Reviewing EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) & Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Draganfly and EPAM Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Draganfly	0	0	2	2	3.50
EPAM Systems	2	7	7	0	2.31

Draganfly currently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 162.68%. EPAM Systems has a consensus price target of $148.21, suggesting a potential upside of 95.35%. Given Draganfly’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Draganfly is more favorable than EPAM Systems.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Draganfly	$5.53 million	34.31	-$16.45 million	($0.98)	-5.63
EPAM Systems	$5.56 billion	0.71	$377.68 million	$6.97	10.89

EPAM Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Draganfly. Draganfly 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

Draganfly has a beta of 2.67, meaning that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.4% of Draganfly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of EPAM Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Draganfly	-292.88%	-27.88%	-26.20%
EPAM Systems	6.96%	14.71%	11.14%

Summary

EPAM Systems beats Draganfly on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Draganfly

Draganfly Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells cutting-edge unmanned and remote data collection and analysis platforms and systems in the United States and Canada. The company offers quadcopters, fixed-wing aircraft, ground-based robots, handheld controllers, and flight training, as well as software used for tracking, live streaming, and data collection. It also operates a health/telehealth platform that is a set of technologies that remotely detect various biometrics, such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. In addition, the company provides sanitary spraying services to indoor and outdoor public gathering spaces, including sport stadiums and fields, and custom engineering, training, consulting, flight, and geographic information systems data services. It serves public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

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.