“The cash used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily attributable to $33.1 million used for capital expenditures compared to $19.2 million used for capital expenditures in the corresponding period of 2025.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
EPAM Systems, Inc.
EPAM
Market read
EPAM Systems, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow covered only -0.44x net income.
- Quarterly growth in Software & Hi‑Tech revenues reported at 43.2% due to increased demand from a large hardware client and other tech clients.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if EPAM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 11 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.7 percentage points.
- Operating cash flow covered only -0.44x net income.
- Quarterly growth in Software & Hi‑Tech revenues reported at 43.2% due to increased demand from a large hardware client and other tech clients.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +15.4% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.73x in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Operating margin changed -2.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -2.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- EV/sales is 23% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
117.91Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
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Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.2× · EV/sales 1.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for EPAM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-08.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.7 percentage points.
What weakened
- Operating cash flow covered only -0.44x net income.
Filing receipts
“The increase was mainly driven by increased personnel-related costs, which included impacts from salary increases and promotions implemented during the prior year annual compensation cycle, increases in stock-based compensation expense, and severance, which reflects the impact from cost optimization programs, and foreign exchange fluctuations.”
“During the three months ended March 31, 2026, revenues in Software & Hi-Tech grew 43.2% primarily due to increased demand at a large hardware client and several technology services clients.”
“During the three months ended March 31, 2026, revenues in Consumer Goods, Retail & Travel grew 7.7% primarily due to improved demand from clients in the retail and consumer goods industries.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind EPAM
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
ACNAccenture plccompetitorFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“7 Table of Contents We face competition from various technology services providers such as Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deloitte Digital, DXC Technology, Endava, Genpact, GlobalLogic, Globant, Grid Dynamics, HCL Technologies, In…”
CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions CorporationcompetitorFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“7 Table of Contents We face competition from various technology services providers such as Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deloitte Digital, DXC Technology, Endava, Genpact, GlobalLogic, Globant, Grid Dynamics, HCL Technologies, In…”
Depended on by
GDYNGrid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.competitorMar 5, 2026 ▾
“6 We face competition primarily from: • emerging mid-cap digital services companies, such as Globant S.A.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
EPAM is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Enterprise Tech Exposure. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for EPAM; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.