** Shares of Palantir PLTR.O rise 2.2% to $149.84 ahead of its quarterly earnings report due after markets close on Monday
** PLTR has seen rising demand for its military-grade artificial-intelligence tools. In October, PLTR announced a deal to use Nvidia's NVDA.O chips to help customers speed up decision making in complex fields such as logistics
** Wall Street analysts expect a ~61% jump in PLTR's revenue to $1.3 bln as well as adj EPS to rise 64% to 23 cents versus 14 cents a year ago
** PLTR's rev and adj EPS have met or exceeded analyst expectations every time over the last 8 quarters
** Of the 27 analysts covering PLTR, avg rating is "HOLD" and median PT is $200, unchanged over past month
** PLTR is down 15.8% YTD vs NASDAQ Composite Index's .IXIC 1.8% increase
(Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York)
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