Palantir's stock price has increased by over 156% year-to-date, ranking it eighth among the S&P 500 constituents.

As of the close of the US stock market on Wednesday, Palantir's stock price had risen by over 156% year-to-date, ranking it eighth among the S&P 500 component stocks. Data released by research firm VandaTrack shows that as of December 8th, retail investors had bought nearly $8 billion worth of Palantir stock net in the year, an increase of over 80% from 2024 and five times the amount in 2023. Vanda's data also indicates that Palantir is poised to be the fifth most purchased stock by retail investors this year, following only tech giants Nvidia and Tesla, and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and Invesco QQQ ETF.