Meet the Monster Stock That Continues to Crush the Market

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been the single best-performing stock in the S&P 500 not just this year, but last year as well. The artificial intelligence (AI) leader more than doubled in 2025 through mid-August, on top of a stunning 340% gain in 2024. That kind of back-to-back performance is almost unheard of, and it's no accident.The company is growing at a blistering pace, landing massive new contracts and rapidly expanding the reach of its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). With momentum this strong, it's worth looking at exactly what's driving the surge, what could slow it down, and why the long-term opportunity remains enormous.Palantir made a name for itself in the years after 9/11, providing advanced data analytics to U.S. intelligence agencies. It built a reputation for solving complex, high-stakes problems, with the government using it to fight terrorism and later track COVID cases. The U.S. federal government remains Palantir's largest customer, but its biggest growth engine is now the commercial sector. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool