NIQ vs BLK vs PLTR Stock Comparison

NIQ Global Intelligence, BlackRock and Palantir Technologies Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLK BlackRock, Inc.
$1,161.10 +9.6% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$189.76B
P/E
28.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.30B
Div. yield
0.02%
Asset Management Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Palantir Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Palantir Technologies 5, BlackRock 4, NIQ Global Intelligence 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNIQBLKPLTRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.99B $189.76B $409.45B PLTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -17.1x 28.3x 111.6x BLK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.1x 18.8x 105.7x NIQ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.9% +26.5% +87.1% PLTR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.0% 24.6% 50.3% PLTR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.8% 9.9% — BLK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.1x -0.1x — BLK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +66.2% +8.6% -15.3% NIQ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +4.0%/yr +46.0%/yr PLTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.0% 27.6% 59.5% BLK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 58/100 69/100 PLTR

Percentile Scorecard

NIQBLKPLTR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNIQBLKPLTR
Valuation 74 #27 of 100 67 #67 of 200 22 #78 of 100
Growth 86 #15 of 99 59 #48 of 116 100 #1 of 99
Profitability 48 #50 of 96 70 #44 of 143 97 #4 of 96
Financial Health 21 #89 of 112 64 #60 of 166 98 #3 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 29 #57 of 80 26 #50 of 67
Overall 57 58 69
  • NIQ ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • BLK ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • PLTR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNIQBLKPLTRSPY
1 month +20.6%+9.6%-7.1% -2.0%
3 months +71.4%+2.7%+7.8% -2.2%
6 months +90.1%+10.7%+29.1% +4.2%
Year to date +21.5%+8.5%-1.3% +10.6%
1 year +66.2%+8.6%-15.3% +10.4%
3 years —+76.5%+828.5% +73.6%
3 years, per year —+20.9%+110.3% +20.2%
5 years —+21.7%+562.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year —+4.0%+46.0% +10.1%
10 years —+240.4%— +261.3%
10 years, per year —+13.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNIQBLKPLTRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.0%27.6%59.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.9%27.6%55.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.461.221.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.990.31-0.26 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.6%-45.3%-77.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.8%-1.9%-16.1% -3.2%
52-week high $20.40$1,183.85$209.05 $779.14
52-week low $7.97$922.90$107.27 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNIQBLKPLTR
P/E now vs peer median -16.8xmedian 27.1x 26.9xmedian 33.9x 115.0xmedian 27.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.8x 6.6xmedian 4.7x 58.0xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 16.6x 17.2xmedian 12.0x 122.8xmedian 16.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 15.7x 51.2xmedian 14.4x 104.2xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 2.8x 3.1xmedian 1.8x 37.2xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.87 —median 0.88 0.63median 0.87

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNIQBLKPLTR
Revenue $4.39B $27.30B $7.29B
Gross profit $2.43B – $6.18B
Operating income $85.40M $8.89B $3.33B
Net income -$350.00M $7.13B $3.69B
Free cash flow $506.40M $3.52B $4.05B
R&D – – $716.77M
EPS (diluted) $-1.19 $40.71 $1.43
Cash & equivalents $416.60M $10.49B $3.62B
Total debt $3.55B $12.74B –
Shares (diluted) 295.06M 164.65M 2.57B
Enterprise value $4.25B $135.89B $374.28B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNIQBLKPLTR
P/E -16.8x 26.9x 115.0x
P/FCF 11.7x 51.2x 104.2x
P/Operating cash flow 11.0x 45.7x 103.1x
P/S 1.3x 6.6x 58.0x
P/B 5.2x 3.1x 37.2x
P/Tangible book -6.8x 5.9x 37.2x
EV/EBITDA 12.0x 17.2x 122.8x
EV/EBIT 105.9x 20.1x 123.9x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 6.6x 56.5x
EV/FCF 17.9x 50.9x 101.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.8x 45.4x 100.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 0.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNIQBLKPLTR
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.9% 26.5% 87.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 50.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.6% – 96.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 53.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 481.0% 18.4% 291.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 350.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 31.1% 9.2% 235.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 189.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 42.8% -0.6% 234.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 182.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1,467% -7.0% 125.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 103.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 12,760% -9.5% 126.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 104.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNIQBLKPLTR
Gross margin 55.4% – 84.7%
EBITDA margin 17.2% 38.0% 46.0%
Operating margin 1.9% 32.6% 45.6%
Pretax margin -4.4% 33.6% 51.3%
Net margin -8.0% 24.6% 50.3%
FCF margin 11.5% 12.9% 55.6%
Operating cash flow margin 12.2% 14.4% 56.2%
Return on equity -29.8% 12.4% 34.7%
Return on assets -5.1% 4.1% 29.4%
Return on invested capital 1.8% 9.9% –
Return on capital employed 1.6% – 30.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.5x 0.6x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% 5.4% 13.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNIQBLKPLTR
Debt / assets 52.5% 7.2% –
Debt / equity 3.1x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 4.1x -0.1x –
Debt / FCF 7.0x 3.6x –
Liabilities / assets 83.0% 67.1% 15.4%
Equity / assets 17.0% 32.9% 84.6%
Interest coverage – 16.4x –
Current ratio 1.1x – 7.1x
Quick ratio 1.0x – 6.9x
Cash ratio 0.3x – 5.9x
Altman Z-score 0.86 – 124.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNIQBLKPLTR
Dividend yield – 1.9% –
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.8% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 50.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 102.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNIQBLKPLTR
Forward P/E 18.1xFY2026 18.8xFY2026 105.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.11FY2026 $61.68FY2026 $1.66FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +382.6%FY2026 +28.3%FY2026 +121.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.8% -1.8% +47.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.21BFY2026 $28.40BFY2026 $8.41BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.2%FY2026 +17.3%FY2026 +87.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.6% +17.3% +37.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNIQBLKPLTR
Held by institutions 84.4% 77.6% 60.3%
Institutions holding 162 2,315 2,841
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.0% +2.5% +10.9%
Institutions buying 101 1,090 1,482
Institutions selling 51 887 1,096
Buyers to sellers 1.98 1.23 1.35

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NIQBLKPLTR
NIQ 1.00 0.20 0.12
BLK 0.20 1.00 0.12
PLTR 0.12 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NIQ, BLK and PLTR?

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) $5.99B, BlackRock (BLK) $189.76B, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) $409.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, NIQ, BLK and PLTR?

BlackRock (BLK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) -17.1x, BlackRock (BLK) 28.3x, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 111.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) is cheapest (NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) 18.1x, BlackRock (BLK) 18.8x, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 105.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) +8.9%, BlackRock (BLK) +26.5%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) +87.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has the highest net margin (NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) -8.0%, BlackRock (BLK) 24.6%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 50.3%). On return on invested capital, BlackRock (BLK) leads (NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) 1.8%, BlackRock (BLK) 9.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) returned the most: NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) +66.2%, BlackRock (BLK) +8.6%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) -15.3%. Over five years, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) compounded fastest (BlackRock (BLK) +4.0%/yr, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) +46.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) 0.00%, BlackRock (BLK) 0.02%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 0.00%. NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BlackRock (BLK) has been the steadiest (NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) 67.0%, BlackRock (BLK) 27.6%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 59.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NIQ, BLK and PLTR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.