Comparing TIS (OTCMKTS:TISNF) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM)

TIS (OTCMKTS:TISNF) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for TIS and EPAM Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TIS	0	1	0	0	2.00
EPAM Systems	1	9	7	0	2.35

EPAM Systems has a consensus target price of $125.13, suggesting a potential upside of 28.31%. Given EPAM Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than TIS.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of EPAM Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares TIS and EPAM Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TIS	N/A	N/A	N/A
EPAM Systems	7.15%	15.84%	11.95%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TIS and EPAM Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TIS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EPAM Systems	$5.62 billion	0.91	$377.68 million	$7.38	13.21

EPAM Systems has higher revenue and earnings than TIS.

Summary

EPAM Systems beats TIS on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TIS

TIS Inc. provides information technology (IT) services in Japan and internationally. The company operates through Offering Service Business, Business Process Management, Financial IT Business, Industrial IT Business, and Regional IT Solutions segments. The Offering Service Business segment provides knowledge-intensive IT services, including digital marketing, healthcare, and business management information. The Business Process Management segment offers outsourcing, contact center, and system configuration services, as well as DX support paralleling use of IT solutions. The Financial IT Business segment supports business progress using expert business and operating know-how to the finance industry. The Industrial IT Business segment provides services for client's operations, including projects for members of energy, and processing- and assembly-based manufacturing and engineering sectors, as well as ERP consulting and modernization services to clients. The Regional IT Solutions segment offers IT professional services and collects and develops this know-how as the source of solutions to support efforts to address issues and promote business activities. The company is also involved in the provision of consulting services related to IT management; development of IT systems; and development and maintenance of systems using business packages to address client-side management and business issues, as well as offers on-demand IT resources using SaaS and other categories of cloud computing, including system operation through company-run data centers. In addition, it engages in the sale and maintenance of hardware, such as servers and network equipment, and software. It serves clients in the credit card, banking, insurance and other financial, manufacturing, distribution, service, public, and other sectors. The company was formerly known as IT Holdings Corporation and changed its name to TIS Inc. in July 2016. TIS Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.