EPAM vs. IT, LDOS, BAH, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, UIS, FORR, and IBM
Should you be buying EPAM Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPAM Systems include Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), and International Business Machines (IBM). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
EPAM Systems vs.
EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gartner had 2 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Gartner and 24 mentions for EPAM Systems. EPAM Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Gartner's score of 1.16 indicating that EPAM Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than EPAM Systems. EPAM Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gartner has a net margin of 20.00% compared to EPAM Systems' net margin of 9.61%. Gartner's return on equity of 116.56% beat EPAM Systems' return on equity.
91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
EPAM Systems currently has a consensus target price of $245.93, suggesting a potential upside of 66.73%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $518.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.55%. Given EPAM Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Gartner.
EPAM Systems received 191 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.32% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Summary
EPAM Systems and Gartner tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPAM) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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