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EPAM vs. CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, UIS, and FORR

Should you be buying EPAM Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPAM Systems include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), and Forrester Research (FORR). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.

EPAM Systems vs. Its Competitors

EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 16 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 7 mentions for EPAM Systems. EPAM Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 1.09 indicating that EPAM Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
EPAM Systems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cognizant Technology Solutions
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

EPAM Systems presently has a consensus price target of $233.93, suggesting a potential upside of 37.54%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Given EPAM Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EPAM Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than EPAM Systems. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPAM Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EPAM Systems$4.86B1.98$454.53M$7.1523.79
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.74B1.88$2.24B$4.7515.87

Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 11.73% compared to EPAM Systems' net margin of 8.47%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 16.73% beat EPAM Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EPAM Systems8.47% 14.15% 11.09%
Cognizant Technology Solutions 11.73%16.73%12.26%

91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions 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.

Summary

EPAM Systems beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EPAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EPAM vs. The Competition

MetricEPAM SystemsIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.62B$16.87B$27.61B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A1.50%3.11%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.7938.8836.8027.84
Price / Sales1.9814.531,880.0642.30
Price / Cash16.6925.1938.1522.63
Price / Book2.664.877.284.57
Net Income$454.53M$434.10M$767.99M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-6.91%-5.91%-0.23%0.20%
1 Month Performance-3.21%-2.19%4.07%3.95%
1 Year Performance-12.10%14.65%52,050.69%10.27%

EPAM Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.9379 of 5 stars
$170.09
-4.3%
$233.93
+37.5%
-10.1%$9.62B$4.86B23.7961,200Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8489 of 5 stars
$80.46
-0.6%
$85.00
+5.6%
+7.4%$39.66B$19.74B16.94336,800Trending News
IT
Gartner
4.6089 of 5 stars
$399.08
-0.3%
$515.89
+29.3%
-16.4%$30.72B$6.30B24.8321,044Trending News
LDOS
Leidos
4.4416 of 5 stars
$164.44
-0.1%
$177.46
+7.9%
+8.8%$21.17B$16.66B16.5448,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9678 of 5 stars
$110.58
+1.5%
$134.64
+21.8%
-32.0%$13.73B$11.98B15.2535,800News Coverage
CACI
CACI International
2.3287 of 5 stars
$506.21
+3.5%
$520.31
+2.8%
+10.8%$11.13B$7.66B23.8924,000Analyst Forecast
DOX
Amdocs
4.7891 of 5 stars
$91.82
-0.8%
$105.33
+14.7%
+11.2%$10.37B$5.00B19.3329,058Analyst Forecast
TDC
Teradata
4.2852 of 5 stars
$22.83
-1.6%
$27.25
+19.4%
-37.5%$2.18B$1.70B16.085,700Positive News
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.2507 of 5 stars
$25.44
-0.9%
$31.33
+23.2%
+11.4%$703.67M$313.86M29.931,478
UIS
Unisys
4.5514 of 5 stars
$4.36
-3.8%
$6.50
+49.1%
-9.7%$309.87M$2.01B-4.0715,900Analyst Downgrade
FORR
Forrester Research
4.0459 of 5 stars
$10.53
-2.8%
N/A-43.7%$200.70M$432.47M-2.301,571

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