Thus far, 2024 has been the year of AI — and although stock market darling and semiconductor leader Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the most publicized winner of this new industry’s rapid rise, big data analytics company Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) could secure better yearly returns.After all, it is currently in the lead — whereas NVDA is up 196.78% since the beginning of the year, PLTR has secured gains of 268.28% in the same timeframe. At press time, Palantir stock was trading at $61.06 apiece.PLTR stock price Y ...