Palantir Technologies, the newest S&P 500 member, was the index's best performer in 2024 as of Nov. 15. But it didn't last long.Nvidia was the biggest S&P 500 leader in 2023 and ruled for much of 2024,

Let's take a look at the state of Palantir and where its stock might be three years from now. Palantir exceeded already high expectations from Wall Street. The company brought in $725 million for the quarter -- handily beating the analyst average of $703 million -- representing more than 27% growth from a year ago.

Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are two of the best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 this year. In fact, they rank in second and third place for share price gains, respectively, behind only Vistra,