CTSH vs. EPAM, DOX, WIT, ZS, VRSN, AZPN, PRFT, PRO, YALA, and INFY
Should you be buying Cognizant Technology Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognizant Technology Solutions include EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), Wipro (WIT), Zscaler (ZS), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), Yalla Group (YALA), and Infosys (INFY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EPAM Systems presently has a consensus price target of $282.81, indicating a potential upside of 50.59%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, EPAM Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for EPAM Systems and 11 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. EPAM Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of -0.09 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 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 73.68% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
EPAM Systems and Cognizant Technology Solutions tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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