BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI – Get Free Report) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares BigBear.ai and EPAM Systems”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BigBear.ai | $142.06 million | 8.78 | -$293.91 million | ($0.37) | -7.03 |
| EPAM Systems | $5.46 billion | 1.33 | $377.68 million | $7.38 | 19.01 |
EPAM Systems has higher revenue and earnings than BigBear.ai. BigBear.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPAM Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
BigBear.ai has a beta of 3.37, indicating that its share price is 237% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
7.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of BigBear.ai shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for BigBear.ai and EPAM Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BigBear.ai | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| EPAM Systems | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2.35 |
BigBear.ai currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 73.08%. EPAM Systems has a consensus target price of $121.20, indicating a potential downside of 13.61%. Given BigBear.ai’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BigBear.ai is more favorable than EPAM Systems.
Profitability
This table compares BigBear.ai and EPAM Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BigBear.ai | -126.84% | -15.17% | -12.90% |
| EPAM Systems | 7.15% | 15.84% | 11.95% |
Summary
EPAM Systems beats BigBear.ai on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions. It offers national security, supply chain management, and digital identity and biometrics solutions. The company also provides data ingestion, data enrichment, data processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive visualization solutions and services. It serves nation defense and intelligence agencies, border protection, transportation security, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, travel, entertainment, and tourism sectors. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
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.
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