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 large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
EPAM Systems presently has a consensus target price of $233.93, indicating a potential upside of 29.91%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Given EPAM Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
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.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 8 mentions for EPAM Systems. EPAM Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 1.23 indicating that EPAM Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held 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.
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.
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
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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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This page (NYSE:EPAM) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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