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EPAM·EPAM Systems, Inc.

$109.31
-0.64 (-0.58%)
Overnight$109.31+0.00 (+0.00%)
High
$110.68
Open
$109.00
Market Cap
5.59B
52W High
$222.53
Low
$107.58
P. Close
$109.31
P/E
13.91
52W Low
$73.05
Fwd P/E
7.77
DailyIQ Est.
$129.08
Inst. Ownership
5.0%
Short Interest
12.53%
Days to Cover
5.6
Technical Score (1D)
41
BEARISH
News Sentiment
58
BULLISH
On Oct 5, 2026, EPAM Systems announced a new strategic offering aimed at supporting frontier AI models in executing complex enterprise workflows. The service leverages EPAM’s extensive experience in enterprise engineering and its AI lab partnerships to provide high‑fidelity data generation, rigorous model evaluation, and custom reinforcement learning solutions. By addressing a critical bottleneck—enabling AI models to perform specialized, multi‑step tasks reliably—EPAM positions itself as a foundational partner for organizations adopting advanced generative AI. The launch signals EPAM’s continued investment in AI infrastructure and its commitment to expanding its service portfolio in the rapidly evolving AI market.
LOW TARGET
$94 -14.0%
3 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$123 +12.4%
11 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$200 +83.0%
14 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$94.00 - $200.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
5/10/11/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$129.08 (+18.1%)
Sector
Technology
Industry
Information Technology Services
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Website
Symbol
EPAM
Description
EPAM Systems, Inc. is a global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, assisting clients across various industries in their technological transformations. The company's core value lies in its comprehensive suite of offerings, encompassing cloud services, data analytics, customer experience design, and cybersecurity solutions. EPAM's engineering expertise supports clients from initial requirements gathering through implementation, integration, and ongoing support. Its services are designed to address the evolving needs of sectors such as financial services, consumer goods, and healthcare, enabling them to modernize legacy systems and develop innovative software products. Founded in 1993, EPAM is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and focuses on helping businesses navigate the complexities of digital innovation.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
1,085 shares
$118K
Fejes BalazsCEO, President, Director
Tax Withholding412 shares2026-09-01
Roman Eugene-
Tax Withholding673 shares2026-05-22
Aguirre DeAnne-
Award/Grant2,132 shares2026-05-21
Segert Robert E.-
Award/Grant2,132 shares2026-05-21
Robb Karl-
Award/Grant2,132 shares2026-05-21
77/ 100
Bullish
Overall: Bullish
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Net Margin
6.9%
Revenue CAGR
23.8%
Current Ratio
2.59x
Debt / Equity
0.01x
Return on Equity
10.3%
Earnings Summary
EPAM Systems is a global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, offering cloud services, data analytics, customer experience design, and cybersecurity solutions to industries such as financial services, consumer goods, and healthcare. In the most recent two quarters, Q1 2026 and Q2 2026, EPAM reported revenue of $1.40006 billion and $1.41477 billion, respectively, a modest 1.0% increase, while EPS rose from $2.86 to $3.38, a 18% increase, both beating estimates in each quarter. Over the past few years, EPAM has maintained a YoY revenue growth rate that has slowed slightly, with revenue increasing from $1.248351 billion in Q4 2024 to $1.41477 billion in Q2 2026, and EPS has consistently outperformed analyst expectations, though the company has recently experienced margin pressure from AI‑driven services cannibalizing legacy consulting revenue. Recent news reports a partnership with Wiz, a Google‑Cloud‑aligned AI‑driven security platform, which could provide a new growth lever amid slowing core consulting revenue, and activist pressure for a $750 million accelerated share‑repurchase program, both of which could influence near‑term sentiment; the company’s board decision on the buyback will be a key catalyst.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$2.49$2.75$3.01$3.27$3.52Q2'25Q3'25Q4'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$3.40 - -
Q2'26$3.21$3.38+5.4%
Q1'26$3.10$2.86-7.8%
Q4'25$3.22$3.26+1.3%
Q3'25$3.03$3.08+1.7%
Q2'25$2.61$2.77+6.0%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$1.3B$1.4B$1.4B$1.4B$1.5BQ2'25Q3'25Q4'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$1.4B - -
Q2'26$1.4B$1.4B-1.4%
Q1'26$1.4B$1.4B-1.6%
Q4'25$1.4B$1.4B-0.7%
Q3'25 - $1.4B -
Q2'25 - $1.4B -

Market Data

EPAM Stock Snapshot

NEUTRAL41/100
$109.31+$0.00 (0.0%)
Market cap
5.59B
P/E ratio
13.9
Day range
$107.58 – $110.68
News sentiment
58/100 · Neutral
Analyst target
$122.82 (+12.4%)
Consensus
Hold · 28 analysts
52-week range+49.6% off low · -50.9% from high
$73.05$222.53
Price $109.31 DailyIQ Est. $129.08

The setup on EPAM Systems, Inc. is patient: consolidation, not accumulation or distribution. Thinner liquidity means moves can extend past what the fundamentals alone justify.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into EPAM?

