Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO – Get Free Report) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
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% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Draganfly and EPAM Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Draganfly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.50 |
| EPAM Systems | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2.43 |
Risk & Volatility
Draganfly has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Draganfly 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 | |
| Draganfly | $5.53 million | 41.46 | -$16.45 million | ($0.98) | -6.81 |
| EPAM Systems | $5.46 billion | 0.97 | $377.68 million | $6.97 | 14.60 |
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.
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.
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