How Palantir Stock Soared 80% in the First Half of 2025 to Become the Best S&P 500 Stock -- and Why the Next Big Move Could Come in August
Palantir Technologies(US:PLTR) The Motley Fool·2025-07-04 08:00Palantir stock's stellar performance is being driven by strong demand for the company's AI-powered software platforms for data analytics.Palantir Technologies (PLTR 1.70%) stock soared 80.3% in the first half of 2025, which ended on Monday, June 30. That performance made the operator of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data analytics platforms the best performer in the S&P 500 index.For context, in the year's first half, the S&P 500 returned 6.2% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index returned 5.9%. ...