EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM – Get Free Report) and Evolv Technologies (NASDAQ:EVLV – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for EPAM Systems and Evolv Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| EPAM Systems | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Evolv Technologies | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.57 |
EPAM Systems presently has a consensus price target of $224.06, suggesting a potential upside of 54.92%. Evolv Technologies has a consensus price target of $8.88, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Given EPAM Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Evolv Technologies.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares EPAM Systems and Evolv Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| EPAM Systems | 7.91% | 14.00% | 10.89% |
| Evolv Technologies | -73.04% | -76.80% | -32.65% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Evolv Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Evolv Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares EPAM Systems and Evolv Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| EPAM Systems | $4.73 billion | 1.70 | $454.53 million | $7.01 | 20.63 |
| Evolv Technologies | $103.86 million | 13.37 | -$54.02 million | ($0.55) | -14.69 |
EPAM Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Evolv Technologies. Evolv Technologies 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 beats Evolv Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems, Inc. provides digital platform engineering and software development services worldwide. The company offers engineering services, including requirements analysis and platform selection, customization, cross-platform migration, implementation, and integration; infrastructure management services, such as software development, testing, performance tuning, deployment, maintenance, and support services. It also provides operation solutions comprising integrated engineering practices and smart automation services. In addition, the company offers business, experience, technology, data, and technical advisory consulting services; and digital and service design solutions, which comprise strategy, design, creative, and program management services, as well as physical product development, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and virtual reality. The company serves the financial services, travel and consumer, software and hi-tech, business information and media, life sciences and healthcare, and other industries EPAM Systems, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
About Evolv Technologies
Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence (AI)-based weapons detection for security screening in the United States and internationally. Its products include Evolv Express, a touchless security screening system designed to detect firearms, improvised explosive devices, and tactical knives; and Evolv Insights that provides self-serve access, insights regarding visitor flow and arrival curves, location specific performance, system detection performance, and alarm statistics. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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