Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock hardly needed a push given the surge it has been on over the past year (up 508%) but it got one anyway earlier

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock cracked the $100 mark as it surged over 22% in after-hours trading. The catalyst was an earnings report that can only be classified as a blockbuster. The Palantir retail investing community is loud and active.

Palantir Technologies stock closed at its highest level on record after the company posted a big beat with its fourth-quarter results.Earnings per share were up annually by 75% to 14 cents, compared with Wall Street’s consensus estimate of 11 cents,