Palantir Technologies shares powered firmly higher in early Tuesday trading Palantir  (PLTR) , which was added to the S&P 500 last month, has established itself as key player in the defense industry,

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) will release earnings results for its third quarter, after the closing bell on Monday, Nov. 4. Analysts expect the Denver, Colorado-based company to report quarterly earnings at 9 cents per share,

In today's session, PLTR is trading more than 14% higher ahead of the bell, as Wall Street cheers the company's third-quarter (Q3) earnings report. In fact, outspoken CEO Alex Karp kicked off the company's earnings call by saying, “Given how strong our results are, I almost feel like we should just go home.”