EPAM vs. IT, CTSH, BAH, LDOS, 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 Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Leidos (LDOS), 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.
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
EPAM Systems received 184 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.59% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
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.
91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gartner has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Gartner's net margin of 9.28%. EPAM Systems' return on equity of 141.55% beat Gartner's return on equity.
Gartner has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gartner had 20 more articles in the media than EPAM Systems. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Gartner and 12 mentions for EPAM Systems. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat EPAM Systems' score of 0.54 indicating that EPAM Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gartner presently has a consensus price target of $474.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.93%. EPAM Systems has a consensus price target of $277.65, suggesting a potential upside of 55.61%. Given Gartner's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Gartner.
Summary
Gartner beats EPAM Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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