless, this company continues to trade at a sales multiple of twenty-four. This means that an investor pays 24 times the expected sales amount for the opportunity to invest in Palantir's loss-making \"big data prediction\" business. Palantir remains outrageously overvalued, despite a significant correction since November.\n\n\nMy Conclusion\nI'd say the valuation is a joke or a calculation error if I didn't know any better. However, this does not appear to be the case. Apparently, a sizable portion of the investor population believes that Palantir, despite its lack of profits and excessive dilution, is worth 24 times sales. In normal circumstances, 24 times earnings would be excessive. Palantir's business has no scale, which calls into question the company's positioning as a growth stock. Palantir is expected to fall further as investors begin to exit high-multiple stocks. PLTR is nothing more than a value trap, nothing less.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":740,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"CN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}