Is Palantir Technologies Stock Halal?
Palantir Technologies Inc. · PLTR · NASDAQ
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) does not pass Shariah screening: impermissible income / total revenue is 5.1% against the < 5% limit (data as of 2026-03-31). It is not held by Shariah-screened ETFs SPUS or HLAL. Screened alternatives exist in the same sector — see the halal stock screeners and ETF guides below.
Financial data as of 2026-03-31 · Screening basis: AAOIFI · Last reviewed 2026-06-14
Our Analysis
Palantir's business model raises none of the classic riba issues: it sells software platforms and related services, and its 10-K shows $4.48 billion of 2025 revenue from licensing and subscriptions, not from lending, interest, or financial products. On a pure revenue-mechanics screen, that is a clean profile.
The considerations for a Muslim investor are instead about who the customers are and what the software does. Fifty-four percent of 2025 revenue came from government customers, including US defense and intelligence agencies, and US government revenue alone was $1.86 billion. Palantir's contracts with ICE have generated years of public controversy, and its growing defense work (weapons-adjacent AI targeting systems among them) is relevant to investors who apply ethical screens beyond AAOIFI's standard prohibited-industry list. Mainstream Shariah screening does not automatically exclude defense contractors, so different scholars and platforms can reasonably land in different places on Palantir depending on how they weigh these factors.
It is worth noting that although Palantir is in the S&P 500, it does not appear in the current SPUS holdings (June 11, 2026), and it is also absent from HLAL (February 28, 2026 SEC-filed holdings). Neither fund publishes stock-by-stock reasons, so we cannot say whether the exclusions reflect financial-ratio screens (such as debt or liquidity thresholds), index methodology, or other criteria. Investors should check a live screener for the current compliance verdict and separately decide how they weigh the government and surveillance contract profile.
Business Activity Screen
Palantir Technologies builds data-integration and AI software platforms (Gotham, Foundry, AIP) for government and commercial customers. Per its FY2025 10-K, total revenue was $4.48 billion, of which 54% ($2.40 billion) came from government-segment customers and 46% ($2.07 billion) from commercial customers; US government revenue was $1.86 billion in 2025.
Palantir's revenue is software licensing and services, with no disclosed lending or interest-based product revenue; no financing-income line was verified, so that field is effectively null. The Shariah/ethical questions are about customers rather than revenue mechanics: a majority of revenue (54% in 2025) comes from government work, which includes defense and intelligence agencies, and Palantir has publicly known contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that have drawn sustained public controversy. Some scholars and values-based screens weigh defense and surveillance work as an ethical exclusion even where the income itself is not riba; standard AAOIFI business screens do not prohibit defense software per se. Note that Palantir is in the S&P 500 but is absent from the current SPUS holdings, and is absent from HLAL's holdings; the funds do not publish per-stock reasons, so the cause of exclusion (financial ratios vs other criteria) is not verifiable.
Financial Ratio Screen
| Screen | Value | AAOIFI limit | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt / market cap | 0.1% | < 30% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities / market cap | 2.7% | < 30% | Pass |
| Impermissible income / total revenueInterest income only — verify other impermissible revenue lines in the 10-K | 5.1% | < 5% | Fail |
Spot market cap at research date (consider trailing average for borderline names). Data as of 2026-03-31 · thresholds per AAOIFI Shariah standards.
This verdict uses the AAOIFI standard — the most widely used and, at a 30% debt limit, the most conservative mainstream Shariah standard. Interest-bearing debt and interest-bearing securities each stay under 30% of market cap, and impermissible income under 5% of revenue. Other standards (Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah, MSCI Islamic, FTSE Yasaar) use ~33% limits or screen against total assets, so a borderline company can be rated differently by each. How we screen & why screeners disagree →
How Palantir Technologies screens across Shariah standards
The standards disagree on this company. It passes some Shariah screens and fails others — which is exactly why you may see a different answer in different apps. Our headline verdict uses AAOIFI, the strictest and most widely cited mainstream standard.
| Standard | Debt | Cash & interest securities | Limit / basis | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOIFI (our standard) | 0.1% | 2.7% | < 30% of market cap | Pass |
| Dow Jones Islamic / S&P Shariah thresholdDow Jones and S&P apply this limit against a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; shown here on the same point-in-time market cap for comparison. | 0.1% | 2.7% | < 33% of market cap | Pass |
| MSCI Islamic / FTSE Yasaar basisTotal-assets denominator. MSCI/FTSE also apply entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen we do not reproduce. | 2.1% | 78.7% | < 33.33% of total assets | Fail |
HalalWallet computation reproducing each standard's threshold and denominator from public filings (balance sheet as of 2026-03-31) — not the providers' licensed index determinations, which can differ. Debt is interest-bearing borrowings (operating leases excluded). The impermissible-income screen (< 5% of revenue) is common to all of these standards and is shown in the ratio table above. Dow Jones and S&P apply their limit against a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; MSCI and FTSE add entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen. Full methodology →
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Scholars' & Screeners' Positions
Published positions, cited as stated. Screeners can reach different conclusions on the same company because of ratio timing and methodology differences — we report the disagreement rather than flatten it.
SP Funds S&P 500 Sharia ETF (SPUS)
Not held in SPUS as of 2026-06-11. Absence can reflect screen failure or index scope — verify before citing as a screen outcome.
Source →Wahed FTSE USA Shariah ETF (HLAL)
Not held in HLAL as of 2026-06-11. Absence can reflect screen failure or index scope — verify before citing as a screen outcome.
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