DOX vs. EPAM, CTSH, AZPN, ZS, DAVA, VRSN, WIT, BSY, GDDY, and WDC
Should you be buying Amdocs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amdocs include EPAM Systems (EPAM), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Zscaler (ZS), Endava (DAVA), VeriSign (VRSN), Wipro (WIT), Bentley Systems (BSY), GoDaddy (GDDY), and Western Digital (WDC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Amdocs vs.
Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Amdocs has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 11.71% compared to EPAM Systems' net margin of 8.69%. EPAM Systems' return on equity of 21.55% beat Amdocs' return on equity.
Amdocs presently has a consensus price target of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.05%. EPAM Systems has a consensus price target of $402.14, suggesting a potential upside of 39.79%. Given EPAM Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Amdocs.
88.1% of Amdocs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Amdocs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amdocs has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EPAM Systems had 6 more articles in the media than Amdocs. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for EPAM Systems and 5 mentions for Amdocs. Amdocs' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat EPAM Systems' score of 0.27 indicating that Amdocs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amdocs received 25 more outperform votes than EPAM Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.36% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote while only 72.22% of users gave Amdocs an outperform vote.
Summary
EPAM Systems beats Amdocs on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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