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2 Hot AI Stocks to Sell Before They Fall 25%, According to Wall Street Analysts

July 7, 2025
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Everyone has fallen in love with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, and for good reason. But that does not mean investors should buy stakes in these companies and ignore valuation, which always...

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Everyone has fallen in love with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, and for good reason

But that does not mean investors should buy stakes in these companies and ignore valuation, which always matters in the long run

Plenty of AI stocks have soared by three-figure percentages in the last year

This makes them dangerous to buy if you ignore fundamental analysis

Palantir nologies (PLTR 3. 54%) and BigBear

Ai (BBAI 0. 32%) are two hyped AI stocks that are up big in the last year

Wall Street analysts -- who typically give aggressive price targets -- have consensus targets for both stocks that are 25% below where they trade today

Here's why investors who own Palantir and BigBear

Ai should sell right now

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Palantir's extreme valuation Palantir is one of the fastest growing software and AI es in the world

It works with governments, large organizations, and big es to organize and analyze reams of data using AI

This has led to some tremendous growth

Last quarter, its total revenue rose 39% year over year to $884 million

Revenue grew 55%, while U

Commercial revenue grew an astonishing 71% year over year, which shows how fast AI applications are growing in this country

Palantir is also highly fitable, generating 20% operating margins last quarter, or $176 million in operating income

Investors have fallen in love with the stock

It's up almost 400% in the last 12 months, crushing the market averages and making holders wealthier

Today, it trades at a market cap of $317 billion, making it one of the largest companies in the world by market capitalization

Wall Street is now cautious Palantir's spects, with a price target of $107. 90 compared to the current price (at the time of this writing) of around $135

I believe the downside may be even more severe in the years to come

Palantir's stock trades at a price-to-sales ratio (P/S) of 107, which puts unsustainable expectations on the future growth of the

Let's do some quick math to illustrate

The company's trailing revenue is $3. 11 billion

Even if it can multiply its revenue tenfold over the next 10 years -- a scenario that is unly unless you are extremely optimistic its spects -- it will be doing around $31 billion in revenue a decade from now

If Palantir generates 30% fit margins in 10 years, that will equate to around $10 billion in annual earnings, or a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) above 30 compared to the current market cap (P/E takes market cap and divides by earnings)

This makes the s extremely overvalued

Even if the most optimistic growth scenario plays out, the stock will ly not be much higher in 10 years' time

Sell it at its P/S ratio above 100

BBAI PS ratio, data by YCharts

Burning cash flow and low growth With AI in its name, BigBear

Ai has been a thematic stock for investors

It is up even more than Palantir in the last year, for a 441% gain for holders at the time of this writing

Analysts have a consensus price target of $5. 83 compared to its present price of $7

The company offers AI-powered decision guidance for es

That is eerily similar to Palantir and is something that investors are falling head over heels to put into their portfolios today

With a P/S of 12, BigBear

Ai is not nearly as extreme as Palantir at 107

However, the looks a lot weaker than its competitor

Revenue growth is slow

Last quarter, sales increased only 5% to $34

Margins are weak: Gross margin is only 21. 3% compared to the typical software/digital company above 50% or more

Free cash flow was a negative $42 million over the last 12 months and has never been positive

Ai is barely growing even during a time when the AI industry is expanding gangbusters

This indicates to me that the company is not a leader in its space and is struggling versus the competition

Combined with low fit margins and negative free cash flow, it's a sell after its meteoric rise in the last 12 months

Brett Schafer has no position in any of the stocks mentioned

The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Palantir nologies

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