Comparing Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) & Docebo (NASDAQ:DCBO)

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Docebo shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Palantir Technologies	$6.16 billion	73.02	$1.63 billion	$1.17	159.87
Docebo	$258.93 million	2.23	$37.51 million	$1.14	20.22

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Palantir Technologies and Docebo, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palantir Technologies	3	10	21	2	2.61
Docebo	0	4	11	1	2.81

Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $195.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.43%. Docebo has a consensus target price of $31.23, suggesting a potential upside of 35.49%. Given Docebo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Docebo is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.

Volatility & Risk

Palantir Technologies has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Docebo has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Palantir Technologies and Docebo’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%
Docebo	12.98%	120.29%	16.26%

Summary

Palantir Technologies beats Docebo on 11 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 Docebo

Docebo Inc. operates as a learning management software company that provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered learning platform in North America and internationally. It offers Learning Management System (LMS) to train internal and external workforces, partners, and customers. The company's cloud platform consists of a learning suite, which includes Docebo Learn LMS, a cloud-based learning platform that allows learning administrators to deliver personalized learning; Docebo Shape, an AI-based learning content creation tool, which enables learning administrators to turn internal and external resources into engaging, multilingual, and microlearning content to share across the business; Docebo Content that allows off-the-shelf learning content by partnering content specialist; Docebo Learning Impact, a learning measurement tool that enables administrators to prove and improve training programs; Docebo Learn Data, which gives a comprehensive view on learning data to business results; Docebo Connect that connects Docebo to custom tech stack and making integrations; and Docebo Flow that allows businesses to directly inject learning into the flow of work. It also offers Docebo for Salesforce, a native integration that leverages Salesforce's application programming interface and technology architecture to produce a learning experience; Docebo Embed that allows original equipment manufacturers to embed and re-sell Docebo as a part of their software; Docebo Mobile App Publisher product that allows companies to create and publish own branded version of Docebo Go.Learn mobile learning applications; Docebo Extended Enterprise which breeds customer education, partner enablement, and retention; Docebo Discover, Coach & Share that enhances the learning experience to create a culture of social learning; and Docebo for Microsoft Teams, that brings learning directly into Microsoft Teams. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.