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Palantir Vs. Intel: Choose One for The Rest of 2026

Alex Sirois

Tue, September 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM GMT+3 3 min read

Quick Read

Palantir's U.S. commercial revenue surged 149% and its Rule of 40 hit 155%, but a P/E of 264 leaves zero room to disappoint.
NVIDIA's $5B equity stake and 32 upward EPS revisions give Intel's foundry turnaround a structural floor Palantir's stretched valuation cannot match.
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Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) closed Q2 2026 from opposite ends of the AI economy. Palantir posted 93% revenue growth on pure software. Intel delivered its strongest revenue growth in more than fifteen years while rebuilding its foundry. Choosing between them for the last four months of 2026 is a debate about momentum versus math.

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Software Sovereignty Vs. Silicon Reboot

Palantir's Q2 was carried by AIP. U.S. commercial revenue jumped 149% year over year to $764 million, and Alex Karp described the quarter as "otherworldly". A Rule of 40 score of 155% is rare outside a slide deck.

Intel's engine was Data Center and AI. That segment jumped 59% year over year to $6.26 billion, with Xeon 6 called one of the fastest-ramping products in Intel history. Lip-Bu Tan told analysts "server CPU demand continues to far outpace available supply". Foundry still bled $2.1 billion, so the turnaround remains uneven.

Business Driver

Palantir

Intel

Main Growth Engine

U.S. commercial AIP deals

DCAI and Xeon 6 ramp

Gross Margin

~82%

41.8% non-GAAP

Management Focus

Sovereign AI stack

18A yields, capacity

Where The Bets Really Diverge

Palantir is selling an operational layer. Karp framed it plainly: "Palantir, of course, is now both infrastructure, software, FDEs, orchestration, and business know-how". That combination pushed net dollar retention to 157%. The catch is a price-to-sales ratio of 73 that leaves almost no room to disappoint.

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Intel is placing a capital-heavy bet on domestic silicon. It raised 2026 capex to more than $20 billion, with 2027 expected to run significantly higher. Backing from NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)'s $5.0B equity stake and SoftBank's $2.0B gives Tan cover to keep spending. The 2026 fiscal-year EPS estimate has climbed to 1.5129 from 1.0971 thirty days ago, driven by 32 upward revisions, reflecting this shift.

What Decides The Next Four Months

For Palantir, the setup is the risk. When shares trade at a P/E of 264 and change hands near $186.38, even a clean Q3 earnings report at guidance of $2.160 to $2.164 billion may not satisfy positioning.

Intel's Q3 guide of $15.8 billion to $16.8 billion with non-GAAP EPS of $0.38 looks conservative given consensus revisions. Watch 18A yields, Panther Lake ramp, and whether external foundry revenue moves beyond $293 million.

Why I Lean Intel For The Rest Of 2026

For long-term software dominance, Palantir is hard to fault. The Rule of 40 at 155% is real, and the sovereign AI thesis is landing with customers.

For the next four months, I lean Intel. Estimates are still catching up to the business, positioning is cleaner, and the CHIPS Act and NVIDIA equity give the turnaround a floor Palantir's multiple does not have. Shares are already up 142.57% year to date, so the entry point matters. If foundry losses narrow in Q3, Intel keeps working. If they widen, the thesis unravels quickly.