CHEAP

At today's price, EPAM Systems, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about -11.2% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 10.04% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 27.4% a year, so the market is asking for 38.5 percentage points below its own delivered rate. On that basis EPAM looks priced below what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
-11.2%
Historical FCF CAGR
27.4%
Growth gap
-38.5 pts
Verdict
CHEAP
Discount rate (WACC)
10.04%
Beta
0.96

Behaviour On Record

What EPAM's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
42.8% 74th pct
Below its peak
-84.7%
vs 200-day average
-15.8%
Up days (1y)
47%

EPAM Systems, Inc. is currently running 42.8% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against EPAM's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 74th percentile — a little above its own norm, against a typical reading of 31.3%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

EPAM is trading -84.7% below its running peak. Across 12 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -29.2%, and the deepest was -73.4% in 2022. The current drawdown is already deeper than this stock's typical annual low point, which puts it in the part of its range where past recoveries began — and where past declines also continued.

Price sits -15.8% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 20th percentile — a narrower gap than it typically runs. Over the past year EPAM closed higher on 47% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a rising streak.

On October specifically: over 13 years of records, EPAM finished the month higher 6 of 13 times, with a median return of -2.9% and an average of +0.1%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +8.0% on average, its weakest February at -4.8%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: EPAM has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 198 of 3,267 sessions (6.1% of the time), with the largest gaps running +10.0% and -12.6%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, EPAM moved an average of 2.0% in the session after earnings, closing higher 1 of those 3 times, with a median move of -1.0% and a largest of -3.8%.

All figures computed from 3,268 daily closes between 2013-10-07 and 2026-10-05, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against EPAM's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of EPAM's sector?

EPAM Systems, Inc. sits in the Software sector, currently ranked 2nd of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (leading).

Sector rank
#2 of 12
Sector state
Leading
Sector rotation score
100

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on EPAM?

JP Morgan most recently downgraded EPAM Systems, Inc. to Neutral on Aug 26, 2026 with a price target of $120. Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 2 downgrades, a net bearish lean.

Latest action
JP Morgan — Neutral
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
2
Net rating momentum
-2
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Aug 26, 2026JP MorganDowngradeOverweight → Neutral$120
Aug 10, 2026GuggenheimMaintainedBuy$165 → $140
Aug 7, 2026TD CowenMaintainedBuy$131 → $120
Aug 7, 2026JP MorganMaintainedOverweight$142 → $120
Aug 7, 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainedHold$112 → $110
Aug 7, 2026SusquehannaMaintainedPositive$167 → $146
Aug 6, 2026NeedhamMaintainedBuy$135 → $120
Aug 6, 2026William BlairDowngradeOutperform → Market Perform-
Aug 4, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedEqual-Weight$112 → $100
Jul 27, 2026CitigroupMaintainedNeutral$112 → $100
Jul 10, 2026Wells FargoMaintainedOverweight$151 → $125
Jul 9, 2026TD CowenMaintainedBuy$170 → $131

EPAM Competitive Positioning

EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM) is tracked alongside these names in Information Technology Services on DailyIQ — ranked by market cap, with today's move alongside.

News Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment gathered from recent headlines

58/100
Strong NegativeNeutralStrong Positive
MODERATELY BULLISH

Recent News Coverage

Most recent articles, ranked by recency (click to expand).

