Reviewing Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and ServiceTitan (NASDAQ:TTAN)

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and ServiceTitan (NASDAQ:TTAN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Palantir Technologies and ServiceTitan, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palantir Technologies	6	12	4	0	1.91
ServiceTitan	0	4	9	1	2.79

Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $73.21, indicating a potential downside of 13.73%. ServiceTitan has a consensus price target of $116.17, indicating a potential upside of 22.36%. Given ServiceTitan’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ServiceTitan is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palantir Technologies	16.13%	6.85%	5.48%
ServiceTitan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Palantir Technologies and ServiceTitan”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Palantir Technologies	$2.87 billion	67.46	$462.19 million	$0.19	446.62
ServiceTitan	$724.36 million	10.03	N/A	N/A	N/A

Palantir Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceTitan.

Summary

Palantir Technologies beats ServiceTitan on 7 of the 11 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 ServiceTitan

ServiceTitan, Inc. engages in the collection of field service activities required to install, maintain, and service the infrastructure and systems of residences and commercial buildings. The company was founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan on June 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.