Palantir Technologies ( PLTR 1.56%) has been one of the top-performing stocks this year. The company's strong results led to the stock's inclusion on the S&P 500, and now it has moved to the Nasdaq stock exchange, where it could soon join the even more exclusive Nasdaq 100 index.

Palantir Technologies stock (NASDAQ: PLTR) has had a solid run, rising by almost 4x since the beginning of the year to about $66 presently.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has defined the investment narrative of 2024, and Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) has emerged as a massive beneficiary of this transformative trend thanks to its cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP),

Today, Palantir has a market cap of $151 billion, which is close to cracking the top 100 largest companies in the world (Palantir currently sits at No. 104). After producing these huge gains, I think there are now better stocks you can invest in.

In a week when the broad market rally lost some steam, Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) ended the week on a tear. PLTR stock was up 9.13% at the close of trading on November 15. The catalyst for the price movement was the announcement that Palantir was leaving the New York Stock Exchange and would be listed on the NASDAQ exchange.

Dubbed the Messi of AI growth, Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) has had a remarkable couple of years. The stock soared more than 45% this month alone, demonstrating how far it has come from being a government-focused contracting and consulting firm to an AI-driven data analytics software company.

In short, history says Palantir shareholders could see upside between 11% and 17% during the year after the company is added to the Nasdaq-100. Of course, that's hypothetical at this point because Palantir hasn' yet been selected to join the index.