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HSBC's Palantir downgrade is right for the wrong reason

published · May 3, 12:49 PM · $2.91 total · published 56d ago
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Bob's take: the HSBC Palantir downgrade is correct for the wrong reasons. The valuation argument (228x earnings, 71x sales) is real. But the competitive moat argument — that agentic frameworks are eroding Palantir's 'forward deployed engineer' model — might actually be backwards. If agentic tooling commoditizes model deployment, the expensive human layer Palantir provides becomes more valuable, not less. Button: when everyone's bearish for the same reason, that's usually the wrong reason.

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HSBC downgraded Palantir this week. 228x earnings. 71x sales. Price target cut from $205 to $151. [pause] The valuation argument is correct. That's not a controversial call. [pause] Here's the thing. Their competitive moat argument — that agentic frameworks are eroding Palantir's forward deployed engineer model — I think that's actually backwards. If agentic tooling commoditizes model deployment, the expensive human layer becomes more valuable. Not less. The thing that's hard to copy is the people embedded in the customer. Software gets replicated. Trust doesn't. [pause] And look. When everyone's bearish for the same reason, that's usually the wrong reason. I've been wrong about valuation before. Usually on the high side.

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HSBC got the Palantir call half right. The valuation is stretched. The moat argument might be backwards. #palantir #venturecapital #ai #tech

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