$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ Palantir isn't just at the mercy of winning government contracts anymore. Its platform is making inroads into the private sector. Revenue for its U.S. commercial sector business rose a hearty 33% in its latest quarter, even if that accounts just 20% of its current operations. Palantir's also winning on the bottom line. Red ink was a red flag here, but Palantir has now been profitable in each of the past four quarters. It's not just the stock chart that's winning for Palantir this year. It keeps winning new deals. Palantir also hasn't had a problem keeping, if not expanding, its existing partnerships. It was tapped to continue running the Army Vantage operations and platform for the
$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Tesla has been facing some serious challenges in 2023. In fact, one could argue that the company's fundamentals are weaker now than they were at the start of the year. For starters, revenue growth has slowed dramatically. In the third quarter, sales were up by just 9%. That's a long way from the growth of 71% and 51% posted in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Softer demand amid higher interest rates naturally gets in the way of consumers wanting to buy new cars, as their monthly payments increase and things become less affordable. Making matters worse, competition in the industry is only going to intensify. There are many other car companies out there working on their own EV product line-ups. And th