EPAM vs. CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
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), Forrester Research (FORR), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 9.28%. EPAM Systems' return on equity of 17.48% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.39%. EPAM Systems has a consensus target price of $277.65, indicating a potential upside of 56.04%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 577 more outperform votes than EPAM Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 73.59% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 4 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 6 mentions for EPAM Systems. EPAM Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 0.65 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats EPAM Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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