Category 09

Data brokers and surveillance technology

Public companies whose products materially depend on data brokerage, identity resolution, monitoring, tracking, surveillance hardware, or surveillance software.

Classification and underwriting

Category definition
Public companies whose products materially depend on data brokerage, identity resolution, monitoring, tracking, surveillance hardware, or surveillance software.
Inclusion rules
  • data brokers
  • people search
  • location tracking
  • surveillance technology
Exclusion rules
  • enterprise software without personal-data resale or monitoring
Value-chain roles
  • data platform
  • analytics provider
  • monitoring software provider
  • sensor and device provider
  • public-sector systems provider
Exposure measurement
Revenue share from monitoring, data, analytics, devices, subscriptions, transactions, and public-sector contracts.
Core operating signals
  • recurring revenue
  • renewal rate
  • transaction volume
  • contract backlog
  • device deployments
  • segment concentration
Underwriting variables
  • data rights
  • switching costs
  • contract quality
  • hardware mix
  • public-sector concentration
  • privacy compliance
Failure conditions
  • privacy enforcement
  • consent restriction
  • contract loss
  • platform exclusion
  • technology obsolescence
Monitoring triggers
  • renewal changes
  • enforcement actions
  • contract awards
  • data-access changes
  • segment-margin shifts
Portfolio use
A proprietary category requiring direct product and revenue evidence; generic enterprise software is excluded.

Data brokers and surveillance technology company research

Latest annual filing available through SEC EDGAR. Fiscal periods and currencies remain separate.

CompanyRevenueOperating marginNet marginOperating cash flowAssetsLiabilitiesAnnual filing
PLTR · Palantir Technologies Inc. USD 4.5 B 31.6% 36.3% USD 2.1 B USD 8.9 B USD 1.4 B 10-K · 2025-12-31
AXON · AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. USD 2.8 B -2.2% 4.5% USD 211 M USD 7 B USD 3.8 B 10-K · 2025-12-31
CLBT · Cellebrite DI Ltd. USD 476 M 14% 16.5% USD 174 M USD 939 M USD 455 M 20-F · 2025-12-31
CGNT · Cognyte Software Ltd. USD 400 M 3.3% -0.2% USD 40.3 M USD 521 M USD 292 M 20-F · 2026-01-31

Research coverage only. No row identifies a holding, ranking, recommendation, target price, or performance result.