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.
EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to EPAM Systems' net margin of 9.28%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 17.48% beat EPAM Systems' 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 73.59% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 5 mentions for EPAM Systems. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat EPAM Systems' score of 0.90 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company 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.
EPAM Systems presently has a consensus target price of $277.65, suggesting a potential upside of 56.04%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.39%. Given EPAM Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats EPAM Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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