EPAM vs. DOX, CTSH, AZPN, VRSN, HCP, ZS, DT, NICE, JBL, and ALAB
Should you be buying EPAM Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPAM Systems include Amdocs (DOX), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), VeriSign (VRSN), HashiCorp (HCP), Zscaler (ZS), Dynatrace (DT), NICE (NICE), Jabil (JBL), and Astera Labs (ALAB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) and Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Amdocs shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Amdocs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amdocs has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EPAM Systems presently has a consensus target price of $315.60, suggesting a potential upside of 30.35%. Amdocs has a consensus target price of $108.60, suggesting a potential upside of 29.44%. Given EPAM Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Amdocs.
Amdocs received 20 more outperform votes than EPAM Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.93% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote while only 72.47% of users gave Amdocs an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EPAM Systems had 6 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for EPAM Systems and 8 mentions for Amdocs. Amdocs' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat EPAM Systems' score of 0.08 indicating that Amdocs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amdocs has higher revenue and earnings than EPAM Systems. Amdocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPAM Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amdocs has a net margin of 11.30% compared to EPAM Systems' net margin of 8.89%. Amdocs' return on equity of 17.79% beat EPAM Systems' return on equity.
Summary
EPAM Systems and Amdocs tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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