BBAI vs. PLTR, LNW, DBX, MTCH, PSN, OTEX, GTLB, WAY, BZ, and OS
Should you be buying BigBear.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BigBear.ai include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Light & Wonder (LNW), Dropbox (DBX), Match Group (MTCH), Parsons (PSN), Open Text (OTEX), GitLab (GTLB), Waystar (WAY), KANZHUN (BZ), and OneStream (OS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
BigBear.ai vs. Its Competitors
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Palantir Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than BigBear.ai. BigBear.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 85 more articles in the media than BigBear.ai. MarketBeat recorded 142 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 57 mentions for BigBear.ai. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat BigBear.ai's score of 0.78 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of BigBear.ai shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $89.32, suggesting a potential downside of 35.80%. BigBear.ai has a consensus price target of $6.33, suggesting a potential downside of 18.59%. Given BigBear.ai's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BigBear.ai is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 18.32% compared to BigBear.ai's net margin of -121.31%. Palantir Technologies' return on equity of 6.55% beat BigBear.ai's return on equity.
Summary
Palantir Technologies beats BigBear.ai on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BBAI) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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