10+ articles
What did this article say?
EPAM posted robust Q2 earnings, surpassing analyst consensus by 0.9% and maintaining revenue guidance for the next quarter. The company benefited from heightened enterprise demand for digital transformation, AI‑driven automation, and cybersecurity services. Talent shortages and pricing pressure from offshore competitors were noted as ongoing challenges. Despite these headwinds, EPAM’s performance suggests a stable trajectory for its consulting and IT services business.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems announced the launch of a new AI offering aimed at enhancing enterprise workflows. The platform focuses on frontier AI models, providing data generation, model evaluation, and custom reinforcement learning environments to improve AI reasoning and agentic execution. EPAM highlighted its extensive certification pool, with nearly 10,000 Claude-certified architects, over 3,000 OpenAI-certified engineers, and more than 5,000 Gemini-certified specialists.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems announced on October 5, 2026 the launch of an AI service aimed at accelerating the development and testing of frontier AI models for enterprise workflows. The offering includes high‑fidelity data generation, model evaluation, and custom reinforcement learning environments that simulate complex business processes. EPAM leveraged its existing partnerships with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, and highlighted its workforce of certified AI architects and engineers. The move signals EPAM’s intent to capture growing demand for specialized domain intelligence in enterprise AI deployments.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems announced that its third‑quarter 2026 earnings will be released on November 5, 2026, with a conference call scheduled for 8:00 a.m. ET. The company will provide a news release containing the results prior to the call. The webcast will be available live on EPAM’s investor website, with a replay posted afterward. The announcement is a routine disclosure of financial reporting dates and does not indicate any change in guidance or performance expectations.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems announced it had co‑architected, built, and delivered cloud‑native infrastructure for EuroCTP, a new European market‑data platform launched on September 14. The platform aggregates pre‑ and post‑trade data from EU trading venues into a centralized stream. EPAM provided program governance and end‑to‑end testing support, positioning the company as a key technology partner for the platform’s launch.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems announced it had been selected as the strategic engineering and delivery partner for EuroCTP, the European Union's inaugural consolidated tape provider for shares and ETFs. The company co‑architected, built, and delivered a cloud‑native hybrid infrastructure that powers the new real‑time market data ecosystem. This contract positions EPAM as a key player in the EU’s financial data infrastructure, expanding its footprint in a regulated market and providing a stable, long‑term revenue stream.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems’ stock has recently shown a modest short‑term rally, with a 6.17% return over the past month and a 48.75% gain over three months, despite a 3.32% decline over the week. The year‑to‑date performance remains weak, indicating that long‑term investors are still reassessing risk at the current $114 price level. The recent volatility suggests that the market is weighing short‑term upside against lingering concerns about the company’s longer‑term trajectory.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems is highlighted as a value play, trading at a deep discount to its intrinsic worth while maintaining a robust balance sheet and steady cash flow. Analysts note that the company’s margins and growth rates are slowing, which tempers the upside narrative. The lack of a dividend and the focus on organic growth suggest a conservative capital allocation strategy. Overall, the market sees potential upside from the discount, but the margin pressure introduces a degree of caution.
What did this article say?
EPAM Systems announced a partnership with Wiz, a Google Cloud‑owned cloud and AI security platform, to help large enterprises convert cloud risk data into engineering fixes. The deal positions EPAM’s AI‑native engineering and cloud modernization services as a new growth lever amid a slowdown in its core business. By integrating Wiz’s AI Application Protection Platform, EPAM can offer clients remediation across Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and other environments, potentially expanding its cybersecurity portfolio. The partnership signals a strategic pivot that could offset decelerating revenue growth, but the impact remains incremental rather than transformative.

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Institutional & Hedge Fund Ownership
4 tracked managers · $352.83M combined position · 1 adding, 3 trimming, 0 unchanged (latest 13F filings)
ManagerTrendShares Held% of Co.Position ValueFiled
Baillie Gifford & Co▼ Sell1,193,0562.33%$244.43M2026-01-23
Geode Capital Management, LLC▼ Sell1,101,4762.16%$87.42M2026-08-12
Marshall Wace, LLP▲ Buy260,4700.51%$20.67M2026-08-13
Neuberger Berman Group LLC▼ Sell2,2850.00%$309.4K2026-05-14
Q2 2026 flow:151.4K sh bought ($12.02M)514.4K sh sold ($40.83M)net -363.0K sh (−$28.81M)
Congressional Trading Activity
7 disclosed trades · ~$129.5K est. traded value · 3 buys, 4 sells
MemberChamberStateTypeAmountTradedFiled
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▼ Sell$1K - $15K2026-04-142026-05-08
Gilbert CisnerosHouseCA31▲ Buy$1K - $15K2026-03-132026-04-07
Lisa McClainHouseMI09▼ Sell$1K - $15K2025-08-042025-09-12
Lisa McClainHouseMI09▲ Buy$1K - $15K2025-07-222025-08-13
Jefferson ShreveHouseIN06▼ Sell$15K - $50K2025-05-122025-06-22
Jefferson ShreveHouseIN06▲ Buy$15K - $50K2025-03-312025-04-11
Jefferson ShreveHouseIN06▼ Sell$15K - $50K2025-02-242025-03-09