Financial Review: Infobird (NASDAQ:IFBD) vs. EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM)

EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) and Infobird (NASDAQ:IFBD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Infobird shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Infobird shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares EPAM Systems and Infobird”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EPAM Systems	$4.73 billion	2.45	$454.53 million	$6.55	31.97
Infobird	$1.44 million	3.71	-$2.10 million	N/A	N/A

EPAM Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Infobird.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EPAM Systems	7.01%	13.16%	10.15%
Infobird	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infobird has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for EPAM Systems and Infobird, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EPAM Systems	0	5	11	1	2.76
Infobird	1	0	0	0	1.00

EPAM Systems presently has a consensus price target of $208.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.47%. Given EPAM Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Infobird.

Summary

EPAM Systems beats Infobird on 10 of the 12 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 Infobird

Infobird Co., Ltd, through its subsidiaries, operates as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled customer engagement solutions in the People's Republic of China. The company offers customer relationship management cloud-based services, such as SaaS and business process outsourcing services to its clients. It also provides AI-powered cloud-based sales force management software, including intelligent quality inspection and intelligent training software to enable its clients to monitor, benchmark, and enhance the performances of agents; consumer product and retail store digitalization solutions; and other services, including software license selling, data analysis, and other professional services. The company serves corporate clients in the finance, education, public services, healthcare, and consumer products industries. Infobird Co., Ltd was founded in 2001 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.