What if you invested in Palantir in 2020?
PLTR · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Palantir in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,540(+154%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,540 on the same $1,000. Palantir beat the market by $9,741.
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What if Palantir keeps this up?
Project forward at Palantir's 46.4% historical growth rate. See 5-30 year scenarios.
Growth of $1,000
Palantir vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2020 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Palantir starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.50 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $35.18 | $3,703 | +270.3% |
| 2022 | $13.71 | $1,443 | -61% |
| 2023 | $7.78 | $819 | -43.3% |
| 2024 | $16.09 | $1,694 | +106.8% |
| 2025 | $82.49 | $8,683 | +412.7% |
| 2026 | $146.59 | $15,431 | +77.7% |
What this return means
A $1,000 position in Palantir (PLTR) opened in 2020 is worth $12,281 today. That works out to +1128.1%, about 12x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 46.4% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 6.6 years. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $2,540 on the same stake, putting Palantir ahead by close to $9,741. The index compounded at about 15.2% a year over that period.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2025 at +412.7%, and the worst was 2022 at -61.0%. At its lowest point the position was down about 78% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Palantir at the close of every month from September 2020 through June 2026 means 70 buys and $7,000 contributed over about 5.8 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$42,543
+507.8% on $7,000 in
Same $7,000, all in at the start
$85,967
+1,128.1% on $7,000 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $43,425. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $19.20 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from PLTR split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.