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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

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

Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $86.18, suggesting a potential upside of 13.87%. EPAM Systems has a consensus price target of $231.73, suggesting a potential upside of 40.66%. Given EPAM Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cognizant Technology Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.32
EPAM Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

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

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
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.74B1.89$2.24B$4.7515.93
EPAM Systems$4.73B1.97$454.53M$7.1523.04

92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 11 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 15 mentions for EPAM Systems. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat EPAM Systems' score of 0.84 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cognizant Technology Solutions
15 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
EPAM Systems
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Cognizant Technology Solutions11.73% 16.73% 12.26%
EPAM Systems 8.47%14.15%11.09%

Summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions and EPAM Systems tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$9.32B$16.53B$28.69B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A1.50%3.07%3.65%
P/E Ratio23.0436.6243.9226.34
Price / Sales1.9713.401,807.2659.22
Price / Cash15.4425.2638.0622.29
Price / Book2.575.117.634.66
Net Income$454.53M$434.10M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-3.14%5.03%2.35%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-0.07%6.76%7.48%4.91%
1 Year Performance-24.24%21.26%52,761.55%10.53%

EPAM Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.9192 of 5 stars
$164.75
+0.2%
$231.73
+40.7%
-22.3%$9.32B$4.73B23.0461,200Analyst Forecast
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.8668 of 5 stars
$75.39
+0.0%
$85.00
+12.7%
+1.2%$37.16B$19.74B15.87336,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IT
Gartner
4.623 of 5 stars
$373.27
-0.3%
$515.89
+38.2%
-21.4%$28.73B$6.33B23.2321,044Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
LDOS
Leidos
4.5705 of 5 stars
$163.78
+1.1%
$175.15
+6.9%
+8.3%$21.08B$16.93B16.4848,000Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.8503 of 5 stars
$107.79
+0.8%
$134.64
+24.9%
-30.2%$13.39B$11.98B14.8735,800Upcoming Earnings
CACI
CACI International
2.1294 of 5 stars
$486.95
+1.2%
$520.31
+6.9%
+7.4%$10.71B$7.66B22.9824,000
DOX
Amdocs
4.8197 of 5 stars
$88.73
+0.5%
$105.33
+18.7%
+6.5%$10.02B$4.75B18.6829,058Positive News
TDC
Teradata
4.1441 of 5 stars
$21.77
+1.6%
$27.25
+25.2%
-37.7%$2.08B$1.75B15.335,700
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.4225 of 5 stars
$24.62
-0.2%
$31.33
+27.3%
-2.4%$680.99M$313.86M28.971,478Analyst Forecast
UIS
Unisys
4.5252 of 5 stars
$4.11
+0.4%
$6.50
+58.3%
-13.3%$291.73M$1.95B-3.8415,900Gap Up
FORR
Forrester Research
4.258 of 5 stars
$9.88
+0.5%
N/A-48.7%$188.34M$422.27M-2.161,571

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This page (NYSE:EPAM) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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